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Then my spouse said, “So President Snow died.”
She recently introduced me to “The Hunger Games” and the chilling performance of Donald Sutherland as the president of a dystopic, futuristic society.
It just made me think how prolific, and well known, Donald Sutherland truly was.
The years before
Donald Sutherland’s first credited role in a motion picture was “Castle of the Living Dead” in 1964. He would appear in a number of movies in the 1960s and 1970s including “The Dirty Dozen”; and “M*A*S*H”, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce. Sutherland was also in “Start the Revolution Without Me”; “”Kelly’s Heroes”; “Klute”; “S*P*Y*S”: “The Day of the Locust”; “The Eagle Has Landed”; “The Kentucky Fried Movie”; “Animal House”; “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”; “The First Great Train Robbery”; “Murder by Decree”; and much more.
Donald Sutherland’s first credited role in a motion picture was “Castle of the Living Dead” in 1964. He would appear in a number of movies in the 1960s and 1970s including “The Dirty Dozen”; and “M*A*S*H”, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Musical or Comedy for his role as Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce. Sutherland was also in “Start the Revolution Without Me”; “”Kelly’s Heroes”; “Klute”; “S*P*Y*S”: “The Day of the Locust”; “The Eagle Has Landed”; “The Kentucky Fried Movie”; “Animal House”; “Invasion of the Body Snatchers”; “The First Great Train Robbery”; “Murder by Decree”; and much more.
He appeared in a number of TV movies and series as well, including “The Saint”; “Court Martial”; “The Avengers”; and the TV movie “Bethune” in 1977.
Dawn of the decade
He continued on in the ‘80s with “Ordinary People” in 1980, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
He continued on in the ‘80s with “Ordinary People” in 1980, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Motion Picture Drama.
Sutherland was also in “Eye of the Needle” in 1981; “Max Dugan Returns” in 1983; “Crackers” in 1984; “Revolution” in 1985; “The Trouble With Spies”and “The Rosary Murders” in 1987; “Apprentice to Murder” in 1988; “A Dry White Season” and “Lock Up”, both in 1989; and much more.
The years after
Donald Sutherland just kept chugging right along, and had a bit of a renaissance in the 1990s and beyond.
Donald Sutherland just kept chugging right along, and had a bit of a renaissance in the 1990s and beyond.
He was in movies such as “Bethune: The Making of a Hero”; “JFK”; “Backdraft”; “Buffy the Vampire Slayer”; “Six Degrees of Separation”; “Disclosure”; “Outbreak”; “Hollow Point”; “A Time to Kill”; “Without Limits”, for which he was nominated for the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor Motion Picture; “The Assignment”; “Virus”; “”Instinct”; “Space Cowboys”; “The Art of War”; “Cold Mountain”; “Pride and Prejudice”; “Fool’s Gold”; “Astro Boy”; “The Con Artist”; “The Hunger Games”; “The Hunger Games: Catching Fire”; “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 1”; “Forsaken”; “The Hunger Games: Mockingjay – Part 2” and many more.
His last movie was in 2023.
Sutherland was also in a lot of television productions including the TV movie “Oldest Living Confederate Widow Tells All”; and “Citizen X”, for which he won the Emmy for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or Special, and the Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Television.
He was in “Path to War”, for which he won a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor in Television; “Commander in Chief”, for 19 episodes, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor Television; and “Human Trafficking”, for four episodes, for which he was nominated for an Emmy for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Movie, and for a Golden Globe for Best Actor in a Miniseries or Television Film.
Sutherland also appeared in “Dirty Sexy Money” for 23 episodes, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor Television; “The Undoing”, for which he was nominated for a Golden Globe for Best Supporting Actor Television; and much more.
He was made an Officer in the Order of Canada in 1978 and raised to Companion in 2019; inducted into the Canadian Walk of Fame in 2000; received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011; and received an Honourary Academy Award in 2017.
Donald Sutherland died on June 20.
He was 88 years old.
Parting thoughts
Donald Sutherland was a talented, prolific, Canadian actor. From “The Dirty Dozen”, to “M*A*S*H”, “Animal House”, “Backdraft”, “JFK”, “A Time to Kill”, and “The Hunger Games” movies, he was a versatile actor who could be serious to the point of chilling, or just funny.
Donald Sutherland was a talented, prolific, Canadian actor. From “The Dirty Dozen”, to “M*A*S*H”, “Animal House”, “Backdraft”, “JFK”, “A Time to Kill”, and “The Hunger Games” movies, he was a versatile actor who could be serious to the point of chilling, or just funny.
Canada lost a national treasure with the passing of Donald Sutherland.
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