According to comprehensive foreign media reports from China News Service, on June 20, local time, Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award winner and veteran Canadian actor Donald Sutherland passed away in Miami, USA, at the age of 88.
Sutherland has been working in the industry for more than 60 years and has appeared in 200 films and television films. His representative works include "Citizen wait. He is also the father of "24" star Kiefer Sutherland.
Donald Sutherland (Source: The Paper)
reported that Sutherland’s son Kiefer Sutherland announced the news on the social media platform. He wrote, “It is with a heavy heart that I Let me tell you, my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. That was his life. "
The New York Times reported that the agency representing Sutherland said that Sutherland died in the hospital due to a "long illness."
Sutherland was born on July 17, 1935 in New Brunswick, Canada. He graduated from the University of Toronto and went to England to pursue a career in theater. The New York Times and Agence France-Presse commented that Sutherland is "like a chameleon" and has played many types of roles.
In 1963, Sutherland made his debut on the theater stage in London, England, playing a role in the play "August for the People". In 1995, he won the 47th Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries/TV Movie for his role in the thriller "Citizen X".
Screenshot of the movie "Big Shot"
In 2001, he starred in the feature film "Big Shot" directed by Feng Xiaogang, playing the role of a great director who came to Beijing to try to remake "The Last Emperor", but unexpectedly suffered a sudden illness, and his "funeral" led to many jokes.
In September 2005, the movie "Pride and Prejudice" starring Sutherland was released. In the film, he played the role of Mr. Bennet, who is not good at words but loves his daughter deeply. He and Elizabeth Bennet, played by Keira Knightley, Nate, the opposite role is impressive. After
, Sutherland also appeared in many film and television dramas such as "Human Trafficking", "The Hunger Games: Catching Fire", "Nothing to Do", and "Enforcer: Bass Reeves".
In 2017, he won the 90th Oscar Lifetime Achievement Award.
Screenshots from the movie "The Big Shot"
In the last few years of his life, Sutherland thought about dying on screen, and it's true. He once said, "I hope that in some movie I participate in, I really die - and then they can use my funeral and coffin (to continue filming). I like that."
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