Donald Sutherland, the Canadian actor whose wry, arrestingly off-kilter screen presence spanned more than half a century of films from "M.A.S.H." to "The Hunger Games," has died. He was 88.
Sutherland died Thursday in Miami after a long illness, according to a statement from Creative Artists Agency, which represented him.
Kiefer Sutherland said on X he believed his father was one of the most important actors in the history of film: "Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that."
The tall and gaunt Sutherland was known for offbeat characters like Hawkeye Pierce in Robert Altman's "M.A.S.H.," the hippie tank commander in "Kelly's Heroes" and the stoned professor in "Animal House."
"Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent," Sutherland's "M.A.S.H." co-star Elliott Gould said in a statement to The Associated Press as many paid tribute. "He was also enormously kind and generous."
