R.I.P. Donald Sutherland, legendary star of M.A.S.H., Ordinary People, and more

Donald Sutherland, the prolific actor known for his roles in M.A.S.H., Ordinary People, Klute, and more, has died. Deadline confirmed the news with talent agency CAA, which revealed Sutherland died on Thursday in Miami after a long illness. He was 88 years old.

Earlier this year, it was announced that Sutherland would publish a memoir, Made Up, But Still True, “cataloging with powerful detail his far too many brushes with death, his loving relationship with his parents, and behind-the-scenes stories of the movies he’s starred in.” Per the Associated Press, Sutherland was born in Canada and overcame a series of childhood diseases—including infantile paralysis, rheumatoid fever and spinal meningitis—before becoming an actor. He starred in B-movies and guested on television series through the early 1960s before making a mark in The Dirty Dozen, a film which led to his breakout role in M.A.S.H.

Sutherland became a notable on-screen figure in the 1970s New Hollywood era, starring in films such as The Great Train Robbery, Don’t Look Now, Invasion Of The Body Snatchers, Federico Fellini’s Casanova and more. Though he himself was never nominated for an Academy Award for acting, he starred in many Oscar-nominated films such as Klute, Ordinary People, and JFK. In 1995, he won an Emmy and Golden Globe for his work in Citizen X. (He would later take home another Golden Globe for Path To War in 2002.) He was granted an Honorary Oscar in 2017.

Younger audiences got to know Sutherland as the villain President Snow in the blockbuster Hunger Games franchise, showcasing his signature sinister, intimidating demeanor. But he was also able to project remarkable warmth, as in his performance as the reticent patriarch Mr. Bennet in the beloved 2005 adaptation of Pride And Prejudice. He remained incredibly active as a working actor in his later years, starring in multiple films as well as TV series such as Trust (in which he starred as J. Paul Getty), The Undoing opposite Nicole Kidman, and Taylor Sheridan’s Lawmen: Bass Reeves.

Sutherland is survived by his wife Francine Racette and five children, including actor Kiefer Sutherland. The pair appeared on screen together for the first time in 2016 in the western Forsaken, which Kiefer called “the project of a lifetime” after having “wanted to work with my father for 30 years.”

The film was “not about” the “father–son” thing, Kiefer told The A.V. Club. “This was a film about two actors wanting to try and tell a story… and taking advantage of the fact that we looked like a father and son. [Laughs.] It was amazing. I think one of the things I was most interested in finding out was how differently we approached our work. And my reality was that we didn’t approach it very differently at all, which was funny,” he shared. “When I was about 15 years old, I saw a headshot that he had done, and his hands were in exactly the same place as mine were in the headshot that I was using at the time. And I didn’t grow up with my dad, so it was always very funny to me, and always has been, what an important part DNA plays in one’s life. And that was a great example of that. So, yeah, we approached the work, at least, very similarly. I think that we are very different actors, but it was cool for me to see that.”