Remembering Donald Sutherland's Life in Photos, from Hawkeye to “The Hunger Games”

Look back on the lengthy career and full life of the actor, who died on June 20, 2024, at 88 years old

From Capt. Hawkeye to President Snow, Donald Sutherland had a life and career as big as the characters he played.

The actor died on June 20, 2024, at 88 years old, his actor son Kiefer Sutherland shared on X.

"I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly," the actor wrote alongside a black-and-white photo of himself with his father. "He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived."

As Hollywood mourns the loss of another legend, look back on Donald Sutherland's life and career in photos.

Donald Sutherland's Early Years

Donald Sutherland was born in Saint John, New Brunswick, Canada, on July 17, 1935, to Frederick McLea and Dorothy Isobel Sutherland. As a child, he contracted numerous illnesses, including polio, rheumatic fever, hepatitis, pneumonia, scarlet fever and spinal meningitis. In a 1989 interview with the Los Angeles Times, the actor said that he “died for four or five seconds” from the meningitis.

At age 12, he moved to Nova Scotia, where he spent his teenage years. He landed his first part-time job at 14 years old as a radio announcer at CKBW. After graduating from Bridgewater High School, he graduated from Victoria University with a double major in engineering and drama. In 1957, he left Canada to study at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

Donald Sutherland's Early Roles

In his first credited film role, Sutherland portrayed two characters — a witch and an old man — in the 1964 horror Castle of the Living Dead. Sutherland later named his son Kiefer after the movie’s director, Warren Kiefer.

He moved from there into TV, and Broadway's Buck White.

Donald Sutherland in 'M*A*S*H'

One of Sutherland’s most notable roles — while there were many — was his 1970 performance as Capt. Benjamin Franklin "Hawkeye" Pierce Jr. in M*A*S*H. The movie, which also starred Elliott Gould, Robert Duvall and Sally Kellerman, was nominated for five Academy Awards that year and won for Writing (Screenplay — Based on Material From Another Medium).

From there, Sutherland moved into a series of major '70s and '80s films, including Klute, National Lampoon's Animal House, Ordinary People and Threshold.

Donald Sutherland's Activism

As the Vietnam War waged on, Sutherland was vocal in his opposition to the operation. In 1971, he and Klute costar Jane Fonda hit the road to perform in front of U.S. military soldiers in response to Bob Hope’s pro-war USO tour, NPR explained in the actor’s obituary. The traveling show was made into a documentary titled F.T.A. in 1972.

NPR explains that because of their anti-war activities, Fonda and Sutherland were put on National Security Agency watchlists.

Donald Sutherland's Early Family Life

Sutherland married Canadian actress and activist Shirley Douglas in 1966. Together, they shared twins Kiefer and Rachel as well as Tom Douglas, Shirley’s son from a prior marriage. The couple divorced in 1971.

Donald admitted to The Daily Record in 2001 that he “wasn’t present much as a father” when Kiefer was growing up, but he is “very proud of him” and “always will be.”

“He even looks like me — only shorter," the actor star remarked.

Donald Sutherland and Francine Racette

Sutherland wed fellow actress Francine Racette in 1972 and later welcomed kids Roeg, Rossif and Angus with her. In addition to the children he shared with Douglas, who died in 2020 at 86, he is also a grandfather five times over.

Prior to Racette and Douglas, he was married to actress Lois Hardwick.

Donald Sutherland Wins an Emmy

Sutherland won his first and only Emmy in 1995 for his work in Citizen X. He was honored with one more nomination in 2006 for outstanding lead actor in a miniseries or a movie for Human Trafficking.

Donald Sutherland Wins a Golden Globe

After winning his first Golden Globe in 1996 for his supporting performance in Citizen X, Sutherland brought home Globe No. 2 in 2003 (above) for his supporting role in Path to War. Over the course of his career he was nominated for nine Golden Globe Awards.

Donald Sutherland Gets a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame

When Sutherland received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame in 2011, it was in a very special place: next to that of his son, Kiefer.

At the ceremony he was joined by members of his family as well as Ask the Dust and Horrible Bosses costar Colin Farrell (not pictured), who read a message from Kiefer, who was unable to attend the ceremony due to work commitments, ABC 7 reported at the time.

Donald Sutherland and Kiefer Sutherland

In 1984, Kiefer spoke to PEOPLE about following his dad into the industry; he visited Donald on a set at just 9 years old, which inspired him to take his first stage role and pursue acting in school. Not long after, he got a part in his dad's 1983 project, Max Dugan Returns, and then, "left home to become an actor," PEOPLE reported.

In a 2022 chat with the U.K.'s Express, Kiefer reflected on the duo's careers.

“I’m so proud to have him as my father,” he said. "I want to impress him; I want him to be proud of me."

Kiefer has won an Emmy, Golden Globe and SAG Award for his work in the Fox series 24. And in 2016, the father-son duo shared the screen for the first time in the western film Forsaken.

“Working with him is something I have wanted to do for 30 years,” Kiefer told PEOPLE at the time.

Donald Sutherland in 'The Hunger Games'

In his late 70s, Sutherland found himself starring in one of the most popular young adult franchises as President Snow in The Hunger Games. When asked if he thought the films had opened up a new generation of fans, he told PEOPLE in 2013, “It certainly amuses my wife when people much smaller than usual tug at my trouser leg, when adults come forward not for themselves, but for the beautiful young person by their side.”

He added, “It has its problems, though. Someone aimed a bow and arrow at me and let fly. But it had a suction tip. They giggled a lot.”

Donald Sutherland Wins an Honorary Oscar

While Sutherland was never nominated for a competitive Oscar during his decades-spanning career on film, in 2017 the Academy awarded him with an Honorary Oscar "for a lifetime of indelible characters, rendered with unwavering truthfulness.”

In his acceptance speech, Sutherland shared that the award "is very important to me, to my family."

"It's like a door has opened and a cool, wonderfully fresh breath of air has come in. I wish I could say thank you to all of the characters that I've played, thank them for using their lives to inform my life," he continued. "I'd love to be able to thank the multitude of people who are responsible for me being here."

And of his wife, he added: "And, of course, thank you to Francine Racette, from whom everything has come — that's my family — from whom everything has come, and to whom everything is owed. I have been a partner to her for over 45 years, and in all that she has supported me with her intelligence, her intuition, her instruction, her ability to make me laugh in the direst of situations, her extraordinary sense of taste, her residual belief in me."

Sutherland continued, "Amongst all of these, her ability to absorb and sustain the extraordinary ups and downs of this crazy movie life we have gone through. I mean, she deserves a medal for that. So, Francine, I'm going to get you a medal."

Donald Sutherland in 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves'

Sutherland continued acting later in life, with his most recent credit being a role on the limited series, Lawmen: Bass Reeves in 2023 (above, with David Oyelowo and Lauren Banks).

Before that, he lent his voice to the animated film Ozi: Voice of the Forest following roles on shows like The Undoing with Hugh Grant and Nicole Kidman and Swimming with Sharks alongside Diane Kruger and Kiernan Shipka.

Donald Sutherland Dies

With the announcement of his death on June 20, CAA’s Missy Davy confirmed to PEOPLE that "a private celebration of life will be held by the family.”

Kiefer shared the news of his father’s death with a sweet photo of the pair when the 24 actor was a child.

“With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” he wrote. “I personally think 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. A life well lived.”

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