'M*A*S*H', 'Hunger Games' actor Donald Sutherland dies at 88

Dear actor Donald Sutherland died on thursday, his son Kiefer Sutherland announced. He was 88 years old.

The Hollywood icon, who was known for his roles as Benjamin “Hawkeye” Pierce in “M*A*S*H” and President Coriolanus Snow in the “Hunger Games” film franchise, among many others, had been battling an unspecified long illness. at the time of his death, according to his talent agency, CAA.

“It is with a heavy heart that I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away,” Kiefer said. wrote to X. “I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of cinema.”

The “24” star, 57, said her late father was “never intimidated by a role, good, bad or ugly.”

He concluded: “He loved what he did and did what he loved, and you can never ask for more than that. A life well lived.”

Alongside the announcement, Kiefer shared a black and white photo of himself and his father.

Page Six has reached out to Donald's rep for comment.

The late actor shared Kiefer and the “Designated Survivor” star's twin sister, Rachel Sutherland, with his ex-wife Shirley Douglas, to whom he was married from 1966-1970.

He is also survived by his wife, Francine Racette, whom he married in 1972, and their three sons, Roeg Sutherland, 50, Rossif Sutherland, 45, and Angus Sutherland, 41.

Born in New Brunswick, Canada on July 17, 1935, Donald went to school for engineering before moving to the UK in 1957 to study acting at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art.

His career got off to a slow start, with minor roles in films such as 1964's “Castle of the Living Dead” and 1965's “Fanatic” (which was titled “Die! Die! My Darling!” in America).

His breakthrough came with 1967's “The Dirty Dozen,” which was one of the highest-grossing films of the year and allowed Donald to move to Hollywood, where he appeared in nearly 200 projects.

He became a star thanks to the 1970 war film “M*A*S*H,” which spawned a popular CBS series of the same name.

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The following year, Donald and his “Klute” co-star Jane Fonda, whom he was dating at the time, made an anti-Vietnam War documentary titled “FTA.”

He worked with some of the top directors of the era throughout the 1970s, including Federico Fellini in 1976's “Fellini's Casanova” and Bernardo Bertolucci in 1976's “1900.”

“For me, working with these great guys was like falling in love,” he once said of famous filmmakers. “I was her lover, her lover.”

Donald also starred in the 1978 classic “National Lampoon's Animal House.” He was offered 2 percent of the gross or a $40,000 down payment to play pot-smoking teacher Dave Jennings, the latter he chose. Unfortunately for him, the film ended up grossing $141.6 million.

However, Donald soon established himself as an established actor, with subsequent roles in 1980's “Ordinary People,” 1991's “Backdraft,” 1993's “Six Degrees of Separation,” 2003's “The Italian Job” and “Pride & Prejudice” from 2005.

The star never won an Oscar throughout his illustrious career, but he did receive an honorary award in 2017. She was eating spaghetti on a Rome hotel balcony with Racette, 76, when she got the call.

donald he told “Live with Kelly and Ryan” viewers. that his wife turned to him as he hung up and joked, “We're going to have to lose weight.”

The Emmy-winning “Citizen X” star looked down at her pasta and replied, “Let's start tomorrow.”

In his acceptance speechDonald joked that he didn't “deserve” the trophy, but also had “arthritis and [didn’t] he doesn't deserve that either.”

He said: “This is important to me, to my family. It's like a door has been opened and a breath of incredibly fresh air has come in.”