From villains to lovers - Donald Sutherland played them all - BBC News

The Canadian actor had a prolific screen career that included roles in Don't Look Now and The Hunger Games.

20 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Getty ImagesWith almost 200 credits to his name and 6ft 3in to his frame, the late Donald Sutherland cast a literal and figurative shadow over his industry for almost 50 years.

Born in July 1935 in Saint John, New Brunswick, he was a radio news reporter in his youth and graduated from the University of Toronto with a degree in engineering.

But it was not long before the acting bug took hold, prompting him to leave his native Canada and travel to London in 1957.

After an unrewarding stint studying at the London Academy of Music and Dramatic Art (Lamda), he spent 18 months at Perth Repertory Theatre in Scotland.

"It was the first theatre I ever played where the audience actually laughed when I was being funny," he told the Daily Record in 2013.

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