Donald Sutherland, one of our greatest actors.

He had a long face. In fact, his own mother described him as “more interesting than handsome.”

Born in Saint John, N.B., Donald Sutherland was a great actor and a great Canadian. He walked proudly carrying the Olympic flag with the likes of Bobby Orr and Anne Murray at the 2010 opening ceremonies in Vancouver.

He received numerous honours, including the Order of Canada, but he never received so much as an individual Academy Award nomination despite a career encompassing 140 feature films. He was finally presented with an Honorary Oscar in 2017.

He did not like the “movie star” image sought by many actors. Instead, he accepted interesting and “quirky” roles.

Despite his extraordinary acting achievements, he explained why he would never take on a job as a film director, saying:  “I work from the inside out.” 

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