We’re fairly confident that Donald Sutherland needs no introduction. Born in 1935, he was 32 years old when he took on the role of Vernon L. Pinkley, one of the 12 convicts assigned to Project Amnesty who is eventually killed in a firefight with German soldiers. Although Sutherland had worked mostly in television throughout much of the 1960s, this was his first high-profile production — but it wouldn’t be his last. In the years since, he has become one of Hollywood’s most reliable character actors, appearing in films as varied as “Animal House,” “Invasion of the Body Snatchers,” “Don’t Look Now,” “Ad Astra,” and “The Hunger Games.” In 1995, he won an Emmy for his work in the miniseries “Citizen X,” and he was given an honorary award at the Oscars in 2018.
Although Sutherland is nearly 90 years old, he continues to work steadily as an actor. He had three projects released in 2023, including “Lawmen: Bass Reeves,” and currently has another film in pre-production.
