Donald Sutherland, who performed Mr Bennet in Delight & Prejudice, has handed away. (Getty)
Donald Sutherland, identified for his position as Mr. Bennet within the 2005 movie Delight & Prejudice, has died at age 88.
The Delight & Prejudice star additionally portrayed President Snow in The Starvation Video games trilogy and achieved an Emmy for his position within the 1995 thriller/drama Citizen X.
He obtained an honorary Oscar in 2017 for his work within the movie business.
His son, actor Kiefer Sutherland (24, Designated Survivor) confirmed his loss of life on 21 June. He wrote on X (previously Twitter): “With a heavy coronary heart, I let you know that my father, Donald Sutherland, has handed away.
“I personally assume some of the vital actors within the historical past of movie. By no means daunted by a job, good, dangerous or ugly. He beloved what he did and did what he beloved, and one can by no means ask for greater than that. A life nicely lived,” he wrote above a black-and-white picture of the pair.
His reason behind loss of life has not been introduced.
Fellow performers and business professionals have paid tribute to the beloved star, with Child Driver and Final Night time in Soho director Edgar Wright writing that he “all the time [had a] fascinating display presence”.
He credited the star for his work in “two of my very favorite and most influential movies” Don’t Look Now and Invasion Of The Bodysnatchers.
“However that’s simply the tip of the iceberg when it comes to his legendary filmography,” he wrote within the in depth publish. “So sorry to see you go Donald, however what a legacy you permit behind.”
Helen Mirren, who starred within the 2017 comedy/journey movie The Leisure Seeker with the late actor mentioned he was “one of many smartest actors I ever labored with”.
In a press release to The Hollywood Reporter, she mentioned: “He had a beautiful enquiring mind and an amazing information on all kinds of topics.”
He additionally “mixed this nice intelligence with a deep sensitivity”, mentioned The Queen actress. “This all made him into the legend of movie that he turned. He was my colleague and have become my pal.
“I’ll miss his presence on this world.”
Jane Fonda additionally paid tribute to Sutherland, saying she was “surprised” to listen to of his passing.
The Grace and Frankie actress — who beforehand dated the actor for a number of years — mentioned on Instagram: “He was my fascinating co-star in Klute and we beloved working collectively.
“Donald was an excellent actor and a fancy man who shared fairly a number of adventures with me, such because the FTA Present, an anti-Vietnam warfare tour that carried out for 60,000 energetic responsibility troopers, sailors, and marines in Hawaii, Okinawa, the Philippines, and Japan in 1971. I’m heartbroken.”