OBITUARY | Donald Sutherland: Hollywood's dark chameleon

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Circa 1975: Canadian film star Donald Sutherland. (Hulton Archive/Getty Images)

With his towering height and a brooding expression that veered from menacing to hilarious and heartbroken, Donald Sutherland was Hollywood's chameleon, equally at home in war, love, horror - or playing for laughs.

In a dense filmography spanning six decades, Sutherland stood out for his unusual - even odd - looks and an incredible range of roles, working alongside several of the greatest directors of his time.

The Canadian-born actor - who has died at age 88, his son Kiefer said Thursday - had many standout roles, from an army surgeon in wartime comedy M*A*S*H (1970) to a tyrannical leader in The Hunger Games more than 30 years later.

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