Elliott Gould has said Donald Sutherland was “like my brother” when paying tribute to his MIX co-star, who died Thursday at age 88.
In an Instagram message posted hours ago, Gould wrote an emotional note wishing the actor goodbye. The pair co-starred in Robert Altman’s dark 1970 war comedy. MIX, along with people like Tom Skerritt and Sally Kellerman. They teamed up again four years later for Ivan Kershner’s comedy. S*P*Y*S.
“Donald was a giant, not only physically but also as a talent,” Gould wrote. “He was also enormously kind and generous.”
He recalled that the couple had become parents to children born just a week apart in December 1966: actors Jason Gould and Kiefer Sutherland, the latter of whom was a twin with Rachel.
“It’s not easy to lose the caliber of a human being and actor like Donald Sutherland, but this really hurts deeply because Donald was like my brother and a big part of my own career.”
Sutherland died yesterday in Miami after a long illness. Next to MIXHe starred in dozens of films, including The dirty dozen, klute, animal house, pride and prejudice and The Hunger Games franchise and won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing Russian Colonel Mikhail Fetisov in the 1995 HBO serial murder thriller Telegraph. Citizen.
The 2017 honorary Oscar winner is also the father of veteran CAA Media Finance executive Roeg Sutherland.