"entertainment tonight's" kevin frazier looks at his remarkable career. >> i'm not apologizing, i am -- >> reporter: donald sutherland was no ordinary actor. he was a cinema legend playing a villain in "the hunger games" -- >> afraid we've both been played for fools -- >> reporter: and the leading man in "klute." >> didn't take the plane. >> reporter: sutherland was versatile. he could play any role. his big break came in 1967 when he starred in the war film "the dirty dozen." >> what do i have to do? >> reporter: which he would follow up with another standout performance as hawkeye pierce in the 1970 film "mash." which helped catapult him to fame. >> i've seen you somewhere before. >> reporter: born in st. john, new brunswick, canada, in 1935, he said he wasn't interested in acting until he became a teenager. >> when i was 16 -- i'd never seen a play. i said to my dad that i wanted to be an actor. >> reporter: and he became a great one with nearly 200 film and tv credits over his 60-year career. >> you really do love him -- >> reporter: sutherland won an emmy and golden globe for hi

"entertainment tonight"'s kevin frazier takes a look at his remarkable career. >> i'm not apologizinging to damn understand it! >> reporter: donald sutherland was no ordinary actor. he was a cinema legend, playing a villain in "the hunger games." >> we have both been played for fools. >> reporter: and the leading man in "klute." >> he didn't take the plane. he canceled out. >> reporter: sutherland was versatile. he could play any role. his big break came in 1967, when he starred in the war film "the dirty dozen." >> what do i have to do? >> reporter: which he would follow up with another standout performance as "hawkeye pierce" in the 1970 film "mash," which helped catapult him to fame. >> i've seen you somewhere before. >> reporter: born in saint john, new brunswick, canada, in 1935, sutherland says he wasn't interested in acting until he became a teenager. >> when i was 16 years old, i had never seen a play. i said to my dad that i wanted to be an actor. >> reporter: and he became a great one, with nearly 200 film and tv credits over his 60-year career. >> you really do love him, do

"entertainment tonight"'s kevin frazier takes a look at his remarkable career. >> i'm not apologizingam trying to understand it! >> reporter: donald sutherland was no ordinary actor, he was a cinema legend, playing a villain in "the hunger games." >> we have both been played for fools. >> reporter: at the leading man in "clue." >> he didn't. >> reporter: sutherland was versatile. his big break came in 19627 when he started in the war film "the dirty dozen." >> what do i have to do? >> reporter: which he would follow up as another standout performance as "hawkeye pierce" in the 1970 film "mash," which helped catapult him to fame. >> i've seen you somewhere before appeared to be in saint john, new brunswick, canada, in 1935, sutherland sayt interested in acting until he became a teenager. >> i was 16 years old, had never seen a play. i said to my dad that i wanted to be an actor. >> reporter: and he became a great one, with nearly 200 film and tv credits over his 60 year career. >> you really do love him, don't you? >> reporter: sutherland won an emmy at a golden globe for his role as a

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