Donald Sutherland, Hunger Games 'President Snow', has passed away

Donald Sutherland, famous for playing President Snow in Hunger Game, has passed away aged 88.

Donald Sutherland, who played President Snow in The Hunger Games has passed away aged 88.

Donald's son, 24 actor Kiefer, 57, shared the sad news on X this morning.

He wrote, "With a heavy heart, I tell you that my father, Donald Sutherland, has passed away. I personally think one of the most important actors in the history of film. Never daunted by a role, good, bad or ugly. He loved what he did and did what he loved, and one can never ask for more than that. A life well lived."

The actor shared a black-and-white image from when he was a child with his late father.

Deadline reports that Donald passed away in Miami, Florida, after suffering a "long illness".

Sutherland played President Coriolanus Snow in the hugely successful Hunger Games film franchise and was the watcher Merrick Jamison-Smythe in the cult horror classic film Buffy the Vampire Slayer.