Elliott Gould has said Donald Sutherland was “like my brother” as he paid tribute to his M*A*S*H co-star, who died Thursday aged 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 1970 dark war comedy M*A*S*H, alongside the likes of Tom Skerritt and Sally Kellerman. They reteamed four years later for Ivan Kershner’s comedy S*P*Y*S.
“Donald was a giant, not only physically but as a talent,” wrote Gould. “He was also enormously kind and generous.”
He recalled that the pair had become fathers to sons born just a week apart in December 1966. — actors Jason Gould and Kiefer Sutherland, the latter of whom was a twin alongside Rachel.
“It’s not easy, losing the caliber of a human being and actor like Donald Sutherland, but this one really profoundly hurts because Donald was like my brother, and a big part of my own career.”
Sutherland died yesterday in Miami after a long illness. Alongside M*A*S*H, he starred in scores of films, including The Dirty Dozen, Klute, Animal House, Pride & Prejudice and The Hunger Games franchise andwon an Emmy and a Golden Globe for playing Russian Col. Mikhail Fetisov in HBO’s 1995 serial-killer thriller telepic Citizen X.
The 2017 Honorary Oscar recipient also is the father of veteran CAA Media Finance exec Roeg Sutherland.
