Donald Sutherland is Now 84
Donald Sutherland (Professor Dave Jennings) was so convinced of the movie’s lack of potential that when he was offered a choice between a percentage of the gross earnings or a flat fee of $75,000 for three days’ work, he took the upfront payment.
But had he taken the gross percentage, he would have made three to four million dollars. That sucks. But all is well. ‘Animal House’ turned out to be one of Sutherland’s personal favorites of all his movies. He described it as the funniest experience he had on a set.
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Sutherland is known for his roles in ‘The Dirty Dozen’ (1967), ‘M*A*S*H’ (1970) and ‘Klute’ (1971). The other films in his half-century screen career are ‘Ordinary People’ (1980), ‘A Time To Kill’ (1996), ‘Instinct’ (1999), ‘Cold Mountain’ (2003), ‘Pride & Prejudice’ (2005) and ‘The Hunger Games’ movies. You already know that his son Kiefer is also a big TV and movie star. Kiefer and his twin sister Rachel are children from his previous marriage. But in 1972, Donald married actress Francine Racette. The couple has three sons: Rossif, Angus, and Roeg. He has 5 kids in total.