Donald Sutherland will tell the story of his life and long Hollywood career in a new memoir, the Associated Press reports.
Crown will publish the legendary Canadian actor’s Made Up, but Still True this fall. The press describes the memoir as “bracingly candid” and “utterly unpredictable.”
Sutherland, 88, was raised in New Brunswick and Nova Scotia; he had small roles in movies and television series before making his breakout appearances in the films The Dirty Dozen and M*A*S*H.
He would go on to act in films including Don’t Look Now, Animal House, Ordinary People, JFK, and Six Degrees of Separation. In 1995, he won an Emmy and a Golden Globe for his performance in the television movie Citizen X, and he later played the dictator of Panem, Coriolanus Snow, in the series of movies based on Suzanne Collins’ Hunger Games novels.
Crown says that Sutherland’s memoir will reveal “the onstage triumphs that began his career; the pitfalls that threatened it and the movies that burnished it; and the on- and off-set hijinks that gave it all color.”
“With surprising candor and powerful, lyrical prose, these unforgettable reminiscences offer an unprecedented look at the remarkable life of a legendary—and legendarily private—Hollywood icon,” Crown says.
Made Up, but Still True is slated for publication on Nov. 12.
Michael Schaub is a contributing writer.
