Donald Sutherland on Canada Post stamp honour: 'It's the biggest thing to me'

Canadian actor Donald Sutherland's seven-decade career is being honoured with a new collectible stamp from Canada Post.

Canada Post is honouring the long career of one of Canada's best-known actors with a new collectible stamp.

The legacy of Donald Sutherland, who Canada Post calls one of the country's "most respected and versatile actors," spans more than 200 movies and TV shows over seven decades.

The stamp shows a side profile of Sutherland and lists the titles of some of his iconic movies in English and French, emulating a movie poster. It was designed by Quebec graphic design firm Paprika.

"It's the biggest thing to me," he told The Canadian Press in an interview from his home in Quebec's Eastern Townships. "I kept saying: 'I'm a Canadian and now I'm a Canadian stamp."

"This is really something. I think just now when I said it, all the hair stood up on my arms. But it is cold in here."

Early in his career, Sutherland, who was born in Saint John, N.B. on July 17, 1935, appeared in stage shows and TV. He made his feature film debut in 1963 as the character "Tall Man in Nightclub" in "The World Ten Times Over."

His breakthrough role came when he played Vernon Pinkley in "The Dirty Dozen."