Known For
Acting
Born
Apr 10, 1929
Died
Mar 08, 2020
Place of Birth
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Credits
187 titles
Max von Sydow
Biography
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish. Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkin's The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award - Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
Known For
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
Echoes of the Past
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Tuschinski's Dream
Max von Sydow
Self (archive footage)
The First, the Last
Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lor San Tekka
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
The Letters
Celeste van Exem
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Dr. Alistair Conis
Starring Sigmund Freud
Palme
Self (archive footage)
Branded
Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Renter
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
Game of Thrones
Three-Eyed Raven
The Last Norwegian Troll
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Le docteur Dusseldorf
A Man and His Dog
Le commandant
Emotional Arithmetic
Jakob Bronski
Rush Hour 3
Varden Reynard
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Papinou
The Final Inquiry
Tiberius
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Tiberio
The Tudors
Cardinal Von Waldburg
Heidi
Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
Hidden Children
Valobra
Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess
Intacto
Samuel
Druids
Guttuart
Sleepless
Moretti
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Freud
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
Nuremberg
Samuel Rosenman
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come
The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Father Merrin
Professione fantasma
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Solomon
Davide
Solomon
David
La principessa e il povero
Epos
The Princess and the Pauper
Epos