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Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

ActingBorn April 10, 1929Died March 8, 2020 (age 90)Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

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).

Filmography

2021
Echoes of the Past

as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)

Movie
2018
Kursk

as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

Movie
2017
Max von Sydow

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2016
The First, the Last

as Le croque-mort

Movie
2015Movie
2014
I Am Divine

as Self (archive)

Movie
2014
The Letters

as Celeste van Exem

Movie
2013Movie
2012
Palme

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012
Branded

as Marketing Guru

Movie
2011Movie
2011
Game of Thrones

as Three-Eyed Raven

TV
2010
The Last Norwegian Troll

as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)

Movie
2010
Behind the Moomins

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
2010
Robin Hood

as Sir Walter Loxley

Movie
2010
Shutter Island

as Dr. Naehring

Movie
2009
Solomon Kane

as Josiah Kane

Movie
2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink

as Le docteur Dusseldorf

Movie
2009
A Man and His Dog

as Le commandant

Movie
2008
Emotional Arithmetic

as Jakob Bronski

Movie
2007
Rush Hour 3

as Varden Reynard

Movie
2007Movie
2007
The Tudors

as Cardinal Von Waldburg

TV
2005
Heidi

as Uncle Alp

Movie
2004TV
2004Movie
2004
Hidden Children

as Valobra

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Director Lamar Burgess

Movie
2001
Intacto

as Samuel

Movie
2001
Druids

as Guttuart

Movie
2001
Sleepless

as Moretti

Movie
2000Movie
2000
Nuremberg

as Samuel Rosenman

TV
1999
Snow Falling on Cedars

as Nels Gudmundsson

Movie
1998
What Dreams May Come

as The Tracker

Movie
1998Movie
1998
Professione fantasma

as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà

TV
1997
Solomon

as Davide

Movie
1997
Solomon

as David

TV
1997
Hostile Waters

as Admiral Chernavin

Movie
1997
Their Frozen Dream

as S.A. Andrée (voice)

Movie
1996Movie
1996
Jerusalem

as Vicar

Movie
1996
Hamsun

as Knut Hamsun

Movie
1996
Delblanc

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1995
Radetzky March

as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje

TV
1995
Lumière & Company

as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")

Movie
1995
Stjärnbilder

as (archive footage)

Movie
1995
Judge Dredd

as Chief Justice Fargo

Movie
1995
The Atlantic

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1995
Citizen X

as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky

Movie
1995
Depth Solitude

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1994
Onkel Vanja

as The Professor

Movie
1994
A che punto è la notte

as Arcivescovo di Torino

TV
1994
Time is Money

as Joe Kaufman

Movie
1993
Minns ni?

as (archive footage)

Movie
1993
Needful Things

as Leland Gaunt

Movie
1993
Morfars resa

as Simon S.L. Fromm

Movie
1993
Och ge oss skuggorna

as Eugene O'Neill

Movie
1992
The Silent Touch

as Henry Kesdi

Movie
1992
The Best Intentions

as Johan Åkerblom

Movie
1991
The Ox

as Vicar

Movie
1991Movie
1991Movie
1991
Europa

as Narrator (voice)

Movie
1991
A Kiss Before Dying

as Thor Carlsson

Movie
1990
Awakenings

as Peter Ingham

Movie
1990
Father

as Joe Mueller

Movie
1990Movie
1990
Cellini: A Violent Life

as Pope Clement VII

Movie
1990
The Bachelor

as Von Schleheim

Movie
1989
The Simpsons

as Klaus Ziegler (voice)

TV
1989Movie
1989
Ghostbusters II

as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)

Movie
1987
Pelle the Conqueror

as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand

Movie
1987
The Second Victory

as Dr. Huber

Movie
1986
Duet for One

as Dr. Louis Feldman

Movie
1986
The Wolf at the Door

as August Strindberg

Movie
1986
Gösta Berlings saga

as Melchior Sinclaire

TV
1986Movie
1985
The Repenter

as Spinola

Movie
1985
Code Name: Emerald

as Jürgen Brausch

Movie
1985
Christopher Columbus

as Re Giovanni del Portogallo

TV
1985
Quo Vadis?

as Petrus

TV
1985
The Last Place on Earth

as Fridtjof Nansen

TV
1985Movie
1984
Dune

as Doctor Kynes

Movie
1984
The Soldier's Tale

as The Devil (voice)

Movie
1984
Le dernier civil

as Gérard Bauerle

Movie
1984
Dreamscape

as Paul Novotny

Movie
1984Movie
1983
Never Say Never Again

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Movie
1983
Strange Brew

as Brewmeister Smith

Movie
1983
Circle of Passions

as Carlo di Vilalfratti

Movie
1983Movie
1982
Target Eagle

as Coronel O'Donnell

Movie
1982
The Flight of the Eagle

as Salomon August Andrée

Movie
1982
Conan the Barbarian

as King Osric

Movie
1982
Let Poland Be Poland

as Self - Co-Host

Movie
1981
The Guldbagge Awards

as Self - Best Director winner

TV
1981
The Guldbagge Awards

as Self - Host

TV
1981
The Guldbagge Awards

as Self - Best Actor winner

TV
1981
Venetian Lies

as Marcello Herrighe

Movie
1981
Escape to Victory

as Major Karl von Steiner

Movie
1981
She Dances Alone

as Nijinsky (voice)

Movie
1980
Flash Gordon

as The Emperor Ming

Movie
1980
Death Watch

as Gerald Mortenhoe

Movie
1979
Hurricane

as Dr. Danielsson

Movie
1979Movie
1978
Brass Target

as Shelley Martin Webber

Movie
1977
Black Journal

as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal

Movie
1977
March or Die

as François Marneau

Movie
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic

as Father Lankester Merrin

Movie
1976
Voyage of the Damned

as Captain Schroeder

Movie
1976Movie
1976
Foxtrot

as Larsen

Movie
1976
Illustrious Corpses

as Supreme Court President

Movie
1976
Heart of a Dog

as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski

Movie
1975Movie
1975Movie
1975
The Broken Mirror

as Matthew Lawrence

Movie
1975Movie
1974
Steppenwolf

as Harry Haller

Movie
1974
The Emigrants

as Karl Oskar

TV
1974Movie
1973
The Exorcist

as Father Lankester Merrin

Movie
1972Movie
1972
Embassy

as Gorenko

Movie
1972
The New Land

as Karl Oskar

Movie
1971
The Apple War

as Roy Lindberg

Movie
1971
The Touch

as Andreas Vergerus

Movie
1971
The Emigrants

as Karl Oskar

Movie
1971Movie
1970
The Kremlin Letter

as Colonel Kosnov

Movie
1969
The Passion of Anna

as Andreas Winkelman

Movie
1969
Made in Sweden

as Magnus Rud

Movie
1968
Shame

as Jan Rosenberg

Movie
1968
Black Palm Trees

as Gustav Olofsson

Movie
1968
Hour of the Wolf

as Johan Borg

Movie
1967Movie
1966
Here Is Your Life

as Smålands-Pelle

Movie
1966Movie
1966
Hawaii

as Abner Hale

Movie
1965
The Reward

as Scott Swenson

Movie
1965
4 x 4

as Kvist

Movie
1965Movie
1964TV
1963
Winter Light

as Jonas Persson

Movie
1962Movie
1962
The Mistress

as The Man

Movie
1961Movie
1960
The Wedding Day

as Anders Frost

Movie
1960Movie
1958
The Magician

as Albert Emanuel Vogler

Movie
1958
Rabies

as Bo Stensson Svenningson

Movie
1958
Spion 503

as Horst, Gestapo-mand

Movie
1958
Brink of Life

as Harry Andersson

Movie
1957
The Minister of Uddarbo

as Gustaf Ömark

Movie
1957Movie
1957Movie
1957
The Seventh Seal

as Antonius Block

Movie
1956Movie
1953Movie
1951
Miss Julie

as Groom

Movie
1949Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee / Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayApril 10, 1929
Day of DeathMarch 8, 2020
Place of BirthLund, Skåne län, Sweden
Popularity1.9