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Max von Sydow

Known for: Acting

Biography: 1929-04-10

Deathday: 2020-03-08 (90 years old)

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

all 194

Movies 173

TV Shows 21

self 19

Narrator 5

Voice 5

Director 3

Self (archive footage)

Max von Sydow

Biography

Filmography

all 194

Movies 173

TV Shows 21

self 19

Narrator 5

Voice 5

Director 3

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (2023)

Echoes of the Past (2021)

Kursk (2018)

Behind the Scenes of Såsom i en spegel (Through a Glass Darkly) (2018)

Tuschinski's Dream (2017)

Max von Sydow (2017)

The First, the Last (2016)

Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)

The Letters (2014)

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (2013)

Liv & Ingmar (2012)

Branded (2012)

Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter (2012)

Square (2012)

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)

Game of Thrones (2011)

Chess History (2011)

The Last Norwegian Troll (2010)

Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010)

Robin Hood (2010)

Shutter Island (2010)

The Wolfman (2010)

Behind the Moomins (2010)

Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)

Solomon Kane (2009)

A Man and His Dog (2009)

Emotional Arithmetic (2008)

Rush Hour 3 (2007)

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)

The Final Inquiry (2007)

L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (2007)

The Tudors (2007)

Heidi (2005)

Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)

Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)

Hidden Children (2004)

Queen: Greatest Video Hits (2002)

Minority Report (2002)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (2002)

Les Amants de Mogador (2002)

Intacto (2001)

Druids (2001)

Sleepless (2001)

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000)

Light Keeps Me Company (2000)

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)

What Dreams May Come (1998)

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998)

Professione fantasma (1998)

Solomon (1997)

Solomon (1997)

La principessa e il povero (1997)

The Princess and the Pauper (1997)

Hostile Waters (1997)

Their Frozen Dream (1997)

Private Confessions (1996)

Samson and Delilah (1996)

Jerusalem (1996)

Hamsun (1996)

Delblanc (1996)

Radetzky March (1995)

Lumière and Company (1995)

Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer (1995)

Stjärnbilder (1995)

Judge Dredd (1995)

The Atlantic (1995)

Citizen X (1995)

Depth Solitude (1995)