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 187
Movies 167
TV Shows 20
self 17
Voice 8
Narrator 3
Director 3
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist (2023)
Echoes of the Past (2021)
Kursk (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)
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)
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)
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (2007)
The Final Inquiry (2007)
The Tudors (2007)
Heidi (2005)
Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
Hidden Children (2004)
Minority Report (2002)
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones (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)
Onkel Vanja (1994)
Time is Money (1994)
A che punto è la notte (1994)
Minns ni? (1993)
Needful Things (1993)
Morfars resa (1993)
Och ge oss skuggorna (1993)
The Silent Touch (1992)
The Best Intentions (1992)
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992)
The Best Intentions (1991)
The Ox (1991)
Until the End of the World (1991)
Europa (1991)
A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
Awakenings (1990)
Father (1990)
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
The Bachelor (1990)
The Simpsons (1989)
Red King, White Knight (1989)
Ghostbusters II (1989)
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood (1989)
Katinka (1988)
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (1988)
Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
The Second Victory (1987)
Duet for One (1986)
The Wolf at the Door (1986)
Gösta Berlings saga (1986)
Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
The Repenter (1985)
Code Name: Emerald (1985)
Christopher Columbus (1985)
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
Quo Vadis? (1985)
The Last Place on Earth (1985)
Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
The Fascination (1985)
Dune (1984)
Le dernier civil (1984)
Terror in the Aisles (1984)
Dreamscape (1984)
Samson and Delilah (1984)
The Soldier's Tale (1984)
Never Say Never Again (1983)
Strange Brew (1983)
Circle of Passions (1983)
Target Eagle (1982)
The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer (1982)
Conan the Barbarian (1982)
Let Poland Be Poland (1982)
The Guldbagge Awards (1981)
She Dances Alone (1981)
Venetian Lies (1981)
Escape to Victory (1981)
Flash Gordon (1980)
Death Watch (1980)
Hurricane (1979)
A Look at Liv (1979)
Brass Target (1978)
Black Journal (1977)
March or Die (1977)
Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
Voyage of the Damned (1976)
The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
Foxtrot (1976)
Illustrious Corpses (1976)
Heart of a Dog (1976)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
Three Days of the Condor (1975)
The Broken Mirror (1975)
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)
Steppenwolf (1974)
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
The Exorcist (1973)
Ingmar Bergman (1972)
Embassy (1972)
The New Land (1972)
The Apple War (1971)
The Touch (1971)
The Emigrants (1971)
The Night Visitor (1971)
The Kremlin Letter (1970)
The Passion of Anna (1969)
Made in Sweden (1969)
Shame (1968)
Black Palm Trees (1968)
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman (1968)
Hour of the Wolf (1968)
The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
Here Is Your Life (1966)
The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
Hawaii (1966)
The Reward (1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
4 x 4 (1965)
Interlude in the Marshland (1965)
Dansen kring Guldbaggen (1964)
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung (1964)
Winter Light (1963)
Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)
The Mistress (1962)
Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
The Wedding Day (1960)
The Virgin Spring (1960)
The Magician (1958)
Rabies (1958)
Spion 503 (1958)
Brink of Life (1958)
The Minister of Uddarbo (1957)
Wild Strawberries (1957)
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)
The Seventh Seal (1957)
The Right to Love (1956)
Ingen mans kvinna (1953)
Miss Julie (1951)
Only a Mother (1949)
Starring Sigmund Freud
C.G. Jung: Wisdom of the Dream
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Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1929-04-10
Deathday2020-03-08 (90 years old)
Birth NameCarl Adolf von Sydow
Birth PlaceLund, Sweden
Height
RelationshipsChristina Olin (1951-08-01 - 1979-02-26), Catherine Brelet (1997-04-30 - 2020-03-08)
ChildrenCédric Brelet von Sydow
FatherCarl Wilhelm von Sydow
MotherMaria Margareta, Friherrinna Rappe
CitizenshipsFrance, Sweden
ResidencesParis, France
Also Known AsMax Carl Adolf von Sydow, Max Von Sydow, Макс фон Сюдов, Carl Adolf von Sydow
AwardsDonostia Award, Ordre des Arts et des Lettres, Knight of the Legion of Honour, Swedish Academy's Theatre Award, Litteris et Artibus, European Film Award for Best Actor, Sitges Grand Honorary Award
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