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person_profile-Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow Died at age: 90

Actor | Producer

Fullname:

Max von Sydow

Date of Birth:

Apr 10, 1929

Country of birth:

Sweden

Died:

Mar 08, 2020

Biography of

Max von Sydow

    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).

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Filmography of

Max von Sydow

Found 150 Movies in total

Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist

Self (archive footage) ( Actor )

... 2023

Echoes of the Past

Nikolas Andreou (Aged) ( Actor )

... 2021

Kursk

Admiral Vladimir Petrenko ( Actor )

... 2018

... 2017

Max von Sydow

Achival Footage ( Actor )

... 2017

The First, the Last

Le croque-mort ( Actor )

... 2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Lor San Tekka ( Actor )

... 2015

The Letters

Celeste van Exem ( Actor )

... 2014

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures

Dr. Alistair Conis ( Actor )

... 2013

Branded

Marketing Guru ( Actor )

... 2012

... 2011

Robin Hood

Sir Walter Loxley ( Actor )

... 2010

Shutter Island

Dr. Jeremiah Naehring ( Actor )

... 2010

The Wolfman

Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 2010

Oscar and the Lady in Pink

Le docteur Dusseldorf ( Actor )

... 2009

Solomon Kane

Josiah Kane ( Actor )

... 2009

A Man and His Dog

Le commandant ( Actor )

... 2009

Emotional Arithmetic

Jakob Bronski ( Actor )

... 2008

Rush Hour 3

Varden Reynard ( Actor )

... 2007

... 2007

The Final Inquiry

Tiberius ( Actor )

... 2007

Heidi

Uncle Alp ( Actor )

... 2005

Ring of the Nibelungs

Eyvind ( Actor )

... 2004

Hidden Children

Valobra ( Actor )

... 2004

Minority Report

Director Lamar Burgess ( Actor )

... 2002

Intact

Samuel ( Actor )

... 2001

Druids

Guttuart ( Actor )

... 2001

Sleepless

Moretti ( Actor )

... 2001

... 2000

Snow Falling on Cedars

Nels Gudmundsson ( Actor )

... 1999

What Dreams May Come

The Tracker ( Actor )

... 1998

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Self / Father Merrin ( Actor )

... 1998

Solomon

Davide ( Actor )

... 1997

... 1997

Hostile Waters

Admiral Chernavin ( Actor )

... 1997

Their Frozen Dream

S.A. Andrée (voice) ( Actor )

... 1997

Private Confessions

Jacob ( Actor )

... 1996

Samson and Delilah

Narratore (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1996

Jerusalem

Vicar ( Actor )

... 1996

Hamsun

Knut Hamsun ( Actor )

... 1996

Delblanc

Narrator ( Actor )

... 1996

Judge Dredd

Chief Justice Fargo ( Actor )

... 1995

The Atlantic

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1995

Citizen X

Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky ( Actor )

... 1995

Onkel Vanja

The professor ( Actor )

... 1994

Time is Money

Joe Kaufman ( Actor )

... 1994

A che punto è la notte

Arcivescovo di Torino ( Actor )

... 1994

Needful Things

Leland Gaunt ( Actor )

... 1993

Morfars resa

Simon S.L. Fromm ( Actor )

... 1993

Och ge oss skuggorna

Eugene O'Neill ( Actor )

... 1993

The Silent Touch

Henry Kesdi ( Actor )

... 1992

The Best Intentions

Johan Åkerblom ( Actor )

... 1992

The Ox

Vicar ( Actor )

... 1991

Until the End of the World

Henry Farber ( Actor )

... 1991

Europa

Narrator (voice) ( Actor )

... 1991

A Kiss Before Dying

Thor Carlsson ( Actor )

... 1991

Awakenings

Peter Ingham ( Actor )

... 1990

Father

Joe Mueller ( Actor )

... 1990

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Father Siemes ( Actor )

... 1990

Cellini: A Violent Life

Papa Clemente VII ( Actor )

... 1990

The Bachelor

Von Schleheim ( Actor )

... 1990

... 1989

Ghostbusters II

Vigo (voice) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1989

... 1988

Pelle the Conqueror

Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand ( Actor )

... 1987

The Second Victory

Dr. Huber ( Actor )

... 1987

Duet for One

Dr. Louis Feldman ( Actor )

... 1986

The Wolf at the Door

August Strindberg ( Actor )

... 1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

Frederick ( Actor )

... 1986

The Repenter

Spinola ( Actor )

... 1985

Code Name: Emerald

Jürgen Brausch ( Actor )

... 1985

Kojak: The Belarus File

Peter Barak ( Actor )

... 1985

... 1985

Dune

Doctor Kynes ( Actor )

... 1984

Terror in the Aisles

Father Merrin (archive footage) (uncredited) ( Actor )

... 1984

Dreamscape

Doctor Paul Novotny ( Actor )

... 1984

Samson and Delilah

Sidka ( Actor )

... 1984

The Soldier's Tale

The devil ( Actor )

... 1984

Never Say Never Again

Ernst Stavro Blofeld ( Actor )

... 1983

Strange Brew

Brewmeister Smith ( Actor )

... 1983

Circle of Passions

Carlo di Vilalfratti ( Actor )

... 1983

Target Eagle

Coronel O'Donnell ( Actor )

... 1982

The Flight of the Eagle

Salomon August Andrée ( Actor )

... 1982

Conan the Barbarian

King Osric ( Actor )

... 1982

Let Poland Be Poland

Self - Co-Host ( Actor )

... 1982

She Dances Alone

Nijinsky's voice ( Actor )

... 1981

Venetian Lies

Marcello Herrighe ( Actor )

... 1981

Escape to Victory

Major Karl von Steiner ( Actor )

... 1981

Flash Gordon

The Emperor Ming ( Actor )

... 1980

Death Watch

Gerald Mortenhoe ( Actor )

... 1980

Hurricane

Dr. Danielsson ( Actor )

... 1979

Brass Target

Shelley Martin Webber ( Actor )

... 1978

Black Journal

Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal ( Actor )

... 1977

March or Die

François Marneau ( Actor )

... 1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Father Lancaster Merrin ( Actor )

... 1977

Voyage of the Damned

Captain Schroeder ( Actor )

... 1976

The Desert of the Tartars

Cap. Ortiz ( Actor )

... 1976

Foxtrot

Larsen ( Actor )

... 1976

Illustrious Corpses

Supreme Court President ( Actor )

... 1976

Heart of a Dog

Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski ( Actor )

... 1976

The Ultimate Warrior

Baron ( Actor )

... 1975

Three Days of the Condor

G. Joubert ( Actor )

... 1975

The Broken Mirror

Matthew Lawrence ( Actor )

... 1975

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

The Father ( Actor )

... 1975

Steppenwolf

Harry Haller ( Actor )

... 1974

... 1974

The Exorcist

Father Merrin ( Actor )

... 1973

Ingmar Bergman

Self ( Actor )

... 1972

Embassy

Gorenko ( Actor )

... 1972

The New Land

Karl Oskar ( Actor )

... 1972

The Apple War

Roy Lindberg ( Actor )

... 1971

The Touch

Andreas Vergerus ( Actor )

... 1971

The Emigrants

Karl Oskar ( Actor )

... 1971

The Night Visitor

Salem ( Actor )

... 1971

The Kremlin Letter

Colonel Kosnov ( Actor )

... 1970

The Passion of Anna

Andreas Winkelman ( Actor )

... 1969

Shame

Jan Rosenberg ( Actor )

... 1968

Black Palm Trees

Gustav Olofsson ( Actor )

... 1968

... 1968

Hour of the Wolf

Johan Borg ( Actor )

... 1968

The Diary of Anne Frank

Otto Frank ( Actor )

... 1967

Here Is Your Life

Smålands-Pelle ( Actor )

... 1966

The Quiller Memorandum

Oktober ( Actor )

... 1966

Hawaii

Abner Hale ( Actor )

... 1966

The Reward

Scott Swenson ( Actor )

... 1965

... 1965

4 x 4

Kvist ( Actor )

... 1965

Winter Light

Jonas Persson ( Actor )

... 1963

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Father ( Actor )

... 1962

The Mistress

The Man ( Actor )

... 1962

Through a Glass Darkly

Martin ( Actor )

... 1961

The Wedding Day

Anders Frost ( Actor )

... 1960

The Virgin Spring

Töre ( Actor )

... 1960

The Magician

Albert Emanuel Vogler ( Actor )

... 1958

Rabies

Bo Stensson Svenningson ( Actor )

... 1958

Spion 503

Horst, Gestapo-mand ( Actor )

... 1958

Brink of Life

Harry Andersson ( Actor )

... 1958

The Minister of Uddarbo

Gustaf Ömark ( Actor )

... 1957

Wild Strawberries

Henrik Åkerman ( Actor )

... 1957

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Hunter ( Actor )

... 1957

The Seventh Seal

Antonius Block ( Actor )

... 1957

The Right to Love

Bergman ( Actor )

... 1956

Ingen mans kvinna

Olof ( Actor )

... 1953

Miss Julie

Groom ( Actor )

... 1951

Only a Mother

Nils ( Actor )

... 1949