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Max von Sydow
Born · April 10, 1929
Died · March 8, 2020 (90 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Bio
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).
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
7.3
2023
Echoes of the Past
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
6.6
2021
Kursk
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
6.7
2018
Tuschinski's Dream
0.0
2017
Max von Sydow
Self (archive footage)
10.0
2017
The First, the Last
Le croque-mort
6.5
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lor San Tekka
7.3
2015
The Letters
Celeste van Exem
5.5
2014
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Dr. Alistair Conis
5.5
2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
0.0
2012
Branded
Marketing Guru
4.8
2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Self
0.0
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Renter
7.0
2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
6.0
2011
Game of Thrones
Three-Eyed Raven · (3 episodes)
8.5
2011
The Last Norwegian Troll
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
6.7
2010
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
6.4
2010
Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
8.2
2010
The Wolfman
Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
5.9
2010
Behind the Moomins
Narrator (voice)
0.0
2010
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Le docteur Dusseldorf
6.5
2009
Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
6.0
2009
A Man and His Dog
Le commandant
5.9
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
Jakob Bronski
5.4
2008
Rush Hour 3
Varden Reynard
6.5
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Papinou
7.6
2007
The Final Inquiry
Tiberius
4.7
2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Tiberio · (2 episodes)
0.0
2007
The Tudors
Cardinal Von Waldburg · (8 episodes)
7.8
2007
Heidi
Uncle Alp
7.5
2005
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind · (2 episodes)
8.0
2004
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
6.2
2004
Hidden Children
Valobra
5.9
2004
Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime]
7.4
2002
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones
Sigmund Freud · (1 episode)
7.0
2002
Intact
Samuel
6.6
2001
Druids
Guttuart
2.9
2001
Sleepless
Moretti
6.1
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Freud
5.6
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
7.8
2000
Nuremberg
Samuel Rosenman · (1 episode)
7.5
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
6.7
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson
6.0
1999
What Dreams May Come
The Tracker
7.2
1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Father Merrin
7.3
1998
Professione fantasma
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà · (11 episodes)
6.0
1998
Solomon
Davide
6.6
1997
The Princess and the Pauper
Epos
6.3
1997
La principessa e il povero
Epos · (2 episodes)
0.0
1997
Hostile Waters
Admiral Chernavin
5.6
1997
Their Frozen Dream
S.A. Andrée (voice)
6.7
1997
Private Confessions
Jacob
6.2
1996
Samson and Delilah
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
6.5
1996
Jerusalem
Vicar
7.2
1996
Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
7.2
1996
Delblanc
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1996
Radetzky March
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje · (3 episodes)
6.1
1995
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1995
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
0.0
1995
Judge Dredd
Chief Justice Fargo
5.8
1995
The Atlantic
Narrator (voice)
6.0
1995
Citizen X
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
7.2
1995
Depth Solitude
Narrator (voice)
5.8
1995
Onkel Vanja
The Professor
0.0
1994
A che punto è la notte
Arcivescovo di Torino · (2 episodes)
0.0
1994
Time is Money
Joe Kaufman
7.0
1994
A che punto è la notte
Arcivescovo di Torino
6.8
1994
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
0.0
1993
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt
6.2
1993
Morfars resa
Simon S.L. Fromm
0.0
1993
Och ge oss skuggorna
Eugene O'Neill
9.0
1993
The Silent Touch
Henry Kesdi
5.0
1992
The Best Intentions
Johan Åkerblom
7.1
1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sigmund Freud · (1 episode)
6.5
1992
The Ox
Vicar
6.6
1991
Until the End of the World
Henry Farber
6.8
1991
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Narrator (voice)
0.0
1991
Europa
Narrator (voice)
7.3
1991
A Kiss Before Dying
Thor Carlsson
5.6
1991
Awakenings
Peter Ingham
7.8
1990
Father
Joe Mueller
5.6
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Father Siemes
5.8
1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
Papa Clemente VII
6.0
1990
The Bachelor
Von Schleheim
0.0
1990
The Simpsons
Klaus Ziegler (voice) · (1 episode)
8.0
1989
Red King, White Knight
Szaz
5.7
1989
Ghostbusters II
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
6.6
1989
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Self
0.0
1989
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
Voice
0.0
1988
The Human Factor
0.0
1988
Pelle the Conqueror
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
7.3
1987
The Second Victory
Dr. Huber
6.3
1987
Duet for One
Dr. Louis Feldman
5.8
1986
The Wolf at the Door
August Strindberg
5.2
1986
Gösta Berlings saga
Melchior Sinclaire · (6 episodes)
10.0
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick
7.5
1986
The Repenter
Spinola
6.1
1985
Code Name: Emerald
Jürgen Brausch
6.7
1985
Christopher Columbus
Re Giovanni del Portogallo · (4 episodes)
6.5
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
5.6
1985
Quo Vadis?
Petrus · (6 episodes)
5.4
1985
The Last Place on Earth
Fridtjof Nansen · (7 episodes)
6.8
1985
Kojak: The Belarus File
Peter Barak
6.0
1985
The Fascination
0.0
1985
Dune
Doctor Kynes
6.2
1984
Le dernier civil
Gérard Bauerle
0.0
1984
Dreamscape
Paul Novotny
6.1
1984
Samson and Delilah
Sidka
4.9
1984
The Soldier's Tale
The Devil
6.4
1984
Never Say Never Again
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6.1
1983
Strange Brew
Brewmeister Smith
6.1
1983
Circle of Passions
Carlo di Vilalfratti
3.0
1983
Target Eagle
Coronel O'Donnell
4.9
1982
The Flight of the Eagle
Salomon August Andrée
7.0
1982
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
5.8
1982
Conan the Barbarian
King Osric
6.8
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
0.0
1982
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actor winner · (2 episodes)
5.5
1981
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Host · (1 episode)
5.5
1981
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Director winner · (1 episode)
5.5
1981
She Dances Alone
Nijinsky's voice
0.0
1981
Venetian Lies
Marcello Herrighe
5.2
1981
Escape to Victory
Major Karl von Steiner
6.9
1981
Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming
6.2
1980
Death Watch
Gerald Mortenhoe
6.3
1980
Hurricane
Dr. Danielsson
4.7
1979
A Look at Liv
Self
0.0
1979
Brass Target
Shelley Martin Webber
5.6
1978
Black Journal
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
5.3
1977
March or Die
François Marneau
5.8
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Lankester Merrin
4.5
1977
Voyage of the Damned
Captain Schroeder
5.9
1976
The Desert of the Tartars
Cap. Ortiz
6.8
1976
Foxtrot
Larsen
4.7
1976
Illustrious Corpses
Supreme Court President
6.8
1976
Heart of a Dog
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
6.4
1976
The Ultimate Warrior
Baron
5.8
1975
Three Days of the Condor
G. Joubert
7.3
1975
The Broken Mirror
Matthew Lawrence
8.0
1975
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
The Father
6.0
1975
Steppenwolf
Harry Haller
6.0
1974
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar · (8 episodes)
0.0
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
7.7
1974
The Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin
7.7
1973
Ingmar Bergman
Self
6.2
1972
Embassy
Gorenko
5.0
1972
The New Land
Karl Oskar
7.7
1972
The Apple War
Roy Lindberg
6.0
1971
The Touch
Andreas Vergerus
6.3
1971
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar
7.5
1971
The Night Visitor
Salem
6.3
1971
The Kremlin Letter
Colonel Kosnov
6.1
1970
The Passion of Anna
Andreas Winkelman
7.5
1969
Made in Sweden
Magnus Rud
0.0
1969
Shame
Jan Rosenberg
7.5
1968
Black Palm Trees
Gustav Olofsson
5.5
1968
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Self
0.0
1968
Hour of the Wolf
Johan Borg
7.4
1968
The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
6.0
1967
Here Is Your Life
Smålands-Pelle
7.1
1966
The Quiller Memorandum
Oktober
5.7
1966
Hawaii
Abner Hale
6.4
1966
The Reward
Scott Swenson
5.7
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesus
6.4
1965
4 x 4
Kvist
7.2
1965
Interlude in the Marshland
Alex Kvist
7.4
1965
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Self
0.0
1964
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
Self · (1 episode)
0.0
1964
Winter Light
Jonas Persson
7.9
1963
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The Father
5.7
1962
The Mistress
The Man
6.0
1962
Through a Glass Darkly
Martin
7.8
1961
The Wedding Day
Anders Frost
0.0
1960
The Virgin Spring
Töre
7.8
1960
The Magician
Albert Emanuel Vogler
7.3
1958
Rabies
Bo Stensson Svenningson
7.5
1958
Spion 503
Horst, Gestapo-mand
4.0
1958
Brink of Life
Harry Andersson
7.5
1958
The Minister of Uddarbo
Gustaf Ömark
0.0
1957
Wild Strawberries
Henrik Åkerman
8.1
1957
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Hunter
5.6
1957
The Seventh Seal
Antonius Block
8.2
1957
The Right to Love
Bergman
4.8
1956
Ingen mans kvinna
Olof
4.0
1953
Miss Julie
Groom
6.5
1951
Only a Mother
Nils
6.9
1949
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee/Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944