Max von Sydow
Known for Acting · 185 credits
- Born
- 1929-04-10
- Died
- 2020-03-08
- Place of birth
- Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
- Also known as
- Max Carl Adolf von Sydow · Max Von Sydow · Макс фон Сюдов · Carl Adolf von Sydow
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).
Known For
TV Shows (20)
Game of Thrones
2011
as Three-Eyed Raven
The Simpsons
1989
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sigmund Freud
Nuremberg
2000
as Samuel Rosenman
The Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Director winner / Self - Host / Self - Best Actor winner
The Last Place on Earth
1985
as Fridtjof Nansen
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Quo Vadis?
1985
as Petrus
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
Radetzky March
1995
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Solomon
1997
as David
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Tiberio
Gösta Berlings saga
1986
as Melchior Sinclaire
A che punto è la notte
1994
as Arcivescovo di Torino
La principessa e il povero
1997
as Epos
The Emigrants
1974
as Karl Oskar
Professione fantasma
1998
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Movies (165)
Shutter Island
2010
as Dr. Naehring
The Exorcist
1973
as Father Lankester Merrin
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Lor San Tekka
Minority Report
2002
as Director Lamar Burgess
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Varden Reynard
Dune
1984
as Doctor Kynes
Robin Hood
2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
Judge Dredd
1995
as Chief Justice Fargo
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as King Osric
Solomon Kane
2009
as Josiah Kane
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Awakenings
1990
as Peter Ingham
The Seventh Seal
1957
as Antonius Block
Never Say Never Again
1983
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as G. Joubert
What Dreams May Come
1998
as The Tracker
Wild Strawberries
1957
as Åkerman
Flash Gordon
1980
as The Emperor Ming
Escape to Victory
1981
as Major Karl von Steiner
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
Needful Things
1993
as Leland Gaunt
Citizen X
1995
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Lankester Merrin
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Jesus
Kursk
2018
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as The Renter
Dreamscape
1984
as Paul Novotny
Intacto
2001
as Samuel
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Nels Gudmundsson
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Frederick
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Papinou
The Passion of Anna
1969
as Andreas Winkelman
Until the End of the World
1991
as Henry Farber
March or Die
1977
as François Marneau
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Thor Carlsson
Hostile Waters
1997
as Admiral Chernavin
Europa
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Solomon
1997
as Davide
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Captain Schroeder
Shame
1968
as Jan Rosenberg
The Emigrants
1971
as Karl Oskar
The Virgin Spring
1960
as Töre
Brass Target
1978
as Shelley Martin Webber
Branded
2012
as Marketing Guru
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Cap. Ortiz
Brink of Life
1958
as Harry Andersson
Lumière & Company
1995
as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Heidi
2005
as Uncle Alp
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
as Freud
The Ox
1991
as Vicar
The Touch
1971
as Andreas Vergerus
The Magician
1958
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Hour of the Wolf
1968
as Johan Borg
Hawaii
1966
as Abner Hale
Embassy
1972
as Gorenko
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
Strange Brew
1983
as Brewmeister Smith
Death Watch
1980
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Black Journal
1977
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Winter Light
1963
as Jonas Persson
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Reward
1965
as Scott Swenson
Spion 503
1958
as Horst, Gestapo-mand
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Pope Clement VII
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Supreme Court President
The Best Intentions
1992
as Johan Åkerblom
Druids
2001
as Guttuart
Foxtrot
1976
as Larsen
Morfars resa
1993
as Simon S.L. Fromm
Steppenwolf
1974
as Harry Haller
Code Name: Emerald
1985
as Jürgen Brausch
The Letters
2014
as Celeste van Exem
Destination Dune
1983
as Self
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Baron
Through a Glass Darkly
1961
as Martin
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975
as The Father
The Wolf at the Door
1986
as August Strindberg
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The New Land
1972
as Karl Oskar
The Final Inquiry
2007
as Tiberius
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Oktober
Hurricane
1979
as Dr. Danielsson
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Jakob Bronski
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
as Self
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Colonel Kosnov
Hamsun
1996
as Knut Hamsun
Duet for One
1986
as Dr. Louis Feldman
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Father Siemes
Onkel Vanja
1994
as The Professor
The Repenter
1985
as Spinola
Sleepless
2001
as Moretti
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Szaz
The Second Victory
1987
as Dr. Huber
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
as Peter Barak
The Apple War
1971
as Roy Lindberg
Heart of a Dog
1976
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
The Flight of the Eagle
1982
as Salomon August Andrée
Here Is Your Life
1966
as Smålands-Pelle
A Man and His Dog
2009
as Le commandant
Miss Julie
1951
as Groom
The Princess and the Pauper
1997
as Epos
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
as Otto Frank
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
as The Father
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
The Right to Love
1956
as Bergman
Samson and Delilah
1984
as Sidka
The Night Visitor
1971
as Salem
Rabies
1958
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
as Self - Father Merrin
The Bachelor
1990
as Von Schleheim
Stjärnbilder
1995
as (archive footage)
Jerusalem
1996
as Vicar
Target Eagle
1982
as Coronel O'Donnell
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968
as Self
A Look at Liv
1979
as Self
About 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… With 185 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Max von Sydow has appeared in 165 films and 20 TV shows.
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Most Popular Max von Sydow Movies
- Shutter Island (2010) — as Dr. Naehring
- The Exorcist (1973) — as Father Lankester Merrin
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — as Lor San Tekka
- Minority Report (2002) — as Director Lamar Burgess
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) — as Varden Reynard
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