Max von Sydow
Known for Acting · 186 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)
The Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sigmund Freud
Christopher Columbus
1985
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
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
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
Quo Vadis?
1985
as Petrus
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Tiberio
A che punto è la notte
1994
as Arcivescovo di Torino
Radetzky March
1995
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
The Emigrants
1974
as Karl Oskar
Gösta Berlings saga
1986
as Melchior Sinclaire
Solomon
1997
as David
La principessa e il povero
1997
as Epos
Professione fantasma
1998
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Movies (166)
Shutter Island
2010
as Dr. Naehring
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Lor San Tekka
The Exorcist
1973
as Father Lankester Merrin
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as King Osric
Dune
1984
as Doctor Kynes
Minority Report
2002
as Director Lamar Burgess
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
The Seventh Seal
1957
as Antonius Block
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Varden Reynard
Judge Dredd
1995
as Chief Justice Fargo
What Dreams May Come
1998
as The Tracker
Escape to Victory
1981
as Major Karl von Steiner
Never Say Never Again
1983
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Robin Hood
2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
Solomon Kane
2009
as Josiah Kane
Awakenings
1990
as Peter Ingham
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as G. Joubert
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Frederick
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Lankester Merrin
Kursk
2018
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Branded
2012
as Marketing Guru
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
Flash Gordon
1980
as The Emperor Ming
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as The Renter
Wild Strawberries
1957
as Åkerman
Citizen X
1995
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Voyage of the Damned
1976
as Captain Schroeder
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Jesus
The Magician
1958
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Shame
1968
as Jan Rosenberg
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Papinou
Black Journal
1977
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Until the End of the World
1991
as Henry Farber
Needful Things
1993
as Leland Gaunt
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
The Wolf at the Door
1986
as August Strindberg
The Virgin Spring
1960
as Töre
Winter Light
1963
as Jonas Persson
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Thor Carlsson
March or Die
1977
as François Marneau
Solomon
1997
as Davide
The Flight of the Eagle
1982
as Salomon August Andrée
Dreamscape
1984
as Paul Novotny
Heidi
2005
as Uncle Alp
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975
as The Father
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
Death Watch
1980
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Europa
1991
as Narrator (voice)
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Nels Gudmundsson
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957
as Gustaf Ömark
Intacto
2001
as Samuel
Hawaii
1966
as Abner Hale
The Touch
1971
as Andreas Vergerus
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
Depth Solitude
1995
as Narrator (voice)
Hour of the Wolf
1968
as Johan Borg
The Night Visitor
1971
as Salem
Illustrious Corpses
1976
as Supreme Court President
Hostile Waters
1997
as Admiral Chernavin
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Oktober
Through a Glass Darkly
1961
as Martin
The Atlantic
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Baron
The Princess and the Pauper
1997
as Epos
Interlude in the Marshland
1965
as Alex Kvist
Behind the Moomins
2010
as Narrator (voice)
The Right to Love
1956
as Bergman
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Pope Clement VII
The Passion of Anna
1969
as Andreas Winkelman
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Father Siemes
Black Palm Trees
1968
as Gustav Olofsson
Ingmar Bergman
1972
as Self
Strange Brew
1983
as Brewmeister Smith
The First, the Last
2016
as Le croque-mort
Red King, White Knight
1989
as Szaz
The Emigrants
1971
as Karl Oskar
Rabies
1958
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Letters
2014
as Celeste van Exem
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Cap. Ortiz
Max von Sydow
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The Bachelor
1990
as Von Schleheim
A Man and His Dog
2009
as Le commandant
Code Name: Emerald
1985
as Jürgen Brausch
Duet for One
1986
as Dr. Louis Feldman
The Apple War
1971
as Roy Lindberg
Sleepless
2001
as Moretti
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
as Self - Father Merrin
Brass Target
1978
as Shelley Martin Webber
The Kremlin Letter
1970
as Colonel Kosnov
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988
as Voice
The New Land
1972
as Karl Oskar
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985
as Peter Barak
Och ge oss skuggorna
1993
as Eugene O'Neill
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Hurricane
1979
as Dr. Danielsson
Heart of a Dog
1976
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Miss Julie
1951
as Groom
Target Eagle
1982
as Coronel O'Donnell
Samson and Delilah
1984
as Sidka
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
Druids
2001
as Guttuart
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957
as Hunter
The Broken Mirror
1975
as Matthew Lawrence
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Jakob Bronski
She Dances Alone
1981
as Nijinsky (voice)
Foxtrot
1976
as Larsen
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995
as Narrator (voice)
The Second Victory
1987
as Dr. Huber
The Best Intentions
1992
as Johan Åkerblom
Hidden Children
2004
as Valobra
Brink of Life
1958
as Harry Andersson
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
as The Father
Circle of Passions
1983
as Carlo di Vilalfratti
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Final Inquiry
2007
as Tiberius
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 186 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Max von Sydow has appeared in 166 films and 20 TV shows.
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- Shutter Island (2010) — as Dr. Naehring
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — as Lor San Tekka
- The Exorcist (1973) — as Father Lankester Merrin
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) — as King Osric
- Dune (1984) — as Doctor Kynes
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