Max von Sydow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 10, 1929
- Died
- March 8, 2020 (aged 90)
- Birthplace
- Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
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
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Filmography
Echoes of the Past
Movie · as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
Movie · as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Max von Sydow
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Tuschinski's Dream
Movie
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Self
The First, the Last
Movie · as Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie · as Lor San Tekka
The Letters
Movie · as Celeste van Exem
I Am Divine
Movie · as Self (archive)
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Movie · as Dr. Alistair Conis
Branded
Movie · as Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Movie · as Self
Starring Sigmund Freud
Movie
Palme
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Movie · as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie · as The Renter
Game of Thrones
TV · as Three-Eyed Raven · 3 eps
Robin Hood
Movie · as Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island
Movie · as Dr. Naehring
The Last Norwegian Troll
Movie · as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Solomon Kane
Movie · as Josiah Kane
A Man and His Dog
Movie · as Le commandant
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Movie · as Le docteur Dusseldorf
Emotional Arithmetic
Movie · as Jakob Bronski
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Movie · as Papinou
Rush Hour 3
Movie · as Varden Reynard
The Final Inquiry
Movie · as Tiberius
The Tudors
TV · as Cardinal Von Waldburg · 8 eps
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
TV · as Tiberio · 2 eps
Heidi
Movie · as Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
Movie · as Eyvind
Hidden Children
Movie · as Valobra
Ring of the Nibelungs
TV · as Eyvind · 2 eps
Minority Report
Movie · as Director Lamar Burgess
Intacto
Movie · as Samuel
Druids
Movie · as Guttuart
Sleepless
Movie · as Moretti
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie · as Self
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Movie · as Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Movie · as Freud
Nuremberg
TV · as Samuel Rosenman · 2 eps
Snow Falling on Cedars
Movie · as Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come
Movie · as The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Movie · as Self - Father Merrin
Professione fantasma
TV · as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà · 11 eps
Hostile Waters
Movie · as Admiral Chernavin
Solomon
Movie · as Davide
Their Frozen Dream
Movie · as S.A. Andrée (voice)
The Princess and the Pauper
Movie · as Epos
La principessa e il povero
TV · as Epos · 2 eps
Solomon
TV · as David · 2 eps
Private Confessions
Movie · as Jacob
Delblanc
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Hamsun
Movie · as Knut Hamsun
Jerusalem
Movie · as Vicar
Citizen X
Movie · as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Judge Dredd
Movie · as Chief Justice Fargo
Depth Solitude
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Stjärnbilder
Movie · as (archive footage)
The Atlantic
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Lumière & Company
Movie · as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Radetzky March
TV · as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje · 3 eps
Onkel Vanja
Movie · as The Professor
Time is Money
Movie · as Joe Kaufman
A che punto è la notte
TV · as Arcivescovo di Torino · 2 eps
Needful Things
Movie · as Leland Gaunt
Minns ni?
Movie · as (archive footage)
Och ge oss skuggorna
Movie · as Eugene O'Neill
Morfars resa
Movie · as Simon S.L. Fromm
The Best Intentions
Movie · as Johan Åkerblom
The Silent Touch
Movie · as Henry Kesdi
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
TV · as Sigmund Freud · 1 ep
Until the End of the World
Movie · as Henry Farber
A Kiss Before Dying
Movie · as Thor Carlsson
Europa
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
The Ox
Movie · as Vicar
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Movie · as Narrator (voice)
Awakenings
Movie · as Peter Ingham
The Bachelor
Movie · as Von Schleheim
Father
Movie · as Joe Mueller
Cellini: A Violent Life
Movie · as Pope Clement VII
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Movie · as Father Siemes
Ghostbusters II
Movie · as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Red King, White Knight
Movie · as Szaz
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Movie · as Self
The Simpsons
TV · as Klaus Ziegler (voice) · 1 ep
The Human Factor
Movie
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
Movie · as Voice
Pelle the Conqueror
Movie · as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Second Victory
Movie · as Dr. Huber
Hannah and Her Sisters
Movie · as Frederick
Duet for One
Movie · as Dr. Louis Feldman
The Wolf at the Door
Movie · as August Strindberg
Gösta Berlings saga
TV · as Melchior Sinclaire · 6 eps
Code Name: Emerald
Movie · as Jürgen Brausch
Kojak: The Belarus File
Movie · as Peter Barak
The Repenter
Movie · as Spinola
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Movie · as Self
The Last Place on Earth
TV · as Fridtjof Nansen · 7 eps
Quo Vadis?
TV · as Petrus · 6 eps
Christopher Columbus
TV · as Re Giovanni del Portogallo · 4 eps
Dune
Movie · as Doctor Kynes
Dreamscape
Movie · as Paul Novotny
The Soldier's Tale
Movie · as The Devil (voice)
Samson and Delilah
Movie · as Sidka
Le dernier civil
Movie · as Gérard Bauerle
Strange Brew
Movie · as Brewmeister Smith
Never Say Never Again
Movie · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Circle of Passions
Movie · as Carlo di Vilalfratti
Destination Dune
Movie · as Self
Conan the Barbarian
Movie · as King Osric
The Flight of the Eagle
Movie · as Salomon August Andrée
Target Eagle
Movie · as Coronel O'Donnell
Let Poland Be Poland
Movie · as Self - Co-Host
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Movie
Escape to Victory
Movie · as Major Karl von Steiner
Venetian Lies
Movie · as Marcello Herrighe
She Dances Alone
Movie · as Nijinsky (voice)
The Guldbagge Awards
TV · as Self - Best Actor winner, Self - Host, Self - Best Director winner · 2 eps
Flash Gordon
Movie · as The Emperor Ming
Death Watch
Movie · as Gerald Mortenhoe
A Look at Liv
Movie · as Self
Hurricane
Movie · as Dr. Danielsson
Brass Target
Movie · as Shelley Martin Webber
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Movie · as Father Lankester Merrin
March or Die
Movie · as François Marneau
Black Journal
Movie · as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Illustrious Corpses
Movie · as Supreme Court President
The Desert of the Tartars
Movie · as Cap. Ortiz
Voyage of the Damned
Movie · as Captain Schroeder
Heart of a Dog
Movie · as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Foxtrot
Movie · as Larsen
Three Days of the Condor
Movie · as G. Joubert
The Ultimate Warrior
Movie · as Baron
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
Movie · as The Father
The Broken Mirror
Movie · as Matthew Lawrence
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Movie · as Self (archive footage)
Steppenwolf
Movie · as Harry Haller
The Emigrants
TV · as Karl Oskar · 8 eps
The Exorcist
Movie · as Father Lankester Merrin
The New Land
Movie · as Karl Oskar
Ingmar Bergman
Movie · as Self
Embassy
Movie · as Gorenko
The Emigrants
Movie · as Karl Oskar
The Apple War
Movie · as Roy Lindberg
The Night Visitor
Movie · as Salem
The Touch
Movie · as Andreas Vergerus
The Kremlin Letter
Movie · as Colonel Kosnov
The Passion of Anna
Movie · as Andreas Winkelman
Made in Sweden
Movie · as Magnus Rud
Shame
Movie · as Jan Rosenberg
Hour of the Wolf
Movie · as Johan Borg
Black Palm Trees
Movie · as Gustav Olofsson
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Movie · as Self
The Diary of Anne Frank
Movie · as Otto Frank
Hawaii
Movie · as Abner Hale
The Quiller Memorandum
Movie · as Oktober
Here Is Your Life
Movie · as Smålands-Pelle
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Movie · as Jesus
The Reward
Movie · as Scott Swenson
Interlude in the Marshland
Movie · as Alex Kvist
4 x 4
Movie · as Kvist
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Movie · as Self
Grimme Award
TV · as Self · 1 ep
Winter Light
Movie · as Jonas Persson
The Mistress
Movie · as The Man
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Movie · as The Father
Through a Glass Darkly
Movie · as Martin
The Virgin Spring
Movie · as Töre
The Wedding Day
Movie · as Anders Frost
The Magician
Movie · as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Brink of Life
Movie · as Harry Andersson
Spion 503
Movie · as Horst, Gestapo-mand
Rabies
Movie · as Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Seventh Seal
Movie · as Antonius Block
Wild Strawberries
Movie · as Åkerman
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Movie · as Hunter
The Minister of Uddarbo
Movie · as Gustaf Ömark
The Right to Love
Movie · as Bergman
No Man's Woman
Movie · as Olof
Miss Julie
Movie · as Groom
Only a Mother
Movie · as Nils
Golden Globe Awards
TV · as Self - Nominee / Presenter · 1 ep