Max von Sydow
- Acting
- April 10, 1929 · Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
- March 8, 2020
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
Filmography
- The Resurrection of Christ
- Echoes of the Past · Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
- Kursk · Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
- The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told · Self
- Tuschinski's Dream
- Max von Sydow · Self
- The First, the Last · Le croque-mort
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens · Lor San Tekka
- I Am Divine · Self
- The Letters · Celeste van Exem
- Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures · Dr. Alistair Conis
- Starring Sigmund Freud
- Palme · Self
- Branded · Marketing Guru
- Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter · Self
- Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close · The Renter
- Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde · Self
- Game of Thrones · Three-Eyed Raven
- The Last Norwegian Troll · The Last Norweigian Troll (Voice)
- Behind the Moomins · Narrator (Voice)
- Robin Hood · Sir Walter Loxley
- Shutter Island · Dr. Naehring
- Solomon Kane · Josiah Kane
- Oscar and the Lady in Pink · Le docteur Dusseldorf
- A Man and His Dog · Le commandant
- Emotional Arithmetic · Jakob Bronski
- Rush Hour 3 · Varden Reynard
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · Papinou
- The Final Inquiry · Tiberius
- L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII · Tiberio
- The Tudors · Cardinal Von Waldburg
- Heidi · Uncle Alp
- Ring of the Nibelungs · Eyvind
- Ring of the Nibelungs · Eyvind
- Hidden Children · Valobra
- Minority Report · Director Lamar Burgess
- Intacto · Samuel
- Druids · Guttuart
- Sleepless · Moretti
- The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid · Freud
- Light Keeps Me Company · Self
- Nuremberg · Samuel Rosenman
- Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' · Self
- Snow Falling on Cedars · Nels Gudmundsson
- What Dreams May Come · The Tracker
- The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist · Self
- Professione fantasma · Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
- Solomon · Davide
- Solomon · David
- The Princess and the Pauper · Epos
- La principessa e il povero · Epos
- Hostile Waters · Admiral Chernavin
- Their Frozen Dream · S.A. Andrée (Voice)
- Private Confessions · Jacob
- Jerusalem · Vicar
- Hamsun · Knut Hamsun
- Delblanc · Narrator (Voice)
- Radetzky March · Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
- Lumière & Company · Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
- Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer · Narrator (Voice)
- Stjärnbilder · (archive footage)
- Judge Dredd · Chief Justice Fargo
- The Atlantic · Narrator (Voice)
- Citizen X · Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
- Anders Zorn - Med egna ord · Narrator (Voice)
- Depth Solitude · Narrator (Voice)
- Onkel Vanja · The Professor
- A che punto è la notte · Arcivescovo di Torino
- Time is Money · Joe Kaufman
- Minns ni? · (archive footage)
- Needful Things · Leland Gaunt
- Morfars resa · Simon S.L. Fromm
- Och ge oss skuggorna · Eugene O'Neill
- The Silent Touch · Henry Kesdi
- The Best Intentions · Johan Åkerblom
- The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles · Sigmund Freud
- The Ox · Vicar
- Until the End of the World · Henry Farber
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon · Narrator (Voice)
- Europa · Narrator (Voice)