
Max 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).
Acting (156 movies)

Minority Report
2002

The Seventh Seal
1957

Wild Strawberries
1957

Hostile Waters
1997

Snow Falling on Cedars
1999

Dune
1984

Max von Sydow
2017

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

Until the End of the World
1991

Needful Things
1993

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007

Flash Gordon
1980

Intacto
2001

Awakenings
1990

Pelle the Conqueror
1987

Ring of the Nibelungs
2004

Robin Hood
2010

Hannah and Her Sisters
1986

Rush Hour 3
2007

Shutter Island
2010

Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977

Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964

Through a Glass Darkly
1961

Dreamscape
1984

The Virgin Spring
1960

The Final Inquiry
2007

Three Days of the Condor
1975

A Kiss Before Dying
1991

The Ultimate Warrior
1975

What Dreams May Come
1998

March or Die
1977

Citizen X
1995

Europa
1991

Judge Dredd
1995

Shame
1968

The Exorcist
1973

Druids
2001

Strange Brew
1983

Conan the Barbarian
1982

Solomon Kane
2009

Emotional Arithmetic
2008

The Emigrants
1971

A Man and His Dog
2009

The Best Intentions
1992

The Magician
1958

Winter Light
1963

Never Say Never Again
1983

Tuschinski's Dream
2017

The New Land
1972

The Passion of Anna
1969

Hawaii
1966

Brink of Life
1958

Heidi
2005

Illustrious Corpses
1976

Minns ni?
1993

Private Confessions
1996

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011

The Kremlin Letter
1970

The Apple War
1971

The Quiller Memorandum
1966

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011

The Desert of the Tartars
1976

Sleepless
2001

Miss Julie
1951

Escape to Victory
1981

Hour of the Wolf
1968

Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009

Delblanc
1996

Duet for One
1986

The Night Visitor
1971

Brass Target
1978

The Flight of the Eagle
1982

Light Keeps Me Company
2000

Steppenwolf
1974

Code Name: Emerald
1985

Hidden Children
2004

Voyage of the Damned
1976

Och ge oss skuggorna
1993

Black Journal
1977

Solomon
1997

Hamsun
1996

Heart of a Dog
1976

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998

Ghostbusters II
1989

The Touch
1971

The Reward
1965

The Soldier's Tale
1984

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000

Depth Solitude
1995

Branded
2012

Foxtrot
1976

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975

The Bachelor
1990

The Wolf at the Door
1986

The Silent Touch
1992

Only a Mother
1949

The Mistress
1962

Jerusalem
1996

Target Eagle
1982

Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Directing (1 movie)
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