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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