Max von Sydow

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Acting

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).

Filmography

• The Resurrection of Christ (2026)
• Echoes of the Past (2021)
• Kursk (2018)
• Tuschinski's Dream (2017)
• Max von Sydow (2017)
• The First, the Last (2016)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• I Am Divine (2014)
• The Letters (2014)
• Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (2013)
• Starring Sigmund Freud (2012)
• Palme (2012)
• Branded (2012)
• Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter (2012)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
• Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011)
• The Last Norwegian Troll (2010)
• Behind the Moomins (2010)
• Robin Hood (2010)
• Shutter Island (2010)
• Solomon Kane (2009)
• Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009)
• A Man and His Dog (2009)
• Emotional Arithmetic (2008)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• The Final Inquiry (2007)
• Heidi (2005)
• Ring of the Nibelungs (2004)
• Hidden Children (2004)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Intacto (2001)
• Druids (2001)
• Sleepless (2001)
• The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000)
• Light Keeps Me Company (2000)
• Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000)
• Snow Falling on Cedars (1999)
• What Dreams May Come (1998)
• The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998)
• Solomon (1997)
• The Princess and the Pauper (1997)
• Hostile Waters (1997)
• Their Frozen Dream (1997)
• Private Confessions (1996)
• Jerusalem (1996)
• Hamsun (1996)
• Delblanc (1996)
• Lumière & Company (1995)
• Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer (1995)
• Stjärnbilder (1995)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• The Atlantic (1995)
• Citizen X (1995)
• Anders Zorn - Med egna ord (1995)
• Depth Solitude (1995)
• Onkel Vanja (1994)
• Time is Money (1994)
• Minns ni? (1993)
• Needful Things (1993)
• Morfars resa (1993)
• Och ge oss skuggorna (1993)
• The Silent Touch (1992)
• The Best Intentions (1992)
• The Ox (1991)
• Until the End of the World (1991)
• East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1991)
• Europa (1991)
• A Kiss Before Dying (1991)
• Awakenings (1990)
• Father (1990)
• Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990)
• Cellini: A Violent Life (1990)
• The Bachelor (1990)
• Red King, White Knight (1989)
• Ghostbusters II (1989)
• Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood (1989)
• Katinka (1988)
• Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (1988)
• The Human Factor (1988)
• Pelle the Conqueror (1987)
• The Second Victory (1987)
• Duet for One (1986)
• The Wolf at the Door (1986)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• The Repenter (1985)
• Code Name: Emerald (1985)
• George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985)
• Kojak: The Belarus File (1985)
• Dune (1984)
• The Soldier's Tale (1984)
• Le dernier civil (1984)
• Dreamscape (1984)
• Samson and Delilah (1984)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• Strange Brew (1983)
• Circle of Passions (1983)
• Destination Dune (1983)
• Target Eagle (1982)
• The Flight of the Eagle (1982)
• The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer (1982)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982)
• Let Poland Be Poland (1982)
• Venetian Lies (1981)
• Escape to Victory (1981)
• She Dances Alone (1981)
• Flash Gordon (1980)
• Death Watch (1980)
• Hurricane (1979)
• A Look at Liv (1979)
• Brass Target (1978)
• Black Journal (1977)
• March or Die (1977)
• Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977)
• Voyage of the Damned (1976)
• The Desert of the Tartars (1976)
• Foxtrot (1976)
• Illustrious Corpses (1976)
• Heart of a Dog (1976)
• The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• The Broken Mirror (1975)
• Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story (1975)
• Steppenwolf (1974)
• The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Ingmar Bergman (1972)
• Embassy (1972)
• The New Land (1972)
• The Apple War (1971)
• The Touch (1971)
• The Emigrants (1971)
• The Night Visitor (1971)
• The Kremlin Letter (1970)
• The Passion of Anna (1969)
• Made in Sweden (1969)
• Shame (1968)
• Black Palm Trees (1968)
• An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman (1968)
• Hour of the Wolf (1968)
• The Diary of Anne Frank (1967)
• Here Is Your Life (1966)
• The Quiller Memorandum (1966)
• Hawaii (1966)
• The Reward (1965)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• 4 x 4 (1965)
• Interlude in the Marshland (1965)
• Dance Around the Guldbaggen (1964)
• Winter Light (1963)
• Wonderful Adventures of Nils (1962)
• The Mistress (1962)
• Through a Glass Darkly (1961)
• The Wedding Day (1960)
• The Virgin Spring (1960)
• The Magician (1958)
• Rabies (1958)
• Spion 503 (1958)
• Brink of Life (1958)
• The Minister of Uddarbo (1957)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• The Right to Love (1956)
• No Man's Woman (1953)
• Miss Julie (1951)
• Only a Mother (1949)
• The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told