Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

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

2021

Echoes of the Past
Movie

Nikolas Andreou (Aged)

2018

Kursk
Movie

Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

2016

2014

The Letters
Movie

Celeste van Exem

2012

Palme
Movie

Self (archive footage)

2012

Branded
Movie

Marketing Guru

2011

Game of Thrones
Tv

Three-Eyed Raven

2010

The Last Norwegian Troll
Movie

The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)

2010

Behind the Moomins
Movie

Narrator (voice)

2010

Robin Hood
Movie

Sir Walter Loxley

2010

2010

The Wolfman
Movie

Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)

2009

2009

Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Movie

Le docteur Dusseldorf

2009

2008

2007

Rush Hour 3
Movie

Varden Reynard

2007

The Tudors
Tv

Cardinal Von Waldburg

2005

Heidi
Movie

Uncle Alp

2002

Minority Report
Movie

Director Lamar Burgess

2001

2001

Druids
Movie

Guttuart

2001

2000

Nuremberg
Tv

Samuel Rosenman

1999

1997

1997

1997

Hostile Waters
Movie

Admiral Chernavin

1996

Hamsun
Movie

Knut Hamsun

1995

Lumière & Company
Movie

Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")

1995

Judge Dredd
Movie

Chief Justice Fargo

1995

Citizen X
Movie

Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky

1995

Depth Solitude
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1994

Onkel Vanja
Movie

The Professor

1993

1993

Morfars resa
Movie

Simon S.L. Fromm

1992

1992

1991

1991

Europa
Movie

Narrator (voice)

1991

1990

Awakenings
Movie

Peter Ingham

1990

Father
Movie

Joe Mueller

1990

1989

The Simpsons
Tv

Klaus Ziegler (voice)

1989

Ghostbusters II
Movie

Vigo (voice) (uncredited)

1987

Pelle the Conqueror
Movie

Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand

1986

Duet for One
Movie

Dr. Louis Feldman

1986

The Wolf at the Door
Movie

August Strindberg

1986

Gösta Berlings saga
Tv

Melchior Sinclaire

1985

1985

Christopher Columbus
Tv

Re Giovanni del Portogallo

1985

1985

1984

Dune
Movie

Doctor Kynes

1984

Dreamscape
Movie

Paul Novotny

1984

The Soldier's Tale
Movie

The Devil (voice)

1983

Never Say Never Again
Movie

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1983

Strange Brew
Movie

Brewmeister Smith

1983

Circle of Passions
Movie

Carlo di Vilalfratti

1982

Target Eagle
Movie

Coronel O'Donnell

1982

The Flight of the Eagle
Movie

Salomon August Andrée

1981

Escape to Victory
Movie

Major Karl von Steiner

1981

She Dances Alone
Movie

Nijinsky (voice)

1980

Flash Gordon
Movie

The Emperor Ming

1980

Death Watch
Movie

Gerald Mortenhoe

1979

Hurricane
Movie

Dr. Danielsson

1978

Brass Target
Movie

Shelley Martin Webber

1977

Black Journal
Movie

Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal

1977

March or Die
Movie

François Marneau

1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic
Movie

Father Lankester Merrin

1976

Voyage of the Damned
Movie

Captain Schroeder

1976

1976

Illustrious Corpses
Movie

Supreme Court President

1976

Heart of a Dog
Movie

Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski

1975

The Broken Mirror
Movie

Matthew Lawrence

1974

Steppenwolf
Movie

Harry Haller

1974

The Emigrants
Tv

Karl Oskar

1973

The Exorcist
Movie

Father Lankester Merrin

1972

1972

1971

The Apple War
Movie

Roy Lindberg

1971

The Touch
Movie

Andreas Vergerus

1971

1970

1969

The Passion of Anna
Movie

Andreas Winkelman

1969

1969

1969

1969

1968

Shame
Movie

Jan Rosenberg

1968

Black Palm Trees
Movie

Gustav Olofsson

1968

1966

Here Is Your Life
Movie

Smålands-Pelle

1966

Hawaii
Movie

Abner Hale

1965

The Reward
Movie

Scott Swenson

1963

Winter Light
Movie

Jonas Persson

1958

The Magician
Movie

Albert Emanuel Vogler

1958

Rabies
Movie

Bo Stensson Svenningson

1958

Spion 503
Movie

Horst, Gestapo-mand

1958

Brink of Life
Movie

Harry Andersson

1957

The Seventh Seal
Movie

Antonius Block

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Tv

Self - Nominee / Presenter

Infos

Full Name
Max von Sydow
Gender
Male
Date of Birth
4/10/1929
Date of Death
3/8/2020
Also Known As

Max Carl Adolf von Sydow

Max Von Sydow

Макс фон Сюдов

Carl Adolf von Sydow