Max von Sydow
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).
Known for
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movieEchoes of the Past
2021
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
movieKursk
2018
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
movieMax von Sydow
2017
Self (archive footage)
movieThe First, the Last
2016
Le croque-mort
movieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
Lor San Tekka
movieI Am Divine
2014
Self (archive)
movieThe Letters
2014
Celeste van Exem
movieDragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
Dr. Alistair Conis
moviePalme
2012
Self (archive footage)
movieBranded
2012
Marketing Guru
tvGame of Thrones
2011
Three-Eyed Raven
movieThe Last Norwegian Troll
2010
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
2010
Narrator (voice)
movieRobin Hood
2010
Sir Walter Loxley
movieShutter Island
2010
Dr. Naehring
movieSolomon Kane
2009
Josiah Kane
movieOscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
Le docteur Dusseldorf
movieA Man and His Dog
2009
Le commandant
movieEmotional Arithmetic
2008
Jakob Bronski
movieRush Hour 3
2007
Varden Reynard
movieThe Final Inquiry
2007
Tiberius
tvThe Tudors
2007
Cardinal Von Waldburg
movieHeidi
2005
Uncle Alp
movieHidden Children
2004
Valobra
movieMinority Report
2002
Director Lamar Burgess
movieIntacto
2001
Samuel
movieDruids
2001
Guttuart
movieSleepless
2001
Moretti
tvNuremberg
2000
Samuel Rosenman
movieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999
Nels Gudmundsson
movieWhat Dreams May Come
1998
The Tracker
movieThe Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
Self - Father Merrin
tvProfessione fantasma
1998
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
movieSolomon
1997
Davide
tvSolomon
1997
David
movieHostile Waters
1997
Admiral Chernavin
movieTheir Frozen Dream
1997
S.A. Andrée (voice)
movieJerusalem
1996
Vicar
movieHamsun
1996
Knut Hamsun
movieDelblanc
1996
Narrator (voice)
tvRadetzky March
1995
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
movieLumière & Company
1995
Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995
Narrator (voice)
movieStjärnbilder
1995
(archive footage)
movieJudge Dredd
1995
Chief Justice Fargo
movieThe Atlantic
1995
Narrator (voice)
movieCitizen X
1995
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
movieDepth Solitude
1995
Narrator (voice)
movieOnkel Vanja
1994
The Professor
tvA che punto è la notte
1994
Arcivescovo di Torino
movieTime is Money
1994
Joe Kaufman
movieMinns ni?
1993
(archive footage)
movieNeedful Things
1993
Leland Gaunt
movieMorfars resa
1993
Simon S.L. Fromm
movieOch ge oss skuggorna
1993
Eugene O'Neill
movieThe Silent Touch
1992
Henry Kesdi
movieThe Best Intentions
1992
Johan Åkerblom
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
Sigmund Freud
movieThe Ox
1991
Vicar
movieUntil the End of the World
1991
Henry Farber
movieEuropa
1991
Narrator (voice)
movieA Kiss Before Dying
1991
Thor Carlsson
movieAwakenings
1990
Peter Ingham
movieFather
1990
Joe Mueller
movieHiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Father Siemes
movieCellini: A Violent Life
1990
Pope Clement VII
movieThe Bachelor
1990
Von Schleheim
tvThe Simpsons
1989
Klaus Ziegler (voice)
movieGhostbusters II
1989
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
moviePelle the Conqueror
1987
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
movieThe Second Victory
1987
Dr. Huber
movieDuet for One
1986
Dr. Louis Feldman
movieThe Wolf at the Door
1986
August Strindberg
tvGösta Berlings saga
1986
Melchior Sinclaire
movieHannah and Her Sisters
1986
Frederick
movieThe Repenter
1985
Spinola
movieCode Name: Emerald
1985
Jürgen Brausch
tvChristopher Columbus
1985
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
tvQuo Vadis?
1985
Petrus
tvThe Last Place on Earth
1985
Fridtjof Nansen
movieKojak: The Belarus File
1985
Peter Barak
movieDune
1984
Doctor Kynes
movieThe Soldier's Tale
1984
The Devil (voice)
movieLe dernier civil
1984
Gérard Bauerle
movieDreamscape
1984
Paul Novotny
movieNever Say Never Again
1983
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
movieStrange Brew
1983
Brewmeister Smith
movieCircle of Passions
1983
Carlo di Vilalfratti
movieTarget Eagle
1982
Coronel O'Donnell
movieThe Flight of the Eagle
1982
Salomon August Andrée
movieConan the Barbarian
1982
King Osric
movieLet Poland Be Poland
1982
Self - Co-Host
tvThe Guldbagge Awards
1981
Self - Best Actor winner / Self - Host / Self - Best Director winner
movieVenetian Lies
1981
Marcello Herrighe
movieEscape to Victory
1981
Major Karl von Steiner
movieShe Dances Alone
1981
Nijinsky (voice)
movieFlash Gordon
1980
The Emperor Ming
movieDeath Watch
1980
Gerald Mortenhoe
movieHurricane
1979
Dr. Danielsson
movieBrass Target
1978
Shelley Martin Webber
movieBlack Journal
1977
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
movieMarch or Die
1977
François Marneau
movieExorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Father Lankester Merrin
movieVoyage of the Damned
1976
Captain Schroeder
movieThe Desert of the Tartars
1976
Cap. Ortiz
movieFoxtrot
1976
Larsen
movieIllustrious Corpses
1976
Supreme Court President
movieHeart of a Dog
1976
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
movieThree Days of the Condor
1975
G. Joubert
movieThe Broken Mirror
1975
Matthew Lawrence
movieEgg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975
The Father
movieSteppenwolf
1974
Harry Haller
tvThe Emigrants
1974
Karl Oskar
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
Self (archive footage)
movieThe Exorcist
1973
Father Lankester Merrin
movieEmbassy
1972
Gorenko
movieThe New Land
1972
Karl Oskar
movieThe Apple War
1971
Roy Lindberg
movieThe Touch
1971
Andreas Vergerus
movieThe Emigrants
1971
Karl Oskar
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
Colonel Kosnov
movieThe Passion of Anna
1969
Andreas Winkelman
movieMade in Sweden
1969
Magnus Rud
movieShame
1968
Jan Rosenberg
movieBlack Palm Trees
1968
Gustav Olofsson
movieHour of the Wolf
1968
Johan Borg
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Otto Frank
movieHere Is Your Life
1966
Smålands-Pelle
movieHawaii
1966
Abner Hale
movieThe Reward
1965
Scott Swenson
movie4 x 4
1965
Kvist
movieInterlude in the Marshland
1965
Alex Kvist
movieWinter Light
1963
Jonas Persson
movieWonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
The Father
movieThe Mistress
1962
The Man
movieThe Wedding Day
1960
Anders Frost
movieThe Magician
1958
Albert Emanuel Vogler
movieRabies
1958
Bo Stensson Svenningson
movieSpion 503
1958
Horst, Gestapo-mand
movieBrink of Life
1958
Harry Andersson
movieThe Minister of Uddarbo
1957
Gustaf Ömark
movieWild Strawberries
1957
Åkerman
movieThe Seventh Seal
1957
Antonius Block
movieThe Right to Love
1956
Bergman
movieMiss Julie
1951
Groom
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944
Self - Nominee / Presenter
Directing1
movieKatinka
1988
Director