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Max von Sydow
Actor, Director
Born April 10, 1929Died March 8, 2020 (90 years)
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).
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).
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| 2022 | Moonage Daydream · as Antonius Block |
| 2021 | Echoes of the Past · as Nikolas Andreou (aged) |
| 2020 | Stephen King: A Necessary Evil · as Leland Gaunt |
| 2018 | The Command · as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko |
| 2016 | The First, the Last · as Le Croque-Mort |
| 2015 | Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens · as Lor San Tekka |
| 2014 | The Letters · as Celeste Van Exem |
| 2013 | Dragons 3D · as Dr. Alistair Conis |
| 2012 | |
| 2012 | Branded · as Marketing Guru |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close · as The Renter |
| 2011 | Game of Thrones (TV Series) · as Three-Eyed Raven |
| 2010 | Moomins and the Comet Chase · as Narrator |
| 2010 | Robin Hood · as Sir Walter Loxley |
| 2010 | Shutter Island · as Dr. Naehring |
| 2010 | The Wolfman · as Passenger On Train (director's Cut) (uncredited) |
| 2009 | Solomon Kane · as Josiah Kane |
| 2009 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink · as Le Docteur Dusseldorf |
| 2009 | Images from the Playground · as Cast |
| 2008 | A Man and His Dog · as Le Commandant |
| 2008 | Religulous · as Jesus |
| 2007 | Emotional Arithmetic · as Jakob Bronski |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 · as Varden Reynard |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly · as Papinou |
| 2007 | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII (TV Series) · as Tiberio |
| 2007 | The Tudors (TV Series) · as Cardinal Von Waldburg |
| 2006 | The Final Inquiry · as Tiberius |
| 2006 | Premio Donostia a Matt Dillon · as Thor Carlsson |
| 2005 | Heidi · as Uncle Alp |
| 2004 | Curse of the Ring · as Eyvind |
| 2004 | Ring of the Nibelungs (TV Series) · as Eyvind |
| 2004 | Night of the Living Dorks · as Taufvater Merrin |
| 2004 | Hidden Children · as Valobra |
| 2002 | Queen: Greatest Video Hits 1 · as The Emperor Ming (segment "flash") |
| 2002 | Minority Report · as Director Lamar Burgess [pre-Crime] |
| 2001 | |
| 2001 | Druids · as Guttuart |
| 2001 | |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | Nuremberg (TV Series) · as Samuel Rosenman |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars · as Nels Gudmundsson |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come · as The Tracker |
| 1998 | Professione fantasma (TV Series) · as Psicoanalista Dell’aldilà |
| 1998 | Solomon · as Davide |
| 1997 | Solomon (TV Series) · as David |
| 1997 | The Princess and the Pauper · as Epos |
| 1997 | Hostile Waters · as Admiral Chernavin |
| 1997 | En frusen dröm · as S.a. Andrée (voice) |
| 1997 | Truck Stop · as Cast |
| 1996 | Private Confessions · as Jacob |
| 1996 | Samson and Delilah · as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1996 | Jerusalem · as Vicar |
| 1996 | Hamsun · as Knut Hamsun |
| 1995 | Lumière and Company · as Jacob (segment "liv Ullman") |
| 1995 | Atlanten · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1995 | Judge Dredd · as Chief Justice Fargo |
| 1995 | Citizen X · as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky |
| 1994 | Onkel Vanja · as The Professor |
| 1994 | Radetzkymarsch (TV Series) · as Baron Franz Von Trotta Und Sipolje |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte (TV Series) · as Arcivescovo Di Torino |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notte · as Arcivescovo Di Torino |
| 1993 | Needful Things · as Leland Gaunt |
| 1993 | Morfars resa · as Simon S.l. Fromm |
| 1993 | Och ge oss skuggorna · as Eugene O'neill |
| 1992 | The Touch · as Henry Kesdi |
| 1992 | The Best Intentions · as Johan Åkerblom |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series) · as Sigmund Freud |
| 1991 | The Best Intentions (TV Series) · as Johan Åkerblom |
| 1991 | The Ox · as Vicar |
| 1991 | Until the End of the World · as Henry Farber |
| 1991 | East of the Sun, West of the Moon · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | Europa · as Narrator (voice) |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying · as Thor Carlsson |
| 1990 | Awakenings · as Peter Ingham |
| 1990 | Father · as Joe Mueller |
| 1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes · as Father Siemes |
| 1990 | Cellini: A Violent Life · as Papa Clemente Vii |
| 1990 | The Bachelor · as Von Schleheim |
| 1989 | The Simpsons (TV Series) · as Klaus Ziegler (voice) |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight · as Szaz |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II · as Vigo (voice) (uncredited) |
| 1989 | Carl Jung: Wisdom of the Dream (TV Series) · as Carl Jung |
| 1987 | Pelle the Conqueror · as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand |
| 1987 | The Second Victory · as Dr. Huber |
| 1986 | Duet for One · as Dr. Louis Feldman |
| 1986 | Oviri · as August Strindberg |
| 1986 | Dagbok genom ett sekel · as Narrator |
| 1986 | Gösta Berlings Saga (TV Series) · as Melchior Sinclaire |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters · as Frederick |
| 1985 | Screen One (TV Series) · as Admiral Chernavin |
| 1985 | The Repenter · as Spinola |
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald · as Jürgen Brausch |
| 1985 | Christopher Columbus (TV Series) · as Re Giovanni Del Portogallo |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis? (TV Series) · as Petrus |
| 1985 | The Last Place on Earth (TV Series) · as Fridtjof Nansen |
| 1985 | Kojak: The Belarus File · as Peter Barak |
| 1984 | Dune · as Doctor Kynes |
| 1984 | Terror in the Aisles · as Father Merrin |
| 1984 | Dreamscape · as Paul Novotny |
| 1984 | Samson and Delilah · as Sidka |
| 1984 | The Soldier's Tale · as The Devil (voice) |
| 1983 | Never Say Never Again · as Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
| 1983 | Strange Brew · as Brewmeister Smith |
| 1983 | Le cercle des passions · as Carlo Di Vilalfratti |
| 1982 | Jugando con la muerte · as Coronel O'donnell |
| 1982 | The Flight of the Eagle · as Salomon August Andrée |
| 1982 | |
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian · as King Osric |
| 1981 | Victory · as Major Karl Von Steiner |
| 1980 | Flash Gordon · as The Emperor Ming |
| 1980 | Death Watch · as Gerald Mortenhoe |
| 1979 | Venetian Lies · as Marcello Herrighe |
| 1979 | Hurricane · as Dr. Danielsson |
| 1978 | Brass Target · as Shelley Martin Webber |
| 1977 | Black Journal · as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal |
| 1977 | March or Die · as François Marneau |
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic · as Father Lankester Merrin |
| 1976 | Voyage of the Damned · as Captain Schroeder |
| 1976 | The Desert of the Tartars · as Cap. Ortiz |
| 1976 | |
| 1976 | Illustrious Corpses · as Supreme Court President |
| 1976 | Dog's Heart · as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski |
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior · as Baron |
| 1975 | Three Days of the Condor · as G. Joubert |
| 1975 | Trompe l'oeil · as Matthew Lawrence |
| 1975 | The Softening of the Egg · as The Father |
| 1974 | Steppenwolf · as Harry Haller |
| 1974 | The Emigrants (TV Series) · as Karl Oskar |
| 1973 | The Exorcist · as Father Lankester Merrin |
| 1972 | Embassy · as Gorenko |
| 1972 | The New Land · as Karl Oskar |
| 1971 | The Apple War · as Roy Lindberg |
| 1971 | The Touch · as Andreas Vergerus |
| 1971 | The Emigrants · as Karl Oskar |
| 1971 | The Night Visitor · as Salem |
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter · as Colonel Kosnov |
| 1969 | The Passion of Anna · as Andreas Winkelman |
| 1969 | Made in Sweden · as Magnus Rud |
| 1968 | Shame · as Jan Rosenberg |
| 1968 | Black Palm Trees · as Gustav Olofsson |
| 1968 | Hour of the Wolf · as Johan Borg |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank · as Otto Frank |
| 1966 | Here Is Your Life · as Smålands-Pelle |
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum · as Oktober |
| 1966 | Hawaii · as Abner Hale |
| 1965 | The Reward · as Scott Swenson |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Jesus |
| 1965 | Interlude in the Marshland · as Alex Kvist |
| 1965 | 4 x 4 · as Kvist |
| 1964 | NET Playhouse (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1963 | Winter Light · as Jonas Persson |
| 1962 | The Swedish Mistress · as The Man |
| 1962 | Wonderful Adventures of Nils · as The Father |
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly · as Martin |
| 1960 | Bröllopsdagen · as Anders Frost |
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring · as Töre |
| 1958 | The Magician · as Albert Emanuel Vogler |
| 1958 | Rabies · as Bo Stensson Svenningson |
| 1958 | Spion 503 · as Horst, Gestapo-Mand |
| 1958 | Brink of Life · as Harry Andersson |
| 1957 | Wild Strawberries · as Åkerman |
| 1957 | The Minister of Uddarbo · as Gustaf Ömark |
| 1957 | Mr. Sleeman Is Coming · as Hunter |
| 1957 | The Seventh Seal · as Antonius Block |
| 1956 | Rätten att älska · as Bergman |
| 1953 | Ingen mans kvinna · as Olof |
| 1951 | Miss Julie · as Groom |
| 1949 | Only a Mother · as Nils |