Max von Sydow
Acteur·rice
10 avril 1929
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Died 8 mars 2020
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
As an actor
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Echoes of the Past
2021 · Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
2018 · Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Max von Sydow
2017 · Self (archive footage)
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
The First, the Last
2016 · Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Lor San Tekka
The Letters
2014 · Celeste van Exem
I Am Divine
2014 · Self (archive)
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013 · Dr. Alistair Conis
Branded
2012 · Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012 · Self
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Palme
2012 · Self (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · The Renter
Game of Thrones
2011 · Three-Eyed Raven
Robin Hood
2010 · Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island
2010 · Dr. Naehring
The Last Norwegian Troll
2010 · The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
2010 · Narrator (voice)
Solomon Kane
2009 · Josiah Kane
A Man and His Dog
2009 · Le commandant
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009 · Le docteur Dusseldorf
Emotional Arithmetic
2008 · Jakob Bronski
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Papinou
Rush Hour 3
2007 · Varden Reynard
The Final Inquiry
2007 · Tiberius
The Tudors
2007 · Cardinal Von Waldburg
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007 · Tiberio
Heidi
2005 · Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004 · Eyvind
Hidden Children
2004 · Valobra
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004 · Eyvind
Minority Report
2002 · Director Lamar Burgess
Intacto
2001 · Samuel
Druids
2001 · Guttuart
Sleepless
2001 · Moretti
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Freud
Nuremberg
2000 · Samuel Rosenman
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come
1998 · The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998 · Self - Father Merrin
Professione fantasma
1998 · Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Hostile Waters
1997 · Admiral Chernavin
Solomon
1997 · Davide
Their Frozen Dream
1997 · S.A. Andrée (voice)
The Princess and the Pauper
1997 · Epos
La principessa e il povero
1997 · Epos
Solomon
1997 · David
Private Confessions
1996 · Jacob
Delblanc
1996 · Narrator (voice)
Hamsun
1996 · Knut Hamsun
Jerusalem
1996 · Vicar
Citizen X
1995 · Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Judge Dredd
1995 · Chief Justice Fargo
Depth Solitude
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Stjärnbilder
1995 · (archive footage)
The Atlantic
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995 · Narrator (voice)
Lumière & Company
1995 · Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Radetzky March
1995 · Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Onkel Vanja
1994 · The Professor
Time is Money
1994 · Joe Kaufman
A che punto è la notte
1994 · Arcivescovo di Torino
Needful Things
1993 · Leland Gaunt
Minns ni?
1993 · (archive footage)
Och ge oss skuggorna
1993 · Eugene O'Neill
Morfars resa
1993 · Simon S.L. Fromm
The Best Intentions
1992 · Johan Åkerblom
The Silent Touch
1992 · Henry Kesdi
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Sigmund Freud
Until the End of the World
1991 · Henry Farber
A Kiss Before Dying
1991 · Thor Carlsson
Europa
1991 · Narrator (voice)
The Ox
1991 · Vicar
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991 · Narrator (voice)
Awakenings
1990 · Peter Ingham
The Bachelor
1990 · Von Schleheim
Father
1990 · Joe Mueller
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Pope Clement VII
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · Father Siemes
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Red King, White Knight
1989 · Szaz
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989 · Self
The Simpsons
1989 · Klaus Ziegler (voice)
The Human Factor
1988
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988 · Voice
Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Second Victory
1987 · Dr. Huber
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Frederick
Duet for One
1986 · Dr. Louis Feldman
The Wolf at the Door
1986 · August Strindberg
Gösta Berlings saga
1986 · Melchior Sinclaire
Code Name: Emerald
1985 · Jürgen Brausch
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985 · Peter Barak
The Repenter
1985 · Spinola
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
The Last Place on Earth
1985 · Fridtjof Nansen
Quo Vadis?
1985 · Petrus
Christopher Columbus
1985 · Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Dune
1984 · Doctor Kynes
Dreamscape
1984 · Paul Novotny
The Soldier's Tale
1984 · The Devil (voice)
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Sidka
Le dernier civil
1984 · Gérard Bauerle
Strange Brew
1983 · Brewmeister Smith
Never Say Never Again
1983 · Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Circle of Passions
1983 · Carlo di Vilalfratti
Destination Dune
1983 · Self
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · King Osric
The Flight of the Eagle
1982 · Salomon August Andrée
Target Eagle
1982 · Coronel O'Donnell
Let Poland Be Poland
1982 · Self - Co-Host
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Escape to Victory
1981 · Major Karl von Steiner
Venetian Lies
1981 · Marcello Herrighe
She Dances Alone
1981 · Nijinsky (voice)
The Guldbagge Awards
1981 · Self - Best Director winner, Self - Host, Self - Best Actor winner
Flash Gordon
1980 · The Emperor Ming
Death Watch
1980 · Gerald Mortenhoe
A Look at Liv
1979 · Self
Hurricane
1979 · Dr. Danielsson
Brass Target
1978 · Shelley Martin Webber
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Father Lankester Merrin
March or Die
1977 · François Marneau
Black Journal
1977 · Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Supreme Court President
The Desert of the Tartars
1976 · Cap. Ortiz
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Captain Schroeder
Heart of a Dog
1976 · Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Foxtrot
1976 · Larsen
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · G. Joubert
The Ultimate Warrior
1975 · Baron
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975 · The Father
The Broken Mirror
1975 · Matthew Lawrence
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
Steppenwolf
1974 · Harry Haller
The Emigrants
1974 · Karl Oskar
The Exorcist
1973 · Father Lankester Merrin
The New Land
1972 · Karl Oskar
Ingmar Bergman
1972 · Self
Embassy
1972 · Gorenko
The Emigrants
1971 · Karl Oskar
The Apple War
1971 · Roy Lindberg
The Night Visitor
1971 · Salem
The Touch
1971 · Andreas Vergerus
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Colonel Kosnov
The Passion of Anna
1969 · Andreas Winkelman
Made in Sweden
1969 · Magnus Rud
Shame
1968 · Jan Rosenberg
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Johan Borg
Black Palm Trees
1968 · Gustav Olofsson
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968 · Self
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Otto Frank
Hawaii
1966 · Abner Hale
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Oktober
Here Is Your Life
1966 · Smålands-Pelle
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Jesus
The Reward
1965 · Scott Swenson
Interlude in the Marshland
1965 · Alex Kvist
4 x 4
1965 · Kvist
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964 · Self
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
Winter Light
1963 · Jonas Persson
The Mistress
1962 · The Man
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962 · The Father
Through a Glass Darkly
1961 · Martin
The Virgin Spring
1960 · Töre
The Wedding Day
1960 · Anders Frost
The Magician
1958 · Albert Emanuel Vogler
Brink of Life
1958 · Harry Andersson
Spion 503
1958 · Horst, Gestapo-mand
Rabies
1958 · Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Antonius Block
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Åkerman
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957 · Hunter
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957 · Gustaf Ömark
The Right to Love
1956 · Bergman
No Man's Woman
1953 · Olof
Miss Julie
1951 · Groom
Only a Mother
1949 · Nils
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee / Presenter
