Max von Sydow

Known for ActingBorn 1929-04-10Died 2020-03-08Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

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).Read more

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Max von Sydow

Stjärnbilder

She Dances Alone

A Look at Liv

Gösta Berlings saga

The Bachelor

Game of Thrones

Och ge oss skuggorna

Shutter Island

Ring of the Nibelungs

Onkel Vanja

A che punto è la notte

The Simpsons

Light Keeps Me Company

The Tudors

Heidi

The Emigrants

The Seventh Seal

Palme

Awakenings

The Diary of Anne Frank

Wild Strawberries

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

The Minister of Uddarbo

Winter Light

The Exorcist

I Am Divine

The Virgin Spring

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Through a Glass Darkly

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Nuremberg

Minority Report

Hannah and Her Sisters

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Europa

The New Land

The Last Place on Earth

Jerusalem

What Dreams May Come

The Passion of Anna

Shame

Pelle the Conqueror

The Emigrants

Citizen X

Hamsun

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

Hour of the Wolf