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Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow profile
Known For: Acting
Birthday: 1929-04-10
Place of Birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Popularity: 2.4

Biography

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 Filmography

Game of Thrones poster

Game of Thrones

2011
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

1989
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

1944
The Tudors poster

The Tudors

2007
Shutter Island poster

Shutter Island

2010
No Photo

Grimme Award

1964
Star Wars: The Force Awakens poster

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

2015
The Exorcist poster

The Exorcist

1973
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles poster

The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles

1992
Rush Hour 3 poster

Rush Hour 3

2007
Dune poster

Dune

1984
Minority Report poster

Minority Report

2002
Judge Dredd poster

Judge Dredd

1995
Conan the Barbarian poster

Conan the Barbarian

1982
What Dreams May Come poster

What Dreams May Come

1998
Ghostbusters II poster

Ghostbusters II

1989
Robin Hood poster

Robin Hood

2010
The Seventh Seal poster

The Seventh Seal

1957
Solomon Kane poster

Solomon Kane

2009
Nuremberg poster

Nuremberg

2000
Never Say Never Again poster

Never Say Never Again

1983
Flash Gordon poster

Flash Gordon

1980
Escape to Victory poster

Escape to Victory

1981
The Guldbagge Awards poster

The Guldbagge Awards

1981
Awakenings poster

Awakenings

1990
Three Days of the Condor poster

Three Days of the Condor

1975
Hannah and Her Sisters poster

Hannah and Her Sisters

1986
The Greatest Story Ever Told poster

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
Wild Strawberries poster

Wild Strawberries

1957
Europa poster

Europa

1991
Christopher Columbus poster

Christopher Columbus

1985
The Last Place on Earth poster

The Last Place on Earth

1985
Kursk poster

Kursk

2018
Ring of the Nibelungs poster

Ring of the Nibelungs

2004
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close poster

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

2011
Exorcist II: The Heretic poster

Exorcist II: The Heretic

1977
Quo Vadis? poster

Quo Vadis?

1985
Needful Things poster

Needful Things

1993
Ring of the Nibelungs poster

Ring of the Nibelungs

2004
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly poster

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

2007
Citizen X poster

Citizen X

1995
The Virgin Spring poster

The Virgin Spring

1960
Dreamscape poster

Dreamscape

1984
Solomon poster

Solomon

1997
Hour of the Wolf poster

Hour of the Wolf

1968
Until the End of the World poster

Until the End of the World

1991
Radetzky March poster

Radetzky March

1995
A Kiss Before Dying poster

A Kiss Before Dying

1991
Snow Falling on Cedars poster

Snow Falling on Cedars

1999
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The Emigrants

1971
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The Emigrants

1974
Hostile Waters poster

Hostile Waters

1997
Hawaii poster

Hawaii

1966
Voyage of the Damned poster

Voyage of the Damned

1976
March or Die poster

March or Die

1977
Strange Brew poster

Strange Brew

1983
The Quiller Memorandum poster

The Quiller Memorandum

1966
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII poster

L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII

2007
Brass Target poster

Brass Target

1978
Death Watch poster

Death Watch

1980
Winter Light poster

Winter Light

1963
Solomon poster

Solomon

1997
I Am Divine poster

I Am Divine

2014
Pelle the Conqueror poster

Pelle the Conqueror

1987
The Kremlin Letter poster

The Kremlin Letter

1970
The Desert of the Tartars poster

The Desert of the Tartars

1976
Sleepless poster

Sleepless

2001
Oscar and the Lady in Pink poster

Oscar and the Lady in Pink

2009
Through a Glass Darkly poster

Through a Glass Darkly

1961
Intacto poster

Intacto

2001
Shame poster

Shame

1968
Lumière & Company poster

Lumière & Company

1995
The Magician poster

The Magician

1958
Druids poster

Druids

2001
The Letters poster

The Letters

2014
Cellini: A Violent Life poster

Cellini: A Violent Life

1990
The Passion of Anna poster

The Passion of Anna

1969
Foxtrot poster

Foxtrot

1976
Duet for One poster

Duet for One

1986
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist poster

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

1998
The New Land poster

The New Land

1972
The Repenter poster

The Repenter

1985
Miss Julie poster

Miss Julie

1951
Heidi poster

Heidi

2005
Professione fantasma poster

Professione fantasma

1998
Palme poster

Palme

2012
Illustrious Corpses poster

Illustrious Corpses

1976
Black Journal poster

Black Journal

1977
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' poster

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

2000
Destination Dune poster

Destination Dune

1983
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes poster

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

1990
The First, the Last poster

The First, the Last

2016
The Resurrection of Christ poster

The Resurrection of Christ

2026
The Touch poster

The Touch

1971
Minns ni? poster

Minns ni?

1993
The Flight of the Eagle poster

The Flight of the Eagle

1982
Gösta Berlings saga poster

Gösta Berlings saga

1986
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid poster

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

2000
The Final Inquiry poster

The Final Inquiry

2007
The Best Intentions poster

The Best Intentions

1992
Red King, White Knight poster

Red King, White Knight

1989
Steppenwolf poster

Steppenwolf

1974
The Second Victory poster

The Second Victory

1987
Code Name: Emerald poster

Code Name: Emerald

1985
Branded poster

Branded

2012
The Apple War poster

The Apple War

1971
Ingmar Bergman poster

Ingmar Bergman

1972
Here Is Your Life poster

Here Is Your Life

1966
Emotional Arithmetic poster

Emotional Arithmetic

2008
The Ultimate Warrior poster

The Ultimate Warrior

1975
Heart of a Dog poster

Heart of a Dog

1976
La principessa e il povero poster

La principessa e il povero

1997
A che punto è la notte poster

A che punto è la notte

1994
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Onkel Vanja

1994
Hidden Children poster

Hidden Children

2004
The Reward poster

The Reward

1965
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde poster

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2011
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Samson and Delilah

1984
Hurricane poster

Hurricane

1979
A Man and His Dog poster

A Man and His Dog

2009
Jerusalem poster

Jerusalem

1996
Brink of Life poster

Brink of Life

1958
Private Confessions poster

Private Confessions

1996
No Photo

Starring Sigmund Freud

2012
Light Keeps Me Company poster

Light Keeps Me Company

2000
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey poster

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

1985
The Bachelor poster

The Bachelor

1990
The Night Visitor poster

The Night Visitor

1971
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

1974
The Wolf at the Door poster

The Wolf at the Door

1986
No Photo

Behind the Moomins

2010
The Ox poster

The Ox

1991
Kojak: The Belarus File poster

Kojak: The Belarus File

1985
The Diary of Anne Frank poster

The Diary of Anne Frank

1967
Wonderful Adventures of Nils poster

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

1962
The Princess and the Pauper poster

The Princess and the Pauper

1997
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming poster

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

1957
Only a Mother poster

Only a Mother

1949
The Silent Touch poster

The Silent Touch

1992
Stjärnbilder poster

Stjärnbilder

1995
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story poster

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

1975
Embassy poster

Embassy

1972
4 x 4 poster

4 x 4

1965
Rabies poster

Rabies

1958
Hamsun poster

Hamsun

1996
Target Eagle poster

Target Eagle

1982
Let Poland Be Poland poster

Let Poland Be Poland

1982
Spion 503 poster

Spion 503

1958
Echoes of the Past poster

Echoes of the Past

2021
Time is Money poster

Time is Money

1994
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures poster

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures

2013
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter poster

Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

2012
No Photo

A Look at Liv

1979
Father poster

Father

1990
Interlude in the Marshland poster

Interlude in the Marshland

1965
The Right to Love poster

The Right to Love

1956
The Minister of Uddarbo poster

The Minister of Uddarbo

1957
The Broken Mirror poster

The Broken Mirror

1975
Their Frozen Dream poster

Their Frozen Dream

1997
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman poster

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman

1968
No Photo

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

1991
Dance Around the Guldbaggen poster

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

1964
She Dances Alone poster

She Dances Alone

1981
The Wedding Day poster

The Wedding Day

1960
Black Palm Trees poster

Black Palm Trees

1968
Venetian Lies poster

Venetian Lies

1981
Morfars resa poster

Morfars resa

1993
Och ge oss skuggorna poster

Och ge oss skuggorna

1993
The Soldier's Tale poster

The Soldier's Tale

1984
Circle of Passions poster

Circle of Passions

1983
Made in Sweden poster

Made in Sweden

1969
No Man's Woman poster

No Man's Woman

1953
The Last Norwegian Troll poster

The Last Norwegian Troll

2010
Depth Solitude poster

Depth Solitude

1995
The Mistress poster

The Mistress

1962
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern poster

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

1988
No Photo

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

1989
Le dernier civil poster

Le dernier civil

1984
The Atlantic poster

The Atlantic

1995
Delblanc poster

Delblanc

1996
Tuschinski's Dream poster

Tuschinski's Dream

2017
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer poster

The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

1982
Max von Sydow poster

Max von Sydow

2017
No Photo

The Human Factor

1988
No Photo

Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer

1995