Max von Sydow
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).
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Echoes of the Past
2021
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
2018
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
Max von Sydow
2017
as Self (archive footage)
The First, the Last
2016
as Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Lor San Tekka
I Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
The Letters
2014
as Celeste van Exem
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
as Dr. Alistair Conis
- No poster
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Palme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
Branded
2012
as Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012
as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as The Renter
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
as Self
The Last Norwegian Troll
2010
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
- No poster
Behind the Moomins
2010
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood
2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island
2010
as Dr. Naehring
Solomon Kane
2009
as Josiah Kane
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
A Man and His Dog
2009
as Le commandant
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
as Jakob Bronski