
1929-04-10 ( 95 years old ) in Lund, 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).
Movies
Echoes of the Past
2021-11-11
Kursk
2018-11-07
Tuschinski's Dream
2017-06-01
Max von Sydow
2017-03-07
The First, the Last
2016-01-27
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015-12-15
The Letters
2014-02-23
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013-06-28
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012-11-01
Palme
2012-09-14
Branded
2012-09-06
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012-03-27
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011-12-25
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011-10-25
The Last Norwegian Troll
2010-08-21
Robin Hood
2010-05-12
Shutter Island
2010-02-14
The Wolfman
2010-02-10
Behind the Moomins
2010-01-01
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009-11-15
Solomon Kane
2009-09-16
A Man and His Dog
2009-01-14
Emotional Arithmetic
2008-04-18
Rush Hour 3
2007-08-08
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007-05-23
The Final Inquiry
2007-04-04
Heidi
2005-08-19
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004-11-19
Hidden Children
2004-01-01
Minority Report
2002-06-20
Intact
2001-11-06
Druids
2001-01-24
Sleepless
2001-01-05
Light Keeps Me Company
2000-08-26
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000-05-30
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999-12-22
What Dreams May Come
1998-10-02
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998-06-13
Solomon
1997-12-15
The Princess and the Pauper
1997-12-02
Hostile Waters
1997-10-18
Their Frozen Dream
1997-10-03
Private Confessions
1996-12-25
Samson and Delilah
1996-12-08
Jerusalem
1996-09-06
Hamsun
1996-04-19
Delblanc
1996-01-05
Stjärnbilder
1995-09-10
Judge Dredd
1995-06-30
The Atlantic
1995-04-07
Citizen X
1995-02-25
Depth Solitude
1995-01-01
Onkel Vanja
1994-12-26
Time is Money
1994-10-19
Minns ni?
1993-10-24
Needful Things
1993-08-27
Morfars resa
1993-01-29
Och ge oss skuggorna
1993-01-06
The Silent Touch
1992-09-30
The Best Intentions
1992-05-24
The Ox
1991-11-22
Until the End of the World
1991-09-12
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991-08-17
Europa
1991-06-27
A Kiss Before Dying
1991-04-26
Awakenings
1990-12-04
Father
1990-08-16
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990-08-06
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990-05-02
The Bachelor
1990-03-29
Red King, White Knight
1989-11-25
Ghostbusters II
1989-06-16
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989-01-01
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988-05-24
The Human Factor
1988-01-01
Pelle the Conqueror
1987-12-21
The Second Victory
1987-06-04
Duet for One
1986-12-25
The Wolf at the Door
1986-09-05
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986-02-07
The Repenter
1985-11-15
Code Name: Emerald
1985-09-07
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985-03-03
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985-02-16
The Fascination
1985-01-01
Dune
1984-12-14
Le dernier civil
1984-11-04
Dreamscape
1984-08-15
Samson and Delilah
1984-03-31
The Soldier's Tale
1984-01-01
Never Say Never Again
1983-10-07
Strange Brew
1983-08-26
Circle of Passions
1983-07-06
Destination Dune
1983-01-01
Target Eagle
1982-09-10
The Flight of the Eagle
1982-08-26
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982-05-30
Conan the Barbarian
1982-04-02
Let Poland Be Poland
1982-01-31
She Dances Alone
1981-09-19
Venetian Lies
1981-06-25
Escape to Victory
1981-06-17
Flash Gordon
1980-09-01
Death Watch
1980-01-23
Hurricane
1979-04-12
A Look at Liv
1979-01-31
Brass Target
1978-12-22
Black Journal
1977-11-24
March or Die
1977-09-08
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977-06-17
Voyage of the Damned
1976-12-22
The Desert of the Tartars
1976-10-29
Foxtrot
1976-03-01
Illustrious Corpses
1976-02-12
Heart of a Dog
1976-01-23
The Ultimate Warrior
1975-10-02
Three Days of the Condor
1975-09-24
The Broken Mirror
1975-04-02
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975-03-17
Steppenwolf
1974-12-18
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974-02-20
The Exorcist
1973-12-26
Ingmar Bergman
1972-03-17
Embassy
1972-03-02
The New Land
1972-02-26
The Apple War
1971-12-18
The Touch
1971-07-14
The Emigrants
1971-03-08
The Night Visitor
1971-02-10
The Kremlin Letter
1970-02-01
The Passion of Anna
1969-11-10
Made in Sweden
1969-03-17
Shame
1968-09-29
Black Palm Trees
1968-09-26
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968-04-14
Hour of the Wolf
1968-02-19
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967-11-26
Here Is Your Life
1966-12-26
The Quiller Memorandum
1966-11-10
Hawaii
1966-10-10
The Reward
1965-09-15
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965-04-09
4 x 4
1965-02-25
Interlude in the Marshland
1965-02-22
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964-09-25
Winter Light
1963-02-11
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962-09-12
The Mistress
1962-02-19
Through a Glass Darkly
1961-10-16
The Wedding Day
1960-10-03
The Virgin Spring
1960-02-08
The Magician
1958-12-26
Rabies
1958-11-07
Spion 503
1958-08-29
Brink of Life
1958-03-31
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957-12-26
Wild Strawberries
1957-08-28
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957-04-18
The Seventh Seal
1957-02-16
The Right to Love
1956-02-27
Ingen mans kvinna
1953-11-09
Miss Julie
1951-06-28
Only a Mother
1949-10-31
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