Max von Sydow
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

Kursk 2018-11-07
Max von Sydow 2017-03-07
The Letters 2014-02-23
Palme 2012-09-14
Branded 2012-09-06
Robin Hood 2010-05-12
Shutter Island 2010-02-14
The Wolfman 2010-02-10
Solomon Kane 2009-09-16
Rush Hour 3 2007-08-08
Heidi 2005-08-19
Intact 2001-11-06
Druids 2001-01-24
Sleepless 2001-01-05
Solomon 1997-12-15
Hostile Waters 1997-10-18
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
The Ox 1991-11-22
Europa 1991-06-27
Awakenings 1990-12-04
Father 1990-08-16
The Bachelor 1990-03-29
Duet for One 1986-12-25
The Repenter 1985-11-15
Dune 1984-12-14
Dreamscape 1984-08-15
Strange Brew 1983-08-26
Target Eagle 1982-09-10
Venetian Lies 1981-06-25
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
Foxtrot 1976-03-01
Heart of a Dog 1976-01-23
Steppenwolf 1974-12-18
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
Made in Sweden 1969-03-17
Shame 1968-09-29
Hawaii 1966-10-10
The Reward 1965-09-15
4 x 4 1965-02-25
Winter Light 1963-02-11
The Mistress 1962-02-19
The Magician 1958-12-26
Rabies 1958-11-07
Spion 503 1958-08-29
Brink of Life 1958-03-31
Miss Julie 1951-06-28
Only a Mother 1949-10-31