Acting
Max von Sydow
EN, EL, FR, RU cinema · 168 credits
Born
10 April 1929
Died
8 March 2020 (aged 90)
Birthplace
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Also known as Max Carl Adolf von Sydow · Max Von Sydow · Макс фон Сюдов · Carl Adolf von Sydow
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
Echoes of the Past
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Max von Sydow
as Self (archive footage)
The First, the Last
as Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
The Letters
as Celeste van Exem
I Am Divine
as Self (archive)
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
as Dr. Alistair Conis
Branded
as Marketing Guru
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as The Renter
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
The Last Norwegian Troll
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
2010
Behind the Moomins
as Narrator (voice)
Solomon Kane
as Josiah Kane
A Man and His Dog
as Le commandant
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
Emotional Arithmetic
as Jakob Bronski
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
The Final Inquiry
as Tiberius
Heidi
as Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
Hidden Children
as Valobra
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess
Intacto
as Samuel
Druids
as Guttuart
Sleepless
as Moretti
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come
as The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Father Merrin
Hostile Waters
as Admiral Chernavin
Solomon
as Davide
Their Frozen Dream
as S.A. Andrée (voice)
Private Confessions
as Jacob
Delblanc
as Narrator (voice)
Hamsun
as Knut Hamsun
Jerusalem
as Vicar
Citizen X
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
Depth Solitude
as Narrator (voice)
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
The Atlantic
as Narrator (voice)
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
as Narrator (voice)
Lumière & Company
as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
1995
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
as Narrator (voice)
Onkel Vanja
as The Professor
Time is Money
as Joe Kaufman
Needful Things
as Leland Gaunt
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
Och ge oss skuggorna
as Eugene O'Neill
Morfars resa
as Simon S.L. Fromm
The Best Intentions
as Johan Åkerblom
The Silent Touch
as Henry Kesdi
Until the End of the World
as Henry Farber
A Kiss Before Dying
as Thor Carlsson
Europa
as Narrator (voice)
The Ox
as Vicar
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
as Narrator (voice)
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
The Bachelor
as Von Schleheim
Father
as Joe Mueller
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Pope Clement VII
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
as Father Siemes
Ghostbusters II
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Katinka
Director
Pelle the Conqueror
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Second Victory
as Dr. Huber
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Frederick
Duet for One
as Dr. Louis Feldman
The Wolf at the Door
as August Strindberg
Code Name: Emerald
as Jürgen Brausch
Kojak: The Belarus File
as Peter Barak
The Repenter
as Spinola
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
Dreamscape
as Paul Novotny
The Soldier's Tale
as The Devil (voice)
Samson and Delilah
as Sidka
Le dernier civil
as Gérard Bauerle
Strange Brew
as Brewmeister Smith
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Circle of Passions
as Carlo di Vilalfratti
Destination Dune
as Self
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
The Flight of the Eagle
as Salomon August Andrée
Target Eagle
as Coronel O'Donnell
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
Escape to Victory
as Major Karl von Steiner
Venetian Lies
as Marcello Herrighe
She Dances Alone
as Nijinsky (voice)
Flash Gordon
as The Emperor Ming
Death Watch
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Hurricane
as Dr. Danielsson
Brass Target
as Shelley Martin Webber
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Lankester Merrin
March or Die
as François Marneau
Black Journal
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Illustrious Corpses
as Supreme Court President
The Desert of the Tartars
as Cap. Ortiz
Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Schroeder
Heart of a Dog
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Foxtrot
as Larsen
Three Days of the Condor
as G. Joubert
The Ultimate Warrior
as Baron
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
as The Father
The Broken Mirror
as Matthew Lawrence
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
as Self (archive footage)
Steppenwolf
as Harry Haller
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
The New Land
as Karl Oskar
Ingmar Bergman
as Self
Embassy
as Gorenko
The Emigrants
as Karl Oskar
The Apple War
as Roy Lindberg
The Night Visitor
as Salem
The Touch
as Andreas Vergerus
The Kremlin Letter
as Colonel Kosnov
The Passion of Anna
as Andreas Winkelman
Made in Sweden
as Magnus Rud
Shame
as Jan Rosenberg
Hour of the Wolf
as Johan Borg
Black Palm Trees
as Gustav Olofsson
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Otto Frank
Hawaii
as Abner Hale
The Quiller Memorandum
as Oktober
Here Is Your Life
as Smålands-Pelle
The Reward
as Scott Swenson
Interlude in the Marshland
as Alex Kvist
4 x 4
as Kvist
Winter Light
as Jonas Persson
The Mistress
as The Man
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
as The Father
Through a Glass Darkly
as Martin
The Wedding Day
as Anders Frost
The Magician
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Brink of Life
as Harry Andersson
Spion 503
as Horst, Gestapo-mand
Rabies
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Seventh Seal
as Antonius Block
Wild Strawberries
as Åkerman
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
as Hunter
The Minister of Uddarbo
as Gustaf Ömark
The Right to Love
as Bergman
No Man's Woman
as Olof
Miss Julie
as Groom
Only a Mother
as Nils