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).

Movies & TV Shows

1. Game of Thrones (2011) — Three-Eyed Raven
2. Shutter Island (2010) — Dr. Naehring
3. Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) — Lor San Tekka
4. The Simpsons (1989) — Klaus Ziegler (voice)
5. Minority Report (2002) — Director Lamar Burgess
6. The Exorcist (1973) — Father Lankester Merrin
7. Robin Hood (2010) — Sir Walter Loxley
8. Ghostbusters II (1989) — Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
9. Rush Hour 3 (2007) — Varden Reynard
10. Dune (1984) — Doctor Kynes
11. The Seventh Seal (1957) — Antonius Block
12. Awakenings (1990) — Peter Ingham
13. Conan the Barbarian (1982) — King Osric
14. Judge Dredd (1995) — Chief Justice Fargo
15. What Dreams May Come (1998) — The Tracker
16. Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) — The Renter
17. Wild Strawberries (1957) — Åkerman
18. Never Say Never Again (1983) — Ernst Stavro Blofeld
19. Solomon Kane (2009) — Josiah Kane
20. Three Days of the Condor (1975) — G. Joubert
21. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) — Papinou
22. Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) — Frederick
23. Flash Gordon (1980) — The Emperor Ming
24. Escape to Victory (1981) — Major Karl von Steiner
25. The Tudors (2007) — Cardinal Von Waldburg
26. Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) — Father Lankester Merrin
27. Kursk (2018) — Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
28. The Virgin Spring (1960) — Töre
29. Needful Things (1993) — Leland Gaunt
30. Hour of the Wolf (1968) — Johan Borg
31. Through a Glass Darkly (1961) — Martin
32. Winter Light (1963) — Jonas Persson
33. Citizen X (1995) — Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
34. Europa (1991) — Narrator (voice)
35. Dreamscape (1984) — Paul Novotny
36. Sleepless (2001) — Moretti
37. The Magician (1958) — Albert Emanuel Vogler
38. Shame (1968) — Jan Rosenberg
39. Until the End of the World (1991) — Henry Farber
40. Strange Brew (1983) — Brewmeister Smith

Directed

1. Katinka (1988) — Director