About

Known credits:
180
Birthday:
1929-04-10
Place of birth:
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Website:
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Max von Sydow

Overview

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

Acting
2023 Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2021 Echoes of the Past Actor Nikolas Andreou (Aged) 59
Average
2018 Kursk Actor Admiral Vladimir Petrenko 63
Fair
2017 Tuschinski's Dream Actor N/A
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2017 Max von Sydow Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
2016 The First, the Last Actor Le croque-mort 59
Average
2015 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Actor Lor San Tekka 72
Good
2014 The Letters Actor Celeste van Exem 58
Average
2013 Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures Actor Dr. Alistair Conis 58
Average
2012 Starring Sigmund Freud Actor N/A
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2012 Branded Actor Marketing Guru 56
Average
2012 Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter Actor Self N/A
N/A
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close Actor The Renter 67
Fair
2011 Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde Actor Self 59
Average
2010 The Last Norwegian Troll Actor The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) 59
Average
2010 Robin Hood Actor Sir Walter Loxley 63
Fair
2010 Shutter Island Actor Dr. Naehring 81
Very good
2010 The Wolfman Actor Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) 58
Average
2010 Behind the Moomins Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
2009 Oscar and the Lady in Pink Actor Le docteur Dusseldorf 59
Average
2009 Solomon Kane Actor Josiah Kane 59
Average
2009 Ghostbusters (The Video Game) Actor Vigo (voice) N/A
N/A
2009 A Man and His Dog Actor Le commandant 59
Average
2008 Spisok korabley Actor (archive footage) 60
Fair
2008 Emotional Arithmetic Actor Jakob Bronski 58
Average
2007 Rush Hour 3 Actor Varden Reynard 64
Fair
2007 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Actor Papinou 70
Good
2007 The Final Inquiry Actor Tiberius 58
Average
2007 L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII Actor Tiberio N/A
N/A
2005 Heidi Actor Uncle Alp 61
Fair
2004 Ring of the Nibelungs Actor Eyvind 70
Good
2004 Ring of the Nibelungs Actor Eyvind 59
Average
2004 Hidden Children Actor Valobra 59
Average
2002 Minority Report Actor Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime] 72
Good
2001 Intacto Actor Samuel 60
Fair
2001 Druids Actor Guttuart 55
Average
2001 Sleepless Actor Moretti 59
Average
2000 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid Actor Freud 59
Average
2000 Light Keeps Me Company Actor Self 59
Average
2000 Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' Actor Self 59
Average
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Actor Nels Gudmundsson 59
Average
1998 What Dreams May Come Actor The Tracker 69
Fair
1998 The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist Actor Self / Father Merrin 59
Average
1998 Professione fantasma Actor Psicoanalista dell’aldilà 69
Fair
1997 Solomon Actor Davide 59
Average
1997 The Princess and the Pauper Actor Epos 59
Average
1997 La principessa e il povero Actor Epos N/A
N/A
1997 Hostile Waters Actor Admiral Chernavin 58
Average
1997 Their Frozen Dream Actor S.A. Andrée (voice) 59
Average
1996 Private Confessions Actor Jacob 59
Average
1996 Samson and Delilah Actor Narrator (voice) (uncredited) 59
Average
1996 Jerusalem Actor Vicar 59
Average
1996 Needful Things Actor Leland Gaunt 70
Good
1996 Hamsun Actor Knut Hamsun 59
Average
1996 Delblanc Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1995 Radetzky March Actor Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje 70
Good
1995 Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1995 Stjärnbilder Actor (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1995 Judge Dredd Actor Chief Justice Fargo 58
Average
1995 The Atlantic Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1995 Citizen X Actor Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky 64
Fair
1995 Depth Solitude Actor Narrator (voice) 59
Average
1994 Onkel Vanja Actor The Professor N/A
N/A
1994 A che punto è la notte Actor Arcivescovo di Torino N/A
N/A
1994 Time is Money Actor Joe Kaufman 59
Average
1994 A che punto è la notte Actor Arcivescovo di Torino 59
Average
1993 Minns ni? Actor (archive footage) N/A
N/A
1993 Needful Things Actor Leland Gaunt 60
Fair
1993 Morfars resa Actor Simon S.L. Fromm N/A
N/A
1993 Och ge oss skuggorna Actor Eugene O'Neill 59
Average
1992 The Silent Touch Actor Henry Kesdi 58
Average
1992 The Best Intentions Actor Johan Åkerblom 60
Fair
1991 The Ox Actor Vicar 59
Average
1991 Until the End of the World Actor Henry Farber 61
Fair
1991 East of the Sun, West of the Moon Actor Narrator (voice) N/A
N/A
1991 Europa Actor Narrator (voice) 64
Fair
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Actor Thor Carlsson 58
Average
1990 Awakenings Actor Peter Ingham 74
Good
1990 Father Actor Joe Mueller 59
Average
1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes Actor Father Siemes 58
Average
1990 Cellini: A Violent Life Actor Papa Clemente VII 59
Average
1990 The Bachelor Actor Von Schleheim N/A
N/A
1989 Red King, White Knight Actor Szaz 58
Average
1989 Ghostbusters II Actor Vigo (voice) (uncredited) 65
Fair
1989 Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood Actor Self N/A
N/A
1988 Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern Actor Voice N/A
N/A
1988 The Human Factor Actor N/A
N/A
1987 Pelle the Conqueror Actor Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand 62
Fair
1987 The Second Victory Actor Dr. Huber 59
Average
1986 Duet for One Actor Dr. Louis Feldman 58
Average
1986 The Wolf at the Door Actor August Strindberg 58
Average
1986 Gösta Berlings saga Actor Melchior Sinclaire 70
Good
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Actor Frederick 69
Fair
1985 The Repenter Actor Spinola 59
Average
1985 Code Name: Emerald Actor Jürgen Brausch 59
Average
1985 Christopher Columbus Actor Re Giovanni del Portogallo 69
Fair
1985 George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey Actor Self 59
Average
1985 Quo Vadis? Actor Petrus 69
Fair
1985 The Last Place on Earth Actor Fridtjof Nansen 69
Fair
1985 Kojak: The Belarus File Actor Peter Barak 59
Average
1985 The Fascination Actor N/A
N/A
1984 Dune Actor Doctor Kynes 61
Fair
1984 Le dernier civil Actor Gérard Bauerle N/A
N/A
1984 Dreamscape Actor Paul Novotny 59
Average
1984 Samson and Delilah Actor Sidka 58
Average
1984 The Soldier's Tale Actor The Devil 59
Average
1983 Never Say Never Again Actor Ernst Stavro Blofeld 60
Fair
1983 Strange Brew Actor Brewmeister Smith 59
Average
1983 Circle of Passions Actor Carlo di Vilalfratti N/A
N/A
1982 Target Eagle Actor Coronel O'Donnell 58
Average
1982 The Flight of the Eagle Actor Salomon August Andrée 59
Average
1982 The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer Actor 58
Average
1982 Conan the Barbarian Actor King Osric 66
Fair
1982 Let Poland Be Poland Actor Self - Co-Host N/A
N/A
1981 She Dances Alone Actor Nijinsky's voice N/A
N/A
1981 Venetian Lies Actor Marcello Herrighe 58
Average
1981 Escape to Victory Actor Major Karl von Steiner 65
Fair
1980 Flash Gordon Actor The Emperor Ming 60
Fair
1980 Death Watch Actor Gerald Mortenhoe 59
Average
1979 Hurricane Actor Dr. Danielsson 58
Average
1979 A Look at Liv Actor Self N/A
N/A
1978 Brass Target Actor Shelley Martin Webber 58
Average
1977 Black Journal Actor Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal 58
Average
1977 March or Die Actor François Marneau 58
Average
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Actor Father Lankester Merrin 50
Average
1976 Voyage of the Damned Actor Captain Schroeder 59
Average
1976 The Desert of the Tartars Actor Cap. Ortiz 60
Fair
1976 Foxtrot Actor Larsen 58
Average
1976 Illustrious Corpses Actor Supreme Court President 60
Fair
1976 Heart of a Dog Actor Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski 59
Average
1975 The Ultimate Warrior Actor Baron 58
Average
1975 Three Days of the Condor Actor G. Joubert 68
Fair
1975 The Broken Mirror Actor Matthew Lawrence 59
Average
1975 Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story Actor The Father 59
Average
1974 Steppenwolf Actor Harry Haller 59
Average
1974 The Emigrants Actor Karl Oskar N/A
N/A
1974 The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute Actor Self (archive footage) 59
Average
1973 The Exorcist Actor Father Lankester Merrin 76
Good
1972 Ingmar Bergman Actor Self 59
Average
1972 Embassy Actor Gorenko 59
Average
1972 The New Land Actor Karl Oskar 61
Fair
1971 The Apple War Actor Roy Lindberg 59
Average
1971 The Touch Actor Andreas Vergerus 59
Average
1971 The Emigrants Actor Karl Oskar 61
Fair
1971 The Night Visitor Actor Salem 59
Average
1970 The Kremlin Letter Actor Colonel Kosnov 59
Average
1969 The Passion of Anna Actor Andreas Winkelman 63
Fair
1969 Made in Sweden Actor Magnus Rud N/A
N/A
1968 Shame Actor Jan Rosenberg 64
Fair
1968 Black Palm Trees Actor Gustav Olofsson 59
Average
1968 An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman Actor Self N/A
N/A
1968 Hour of the Wolf Actor Johan Borg 66
Fair
1967 The Diary of Anne Frank Actor Otto Frank 58
Average
1966 Here Is Your Life Actor Smålands-Pelle 59
Average
1966 The Quiller Memorandum Actor Oktober 58
Average
1966 Hawaii Actor Abner Hale 59
Average
1965 The Reward Actor Scott Swenson 59
Average
1965 The Greatest Story Ever Told Actor Jesus 60
Fair
1965 4 x 4 Actor Kvist 59
Average
1965 Interlude in the Marshland Actor Alex Kvist 59
Average
1964 Dance Around the Guldbaggen Actor Self N/A
N/A
1963 Winter Light Actor Jonas Persson 68
Fair
1962 Wonderful Adventures of Nils Actor The Father 59
Average
1962 The Mistress Actor The Man 59
Average
1961 Through a Glass Darkly Actor Martin 68
Fair
1960 The Wedding Day Actor Anders Frost N/A
N/A
1960 The Virgin Spring Actor Töre 69
Fair
1958 The Magician Actor Albert Emanuel Vogler 63
Fair
1958 Rabies Actor Bo Stensson Svenningson 59
Average
1958 Spion 503 Actor Horst, Gestapo-mand 58
Average
1958 Brink of Life Actor Harry Andersson 61
Fair
1957 The Minister of Uddarbo Actor Gustaf Ömark N/A
N/A
1957 Wild Strawberries Actor Henrik Åkerman 75
Good
1957 Mr. Sleeman Is Coming Actor Hunter 59
Average
1957 The Seventh Seal Actor Antonius Block 78
Good
1956 The Right to Love Actor Bergman 58
Average
1953 Ingen mans kvinna Actor Olof 58
Average
1951 Miss Julie Actor Groom 59
Average
1949 Only a Mother Actor Nils 59
Average

Directing
1988 Katinka Directing Director 58
Average