- Known For
- Acting
- Born
- April 10, 1929
- Place of Birth
- Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
- Died
- March 8, 2020
Max 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…
Filmography
movieThe Resurrection of Christ
2026
movieEchoes of the Past
2021 · Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
movieKursk
2018 · Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
movieTuschinski's Dream
2017
movieMax von Sydow
2017 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe First, the Last
2016 · Le croque-mort
movieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Lor San Tekka
movieI Am Divine
2014 · Self (archive)
movieThe Letters
2014 · Celeste van Exem
movieDragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013 · Dr. Alistair Conis
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
moviePalme
2012 · Self (archive footage)
movieBranded
2012 · Marketing Guru
movieMax Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012 · Self
movieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · The Renter
movieBelmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Self
tvGame of Thrones
2011 · Three-Eyed Raven
movieThe Last Norwegian Troll
2010 · The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
2010 · Narrator (voice)
movieRobin Hood
2010 · Sir Walter Loxley
movieShutter Island
2010 · Dr. Naehring
movieSolomon Kane
2009 · Josiah Kane
movieOscar and the Lady in Pink
2009 · Le docteur Dusseldorf
movieA Man and His Dog
2009 · Le commandant
movieEmotional Arithmetic
2008 · Jakob Bronski
movieRush Hour 3
2007 · Varden Reynard
movieThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Papinou
movieThe Final Inquiry
2007 · Tiberius
tvL'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007 · Tiberio
tvThe Tudors
2007 · Cardinal Von Waldburg
movieHeidi
2005 · Uncle Alp
tvRing of the Nibelungs
2004 · Eyvind
movieRing of the Nibelungs
2004 · Eyvind
movieHidden Children
2004 · Valobra
movieMinority Report
2002 · Director Lamar Burgess
movieIntacto
2001 · Samuel
movieDruids
2001 · Guttuart
movieSleepless
2001 · Moretti
movieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Freud
movieLight Keeps Me Company
2000 · Self
tvNuremberg
2000 · Samuel Rosenman
movieConan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Self
movieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Nels Gudmundsson
movieWhat Dreams May Come
1998 · The Tracker
movieThe Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998 · Self - Father Merrin
tvProfessione fantasma
1998 · Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
movieSolomon
1997 · Davide
tvSolomon
1997 · David
movieThe Princess and the Pauper
1997 · Epos
tvLa principessa e il povero
1997 · Epos
movieHostile Waters
1997 · Admiral Chernavin
movieTheir Frozen Dream
1997 · S.A. Andrée (voice)
moviePrivate Confessions
1996 · Jacob
movieJerusalem
1996 · Vicar
movieHamsun
1996 · Knut Hamsun
movieDelblanc
1996 · Narrator (voice)
tvRadetzky March
1995 · Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
movieLumière & Company
1995 · Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995 · Narrator (voice)
movieStjärnbilder
1995 · (archive footage)
movieJudge Dredd
1995 · Chief Justice Fargo
movieThe Atlantic
1995 · Narrator (voice)
movieCitizen X
1995 · Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
movieDepth Solitude
1995 · Narrator (voice)
movieOnkel Vanja
1994 · The Professor
tvA che punto è la notte
1994 · Arcivescovo di Torino
movieTime is Money
1994 · Joe Kaufman
movieMinns ni?
1993 · (archive footage)
movieNeedful Things
1993 · Leland Gaunt
movieMorfars resa
1993 · Simon S.L. Fromm
movieOch ge oss skuggorna
1993 · Eugene O'Neill
movieThe Silent Touch
1992 · Henry Kesdi
movieThe Best Intentions
1992 · Johan Åkerblom
tvThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Sigmund Freud
movieThe Ox
1991 · Vicar
movieUntil the End of the World
1991 · Henry Farber
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991 · Narrator (voice)
movieEuropa
1991 · Narrator (voice)
movieA Kiss Before Dying
1991 · Thor Carlsson
movieAwakenings
1990 · Peter Ingham
movieFather
1990 · Joe Mueller
movieHiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · Father Siemes
movieCellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Pope Clement VII
movieThe Bachelor
1990 · Von Schleheim
tvThe Simpsons
1989 · Klaus Ziegler (voice)
movieRed King, White Knight
1989 · Szaz
movieGhostbusters II
1989 · Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989 · Self
movieKatinka
1988 · Director
movieIngmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988 · Voice
The Human Factor
1988
moviePelle the Conqueror
1987 · Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
movieThe Second Victory
1987 · Dr. Huber
movieDuet for One
1986 · Dr. Louis Feldman
movieThe Wolf at the Door
1986 · August Strindberg
tvGösta Berlings saga
1986 · Melchior Sinclaire
movieHannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Frederick
movieThe Repenter
1985 · Spinola
movieCode Name: Emerald
1985 · Jürgen Brausch
tvChristopher Columbus
1985 · Re Giovanni del Portogallo
movieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Self
tvQuo Vadis?
1985 · Petrus
tvThe Last Place on Earth
1985 · Fridtjof Nansen
movieKojak: The Belarus File
1985 · Peter Barak
movieDune
1984 · Doctor Kynes
movieThe Soldier's Tale
1984 · The Devil (voice)
movieLe dernier civil
1984 · Gérard Bauerle
movieDreamscape
1984 · Paul Novotny
movieSamson and Delilah
1984 · Sidka
movieNever Say Never Again
1983 · Ernst Stavro Blofeld
movieStrange Brew
1983 · Brewmeister Smith
movieCircle of Passions
1983 · Carlo di Vilalfratti
movieDestination Dune
1983 · Self
movieTarget Eagle
1982 · Coronel O'Donnell
movieThe Flight of the Eagle
1982 · Salomon August Andrée
movieThe Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
movieConan the Barbarian
1982 · King Osric
movieLet Poland Be Poland
1982 · Self - Co-Host
tvThe Guldbagge Awards
1981 · Self - Best Director winner, Self - Host, Self - Best Actor winner
movieVenetian Lies
1981 · Marcello Herrighe
movieEscape to Victory
1981 · Major Karl von Steiner
movieShe Dances Alone
1981 · Nijinsky (voice)
movieFlash Gordon
1980 · The Emperor Ming
movieDeath Watch
1980 · Gerald Mortenhoe
movieHurricane
1979 · Dr. Danielsson
A Look at Liv
1979 · Self
movieBrass Target
1978 · Shelley Martin Webber
movieBlack Journal
1977 · Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
movieMarch or Die
1977 · François Marneau
movieExorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Father Lankester Merrin
movieVoyage of the Damned
1976 · Captain Schroeder
movieThe Desert of the Tartars
1976 · Cap. Ortiz
movieFoxtrot
1976 · Larsen
movieIllustrious Corpses
1976 · Supreme Court President
movieHeart of a Dog
1976 · Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
movieThe Ultimate Warrior
1975 · Baron
movieThree Days of the Condor
1975 · G. Joubert
movieThe Broken Mirror
1975 · Matthew Lawrence
movieEgg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975 · The Father
movieSteppenwolf
1974 · Harry Haller
tvThe Emigrants
1974 · Karl Oskar
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Self (archive footage)
movieThe Exorcist
1973 · Father Lankester Merrin
movieIngmar Bergman
1972 · Self
movieEmbassy
1972 · Gorenko
movieThe New Land
1972 · Karl Oskar
movieThe Apple War
1971 · Roy Lindberg
movieThe Touch
1971 · Andreas Vergerus
movieThe Emigrants
1971 · Karl Oskar
movieThe Night Visitor
1971 · Salem
movieThe Kremlin Letter
1970 · Colonel Kosnov
movieThe Passion of Anna
1969 · Andreas Winkelman
movieMade in Sweden
1969 · Magnus Rud
movieShame
1968 · Jan Rosenberg
movieBlack Palm Trees
1968 · Gustav Olofsson
movieAn Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968 · Self
movieHour of the Wolf
1968 · Johan Borg
movieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Otto Frank
movieHere Is Your Life
1966 · Smålands-Pelle
movieThe Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Oktober
movieHawaii
1966 · Abner Hale
movieThe Reward
1965 · Scott Swenson
movieThe Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Jesus
movie4 x 4
1965 · Kvist
movieInterlude in the Marshland
1965 · Alex Kvist
movieDance Around the Guldbaggen
1964 · Self
Grimme Award
1964 · Self
movieWinter Light
1963 · Jonas Persson
movieWonderful Adventures of Nils
1962 · The Father
movieThe Mistress
1962 · The Man
movieThrough a Glass Darkly
1961 · Martin
movieThe Wedding Day
1960 · Anders Frost
movieThe Virgin Spring
1960 · Töre
movieThe Magician
1958 · Albert Emanuel Vogler
movieRabies
1958 · Bo Stensson Svenningson
movieSpion 503
1958 · Horst, Gestapo-mand
movieBrink of Life
1958 · Harry Andersson
movieThe Minister of Uddarbo
1957 · Gustaf Ömark
movieWild Strawberries
1957 · Åkerman
movieMr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957 · Hunter
movieThe Seventh Seal
1957 · Antonius Block
movieThe Right to Love
1956 · Bergman
movieNo Man's Woman
1953 · Olof
movieMiss Julie
1951 · Groom
movieOnly a Mother
1949 · Nils
tvGolden Globe Awards
1944 · Self - Nominee / Presenter