Max von Sydow

Birthday: 1929-04-10
Deathday: 2019-03-19
Birthplace: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Gender: Male
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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).

Career Statisics

Season Age Movie Role Result Points
1989 60 Pelle the Conqueror (1988) Leading Actor Nom 0
2012 83 Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) Supporting Actor Nom 0
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Transaction History

Date Location Team Receives Team Receives Team Receives

Credits

Year Title Character
2021-11-11 Echoes of the Past Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
2018-11-07 Kursk Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
2017-06-01 Tuschinski's Dream
2016-01-27 The First, the Last Le croque-mort
2015-12-15 Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lor San Tekka
2014-02-23 The Letters Celeste van Exem
2013-06-28 Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures Dr. Alistair Conis
2012-11-01 Starring Sigmund Freud
2012-09-06 Branded Marketing Guru
2011-12-25 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Renter
2010-08-21 The Last Norwegian Troll The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
2010-05-12 Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley
2010-02-14 Shutter Island Dr. Naehring
2010-02-10 The Wolfman Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
2009-11-15 Oscar and the Lady in Pink Le docteur Dusseldorf
2009-09-16 Solomon Kane Josiah Kane
2009-01-14 A Man and His Dog Le commandant
2008-04-18 Emotional Arithmetic Jakob Bronski
2007-08-08 Rush Hour 3 Varden Reynard
2007-05-23 The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Papinou
2007-04-04 The Final Inquiry Tiberius
2005-08-19 Heidi Uncle Alp
2004-11-19 Ring of the Nibelungs Eyvind
2004-01-01 Hidden Children Valobra
2002-06-20 Minority Report Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime]
2001-11-06 Intact Samuel
2001-01-24 Druids Guttuart
2001-01-05 Sleepless Moretti
2000-09-19 The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid Freud
1999-12-22 Snow Falling on Cedars Nels Gudmundsson
1998-10-02 What Dreams May Come The Tracker
1997-12-15 Solomon Davide
1997-12-02 The Princess and the Pauper Epos
1997-10-18 Hostile Waters Admiral Chernavin
1997-10-03 Their Frozen Dream S.A. Andrée (voice)
1996-12-25 Private Confessions Jacob
1996-09-06 Jerusalem Vicar
1996-04-19 Hamsun Knut Hamsun
1995-06-30 Judge Dredd Chief Justice Fargo
1995-02-25 Citizen X Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
1994-12-26 Onkel Vanja The Professor
1994-10-19 Time is Money Joe Kaufman
1994-04-07 A che punto è la notte Arcivescovo di Torino
1993-08-27 Needful Things Leland Gaunt
1993-01-29 Morfars resa Simon S.L. Fromm
1993-01-06 Och ge oss skuggorna Eugene O'Neill
1992-09-30 The Silent Touch Henry Kesdi
1992-05-24 The Best Intentions Johan Åkerblom
1991-11-22 The Ox Vicar
1991-09-12 Until the End of the World Henry Farber
1991-04-26 A Kiss Before Dying Thor Carlsson
1990-12-04 Awakenings Peter Ingham
1990-08-16 Father Joe Mueller
1990-08-06 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes Father Siemes
1990-05-02 Cellini: A Violent Life Papa Clemente VII
1990-03-29 The Bachelor Von Schleheim
1989-11-25 Red King, White Knight Szaz
1989-06-16 Ghostbusters II Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
1988-05-24 Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern Voice
1988-01-01 The Human Factor
1987-12-21 Pelle the Conqueror Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
1987-06-04 The Second Victory Dr. Huber
1986-12-25 Duet for One Dr. Louis Feldman
1986-09-05 The Wolf at the Door August Strindberg
1986-02-07 Hannah and Her Sisters Frederick
1985-11-15 The Repenter Spinola
1985-09-07 Code Name: Emerald Jürgen Brausch
1985-02-16 Kojak: The Belarus File Peter Barak
1985-01-01 The Fascination
1984-12-14 Dune Doctor Kynes
1984-11-04 Le dernier civil Gérard Bauerle
1984-08-15 Dreamscape Paul Novotny
1984-03-31 Samson and Delilah Sidka
1984-01-01 The Soldier's Tale The Devil
1983-10-07 Never Say Never Again Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1983-08-26 Strange Brew Brewmeister Smith
1983-07-06 Circle of Passions Carlo di Vilalfratti
1982-09-10 Target Eagle Coronel O'Donnell
1982-08-26 The Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée
1982-05-30 The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982-04-02 Conan the Barbarian King Osric
1981-09-19 She Dances Alone Nijinsky's voice
1981-06-25 Venetian Lies Marcello Herrighe
1981-06-17 Escape to Victory Major Karl von Steiner
1980-09-01 Flash Gordon The Emperor Ming
1980-01-23 Death Watch Gerald Mortenhoe
1979-04-12 Hurricane Dr. Danielsson
1978-12-22 Brass Target Shelley Martin Webber
1977-11-24 Black Journal Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
1977-09-08 March or Die François Marneau
1977-06-17 Exorcist II: The Heretic Father Lankester Merrin
1976-12-22 Voyage of the Damned Captain Schroeder
1976-10-29 The Desert of the Tartars Cap. Ortiz
1976-03-01 Foxtrot Larsen
1976-02-12 Illustrious Corpses Supreme Court President
1976-01-23 Heart of a Dog Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
1975-10-02 The Ultimate Warrior Baron
1975-09-24 Three Days of the Condor G. Joubert
1975-04-02 The Broken Mirror Matthew Lawrence
1975-03-17 Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story The Father
1974-12-18 Steppenwolf Harry Haller
1973-12-26 The Exorcist Father Lankester Merrin
1972-03-02 Embassy Gorenko
1972-02-26 The New Land Karl Oskar
1971-12-18 The Apple War Roy Lindberg
1971-07-14 The Touch Andreas Vergerus
1971-03-08 The Emigrants Karl Oskar
1971-02-10 The Night Visitor Salem
1970-02-01 The Kremlin Letter Colonel Kosnov
1969-11-10 The Passion of Anna Andreas Winkelman
1969-03-17 Made in Sweden Magnus Rud
1968-09-29 Shame Jan Rosenberg
1968-09-26 Black Palm Trees Gustav Olofsson
1968-02-19 Hour of the Wolf Johan Borg
1967-11-26 The Diary of Anne Frank Otto Frank
1966-12-26 Here Is Your Life Smålands-Pelle
1966-11-10 The Quiller Memorandum Oktober
1966-10-10 Hawaii Abner Hale
1965-09-15 The Reward Scott Swenson
1965-04-09 The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus
1965-02-25 4 x 4 Kvist
1965-02-22 Interlude in the Marshland Alex Kvist
1963-02-11 Winter Light Jonas Persson
1962-09-12 Wonderful Adventures of Nils The Father
1962-02-19 The Mistress The Man
1961-10-16 Through a Glass Darkly Martin
1960-10-03 The Wedding Day Anders Frost
1960-02-08 The Virgin Spring Töre
1958-12-26 The Magician Albert Emanuel Vogler
1958-11-07 Rabies Bo Stensson Svenningson
1958-08-29 Spion 503 Horst, Gestapo-mand
1958-03-31 Brink of Life Harry Andersson
1957-12-26 The Minister of Uddarbo Gustaf Ömark
1957-08-28 Wild Strawberries Henrik Åkerman
1957-04-18 Mr. Sleeman Is Coming Hunter
1957-02-16 The Seventh Seal Antonius Block
1956-02-27 The Right to Love Bergman
1953-11-09 Ingen mans kvinna Olof
1951-06-28 Miss Julie Groom
1949-10-31 Only a Mother Nils