Max von Sydow

Acting

Born April 10, 1929 — Died March 8, 2020 Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

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(165)

The Resurrection of Christ

2026

Echoes of the Past

Nikolas Andreou (Aged)

2021

Kursk

Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

2018

Tuschinski's Dream

2017

Max von Sydow

Self (archive footage)

2017

The First, the Last

Le croque-mort

2016

Star Wars: The Force Awakens

Lor San Tekka

2015

The Letters

Celeste van Exem

2014

Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures

Dr. Alistair Conis

2013

Starring Sigmund Freud

2012

Palme

Self (archive footage)

2012

Branded

Marketing Guru

2012

Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter

Self

2012

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

The Renter

2011

Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde

Self

2011

The Last Norwegian Troll

The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)

2010

Behind the Moomins

Narrator (voice)

2010

Robin Hood

Sir Walter Loxley

2010

Shutter Island

Dr. Naehring

2010

The Wolfman

Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)

2010

Solomon Kane

Josiah Kane

2009

Oscar and the Lady in Pink

Le docteur Dusseldorf

2009

A Man and His Dog

Le commandant

2009

Emotional Arithmetic

Jakob Bronski

2008

Rush Hour 3

Varden Reynard

2007

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly

Papinou

2007

The Final Inquiry

Tiberius

2007

Heidi

Uncle Alp

2005

Ring of the Nibelungs

Eyvind

2004

Hidden Children

Valobra

2004

Minority Report

Director Lamar Burgess

2002

Intacto

Samuel

2001

Druids

Guttuart

2001

Sleepless

Moretti

2001

The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid

Freud

2000

Light Keeps Me Company

Self

2000

Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'

Self

2000

Snow Falling on Cedars

Nels Gudmundsson

1999

What Dreams May Come

The Tracker

1998

The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

Self - Father Merrin

1998

Solomon

Davide

1997

The Princess and the Pauper

Epos

1997

Hostile Waters

Admiral Chernavin

1997

Their Frozen Dream

S.A. Andrée (voice)

1997

Private Confessions

Jacob

1996

Jerusalem

Vicar

1996

Hamsun

Knut Hamsun

1996

Delblanc

Narrator (voice)

1996

Lumière & Company

Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")

1995

Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer

Narrator (voice)

1995

Stjärnbilder

(archive footage)

1995

Judge Dredd

Chief Justice Fargo

1995

The Atlantic

Narrator (voice)

1995

Citizen X

Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky

1995

Depth Solitude

Narrator (voice)

1995

Onkel Vanja

The Professor

1994

Time is Money

Joe Kaufman

1994

Minns ni?

(archive footage)

1993

Needful Things

Leland Gaunt

1993

Morfars resa

Simon S.L. Fromm

1993

Och ge oss skuggorna

Eugene O'Neill

1993

The Silent Touch

Henry Kesdi

1992

The Best Intentions

Johan Åkerblom

1992

The Ox

Vicar

1991

Until the End of the World

Henry Farber

1991

East of the Sun, West of the Moon

Narrator (voice)

1991

Europa

Narrator (voice)

1991

A Kiss Before Dying

Thor Carlsson

1991

Awakenings

Peter Ingham

1990

Father

Joe Mueller

1990

Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes

Father Siemes

1990

Cellini: A Violent Life

Pope Clement VII

1990

The Bachelor

Von Schleheim

1990

Red King, White Knight

Szaz

1989

Ghostbusters II

Vigo (voice) (uncredited)

1989

Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood

Self

1989

Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern

Voice

1988

The Human Factor

1988

Pelle the Conqueror

Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand

1987

The Second Victory

Dr. Huber

1987

Duet for One

Dr. Louis Feldman

1986

The Wolf at the Door

August Strindberg

1986

Hannah and Her Sisters

Frederick

1986

The Repenter

Spinola

1985

Code Name: Emerald

Jürgen Brausch

1985

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey

Self

1985

Kojak The Belarus File

Peter Barak

1985

Dune

Doctor Kynes

1984

The Soldier's Tale

The Devil (voice)

1984

Le dernier civil

Gérard Bauerle

1984

Dreamscape

Paul Novotny

1984

Samson and Delilah

Sidka

1984

Never Say Never Again

Ernst Stavro Blofeld

1983

Strange Brew

Brewmeister Smith

1983

Circle of Passions

Carlo di Vilalfratti

1983

Destination Dune

Self

1983

Target Eagle

Coronel O'Donnell

1982

The Flight of the Eagle

Salomon August Andrée

1982

The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer

1982

Conan the Barbarian

King Osric

1982

Let Poland Be Poland

Self - Co-Host

1982

Venetian Lies

Marcello Herrighe

1981

Escape to Victory

Major Karl von Steiner

1981

She Dances Alone

Nijinsky (voice)

1981

Flash Gordon

The Emperor Ming

1980

Death Watch

Gerald Mortenhoe

1980

Hurricane

Dr. Danielsson

1979

A Look at Liv

Self

1979

Brass Target

Shelley Martin Webber

1978

Black Journal

Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal

1977

March or Die

François Marneau

1977

Exorcist II: The Heretic

Father Lankester Merrin

1977

Voyage of the Damned

Captain Schroeder

1976

The Desert of the Tartars

Cap. Ortiz

1976

Foxtrot

Larsen

1976

Illustrious Corpses

Supreme Court President

1976

Heart of a Dog

Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski

1976

The Ultimate Warrior

Baron

1975

Three Days of the Condor

G. Joubert

1975

The Broken Mirror

Matthew Lawrence

1975

Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story

The Father

1975

Steppenwolf

Harry Haller

1974

The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute

Self (archive footage)

1974

The Exorcist

Father Lankester Merrin

1973

Ingmar Bergman

Self

1972

Embassy

Gorenko

1972

The New Land

Karl Oskar

1972

The Apple War

Roy Lindberg

1971

The Touch

Andreas Vergerus

1971

The Emigrants

Karl Oskar

1971

The Night Visitor

Salem

1971

The Kremlin Letter

Colonel Kosnov

1970

The Passion of Anna

Andreas Winkelman

1969

Made in Sweden

Magnus Rud

1969

Shame

Jan Rosenberg

1968

Black Palm Trees

Gustav Olofsson

1968

An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman

Self

1968

Hour of the Wolf

Johan Borg

1968

The Diary of Anne Frank

Otto Frank

1967

Here Is Your Life

Smålands-Pelle

1966

The Quiller Memorandum

Oktober

1966

Hawaii

Abner Hale

1966

The Reward

Scott Swenson

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Jesus

1965

4 x 4

Kvist

1965

Interlude in the Marshland

Alex Kvist

1965

Dance Around the Guldbaggen

Self

1964

Winter Light

Jonas Persson

1963

Wonderful Adventures of Nils

The Father

1962

The Mistress

The Man

1962

Through a Glass Darkly

Martin

1961

The Wedding Day

Anders Frost

1960

The Virgin Spring

Töre

1960

The Magician

Albert Emanuel Vogler

1958

Rabies

Bo Stensson Svenningson

1958

Spion 503

Horst, Gestapo-mand

1958

Brink of Life

Harry Andersson

1958

The Minister of Uddarbo

Gustaf Ömark

1957

Wild Strawberries

Åkerman

1957

Mr. Sleeman Is Coming

Hunter

1957

The Seventh Seal

Antonius Block

1957

The Right to Love

Bergman

1956

No Man's Woman

Olof

1953

Miss Julie

Groom

1951

Only a Mother

Nils

1949

Max von Sydow

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Movies(165)