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).
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Movies (42)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025
Echoes of the Past
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
2021
Kursk
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
2018
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
Max von Sydow
as Self (archive footage)
2017
The First, the Last
as Le croque-mort
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
2015
The Letters
as Celeste van Exem
2014
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
as Dr. Alistair Conis
2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
2012
Branded
as Marketing Guru
2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
as Self
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as The Renter
2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self
2011
The Last Norwegian Troll
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
2010
Behind the Moomins
as Narrator (voice)
2010
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
2010
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
2010
The Wolfman
as Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
2010
Solomon Kane
as Josiah Kane
2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
2009
A Man and His Dog
as Le commandant
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
as Jakob Bronski
2008
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Papinou
2007
The Final Inquiry
as Tiberius
2007
Heidi
as Uncle Alp
2005
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
2004
Hidden Children
as Valobra
2004
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess
2002
Intacto
as Samuel
2001
Druids
as Guttuart
2001
Sleepless
as Moretti
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
as Freud
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Nels Gudmundsson
1999
What Dreams May Come
as The Tracker
1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Father Merrin
1998
Solomon
as Davide
1997
The Princess and the Pauper
as Epos
1997
TV Shows (8)
Game of Thrones
as Three-Eyed Raven
2011
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Tiberio
2007
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
2007
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
2004
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman
2000
Professione fantasma
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
1998
Solomon
as David
1997
La principessa e il povero
as Epos
1997