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 Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
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The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told
as self
The Resurrection of Christ
as Unknown
Echoes of the Past
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Tuschinski's Dream
as Unknown
Max von Sydow
as Self (archive footage)
The First, the Last
as Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
I Am Divine
as Self (archive)
The Letters
as Celeste van Exem
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
as Dr. Alistair Conis
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
Branded
as Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as The Renter
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
as Self
The Last Norwegian Troll
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
Solomon Kane
as Josiah Kane
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
A Man and His Dog
as Le commandant
Emotional Arithmetic
as Jakob Bronski
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Papinou
The Final Inquiry
as Tiberius
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Tiberio
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
Heidi
as Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
Hidden Children
as Valobra
Intacto
as Samuel
Druids
as Guttuart
Sleepless
as Moretti
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
as Freud
Light Keeps Me Company
as Self
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
as Self
Snow Falling on Cedars
as Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come
as The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
as Self - Father Merrin
Professione fantasma
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Solomon
as Davide
Solomon
as David
The Princess and the Pauper
as Epos
La principessa e il povero
as Epos
Hostile Waters
as Admiral Chernavin
Their Frozen Dream
as S.A. Andrée (voice)
Private Confessions
as Jacob
Jerusalem
as Vicar
Hamsun
as Knut Hamsun
Delblanc
as Narrator (voice)
Radetzky March
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Lumière & Company
as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Stjärnbilder
as (archive footage)
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
The Atlantic
as Narrator (voice)
Citizen X
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Depth Solitude
as Narrator (voice)
Onkel Vanja
as The Professor
A che punto è la notte
as Arcivescovo di Torino
Time is Money
as Joe Kaufman
Minns ni?
as (archive footage)
Needful Things
as Leland Gaunt
Morfars resa
as Simon S.L. Fromm
Och ge oss skuggorna
as Eugene O'Neill
The Silent Touch
as Henry Kesdi
The Best Intentions
as Johan Åkerblom
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Sigmund Freud
The Ox
as Vicar
Until the End of the World
as Henry Farber
Europa
as Narrator (voice)
A Kiss Before Dying
as Thor Carlsson
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
Father
as Joe Mueller
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
as Father Siemes
Cellini: A Violent Life
as Pope Clement VII
The Bachelor
as Von Schleheim
The Simpsons
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Red King, White Knight
as Szaz
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
as Voice
Pelle the Conqueror
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Second Victory
as Dr. Huber
Duet for One
as Dr. Louis Feldman
The Wolf at the Door
as August Strindberg
Gösta Berlings saga
as Melchior Sinclaire
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Frederick
The Repenter
as Spinola
Code Name: Emerald
as Jürgen Brausch
Christopher Columbus
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
as Self
Quo Vadis?
as Petrus
The Last Place on Earth
as Fridtjof Nansen
Kojak: The Belarus File
as Peter Barak
The Soldier's Tale
as The Devil (voice)
Le dernier civil
as Gérard Bauerle
Dreamscape
as Paul Novotny
Samson and Delilah
as Sidka
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Strange Brew
as Brewmeister Smith
Circle of Passions
as Carlo di Vilalfratti
Destination Dune
as Self
Target Eagle
as Coronel O'Donnell
The Flight of the Eagle
as Salomon August Andrée
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
as Unknown
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Director winner
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Host
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Actor winner
Venetian Lies
as Marcello Herrighe
Escape to Victory
as Major Karl von Steiner
She Dances Alone
as Nijinsky (voice)
Flash Gordon
as The Emperor Ming
Death Watch
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Hurricane
as Dr. Danielsson
Brass Target
as Shelley Martin Webber
Black Journal
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
March or Die
as François Marneau
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Lankester Merrin
Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Schroeder
The Desert of the Tartars
as Cap. Ortiz
Foxtrot
as Larsen
Illustrious Corpses
as Supreme Court President
Heart of a Dog
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
The Ultimate Warrior
as Baron
Three Days of the Condor
as G. Joubert
The Broken Mirror
as Matthew Lawrence
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
as The Father
Steppenwolf
as Harry Haller
The Emigrants
as Karl Oskar
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
Ingmar Bergman
as Self
Embassy
as Gorenko
The New Land
as Karl Oskar
The Apple War
as Roy Lindberg
The Touch
as Andreas Vergerus
The Emigrants
as Karl Oskar
The Night Visitor
as Salem
The Kremlin Letter
as Colonel Kosnov
The Passion of Anna
as Andreas Winkelman
Made in Sweden
as Magnus Rud
Shame
as Jan Rosenberg
Black Palm Trees
as Gustav Olofsson
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
as Self
Hour of the Wolf
as Johan Borg
The Diary of Anne Frank
as Otto Frank
Here Is Your Life
as Smålands-Pelle
The Quiller Memorandum
as Oktober
Hawaii
as Abner Hale
The Reward
as Scott Swenson
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Jesus
4 x 4
as Kvist
Interlude in the Marshland
as Alex Kvist
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
as Self
Winter Light
as Jonas Persson
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
as The Father
The Mistress
as The Man
Through a Glass Darkly
as Martin
The Wedding Day
as Anders Frost
The Virgin Spring
as Töre
The Magician
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Rabies
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
Spion 503
as Horst, Gestapo-mand
Brink of Life
as Harry Andersson
The Minister of Uddarbo
as Gustaf Ömark
Wild Strawberries
as Åkerman
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
as Hunter
The Seventh Seal
as Antonius Block
The Right to Love
as Bergman
No Man's Woman
as Olof
Miss Julie
as Groom
Only a Mother
as Nils
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter