Max von Sydow
Acting
Born April 10, 1929 · 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).
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Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
2025
Echoes of the Past
2021
Kursk
2018
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
Max von Sydow
2017
The First, the Last
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
The Letters
2014
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Palme
2012
Branded
2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
The Last Norwegian Troll
2010
Behind the Moomins
2010
Robin Hood
2010
Shutter Island
2010
The Wolfman
2010
Solomon Kane
2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
A Man and His Dog
2009
Emotional Arithmetic
2008
Rush Hour 3
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
The Final Inquiry
2007
Heidi
2005
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004
Hidden Children
2004
Minority Report
2002
Intacto
2001
Druids
2001
Sleepless
2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999
What Dreams May Come
1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
Solomon
1997
The Princess and the Pauper
1997
Hostile Waters
1997
Their Frozen Dream
1997
Private Confessions
1996
Jerusalem
1996
Hamsun
1996
Delblanc
1996
Lumière & Company
1995
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995
Stjärnbilder
1995
Judge Dredd
1995
The Atlantic
1995
Citizen X
1995
Depth Solitude
1995
Onkel Vanja
1994
Time is Money
1994
Minns ni?
1993
Needful Things
1993
Morfars resa
1993
Och ge oss skuggorna
1993
The Silent Touch
1992
The Best Intentions
1992
The Ox
1991
Until the End of the World
1991
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991
Europa
1991
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
Awakenings
1990
Father
1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990
The Bachelor
1990
Red King, White Knight
1989
Ghostbusters II
1989
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988
The Human Factor
1988
Pelle the Conqueror
1987
The Second Victory
1987
Duet for One
1986
The Wolf at the Door
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
The Repenter
1985
Code Name: Emerald
1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
Kojak The Belarus File
1985
Dune
1984
Le dernier civil
1984
Dreamscape
1984
Samson and Delilah
1984
The Soldier's Tale
1984
Never Say Never Again
1983
Strange Brew
1983
Circle of Passions
1983
Destination Dune
1983
Target Eagle
1982
The Flight of the Eagle
1982
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Conan the Barbarian
1982
Let Poland Be Poland
1982
Venetian Lies
1981
Escape to Victory
1981
She Dances Alone
1981
Flash Gordon
1980
Death Watch
1980
Hurricane
1979
A Look at Liv
1979
Brass Target
1978
Black Journal
1977
March or Die
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
Voyage of the Damned
1976
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
Foxtrot
1976
Illustrious Corpses
1976
Heart of a Dog
1976
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Three Days of the Condor
1975
The Broken Mirror
1975
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975
Steppenwolf
1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
The Exorcist
1973
Ingmar Bergman
1972
Embassy
1972
The New Land
1972
The Apple War
1971
The Touch
1971
The Emigrants
1971
The Night Visitor
1971
The Kremlin Letter
1970
The Passion of Anna
1969
Made in Sweden
1969
Shame
1968
Black Palm Trees
1968
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968
Hour of the Wolf
1968
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967
Here Is Your Life
1966
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
Hawaii
1966
The Reward
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
4 x 4
1965
Interlude in the Marshland
1965
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964
Winter Light
1963
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
The Mistress
1962
Through a Glass Darkly
1961
The Wedding Day
1960
The Virgin Spring
1960
The Magician
1958
Rabies
1958
Spion 503
1958
Brink of Life
1958
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957
Wild Strawberries
1957
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957
The Seventh Seal
1957
The Right to Love
1956
No Man's Woman
1953
Miss Julie
1951
Only a Mother
1949