Max von Sydow
Actor

Max von Sydow

12 Movies
12 Credits
Personal Info
Known For Acting
Known Credits 12
Birthday April 10, 1929 (97 years old)
Place of Birth Lund, SkΓ₯ne lΓ€n, Sweden
Also Known As Max Carl Adolf von Sydow, Max Von Sydow, Макс Ρ„ΠΎΠ½ Бюдов, Carl Adolf von Sydow
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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).

Filmography (185)

The Resurrection of Christ 2026
Echoes of the Past 2021
Kursk 2018
Max von Sydow 2017
Tuschinski's Dream 2017
The First, the Last 2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
The Letters 2014
I Am Divine 2014
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures 2013
Branded 2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter 2012
Starring Sigmund Freud 2012
Palme 2012
Belmondo, il Γ©tait une fois le beau monde 2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011
Game of Thrones 2011
Robin Hood 2010 Shutter Island 2010
The Last Norwegian Troll 2010
Behind the Moomins 2010
Solomon Kane 2009
A Man and His Dog 2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink 2009
Emotional Arithmetic 2008
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
Rush Hour 3 2007
The Final Inquiry 2007
The Tudors 2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII 2007
Heidi 2005
Ring of the Nibelungs 2004
Hidden Children 2004
Ring of the Nibelungs 2004
Minority Report 2002
Intacto 2001
Druids 2001
Sleepless 2001
Light Keeps Me Company 2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 2000
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid 2000
Nuremberg 2000
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
What Dreams May Come 1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist 1998
Professione fantasma 1998
Hostile Waters 1997
Solomon 1997
Their Frozen Dream 1997
The Princess and the Pauper 1997
La principessa e il povero 1997
Solomon 1997
Private Confessions 1996
Delblanc 1996
Hamsun 1996
Jerusalem 1996
Citizen X 1995 Judge Dredd 1995
Depth Solitude 1995
StjΓ€rnbilder 1995
The Atlantic 1995
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer 1995
Lumière & Company 1995
Radetzky March 1995
Onkel Vanja 1994
Time is Money 1994
A che punto Γ¨ la notte 1994
Needful Things 1993
Minns ni? 1993
Och ge oss skuggorna 1993
Morfars resa 1993
The Best Intentions 1992
The Silent Touch 1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles 1992
Until the End of the World 1991
A Kiss Before Dying 1991
Europa 1991
The Ox 1991
East of the Sun, West of the Moon 1991
Awakenings 1990
The Bachelor 1990
Father 1990
Cellini: A Violent Life 1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes 1990
Ghostbusters II 1989
Red King, White Knight 1989
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood 1989
The Simpsons 1989
The Human Factor 1988
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern 1988
Pelle the Conqueror 1987
The Second Victory 1987
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
Duet for One 1986
The Wolf at the Door 1986
GΓΆsta Berlings saga 1986
Code Name: Emerald 1985
Kojak: The Belarus File 1985
The Repenter 1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985
The Last Place on Earth 1985
Quo Vadis? 1985
Christopher Columbus 1985
Dune 1984
Dreamscape 1984
The Soldier's Tale 1984
Samson and Delilah 1984
Le dernier civil 1984
Strange Brew 1983
Never Say Never Again 1983
Circle of Passions 1983
Destination Dune 1983
Conan the Barbarian 1982
The Flight of the Eagle 1982
Target Eagle 1982
Let Poland Be Poland 1982
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer 1982
Escape to Victory 1981
Venetian Lies 1981
She Dances Alone 1981
The Guldbagge Awards 1981
Flash Gordon 1980
Death Watch 1980
A Look at Liv 1979
Hurricane 1979
Brass Target 1978
Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977
March or Die 1977
Black Journal 1977
Illustrious Corpses 1976
The Desert of the Tartars 1976
Voyage of the Damned 1976
Heart of a Dog 1976
Foxtrot 1976
Three Days of the Condor 1975
The Ultimate Warrior 1975
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story 1975
The Broken Mirror 1975
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 1974
Steppenwolf 1974
The Emigrants 1974
The Exorcist 1973
The New Land 1972
Ingmar Bergman 1972
Embassy 1972
The Emigrants 1971
The Apple War 1971
The Night Visitor 1971
The Touch 1971
The Kremlin Letter 1970
The Passion of Anna 1969
Made in Sweden 1969
Shame 1968
Hour of the Wolf 1968
Black Palm Trees 1968
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman 1968
The Diary of Anne Frank 1967
Hawaii 1966
The Quiller Memorandum 1966
Here Is Your Life 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965
The Reward 1965
Interlude in the Marshland 1965
4 x 4 1965
Dance Around the Guldbaggen 1964
Grimme Award 1964
Winter Light 1963
The Mistress 1962
Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1962
Through a Glass Darkly 1961
The Virgin Spring 1960
The Wedding Day 1960
The Magician 1958
Brink of Life 1958
Spion 503 1958
Rabies 1958
The Seventh Seal 1957
Wild Strawberries 1957
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming 1957
The Minister of Uddarbo 1957
The Right to Love 1956
No Man's Woman 1953
Miss Julie 1951
Only a Mother 1949
Golden Globe Awards 1944