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Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Birthday: 1929-04-10 | Place of Birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

Max von Sydow (10 April 1929 – 8 March 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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Known For

Acting

Year
Title

Role

2021
Echoes of the Past

as    Nikolas Andreou (Aged)

2019
Kursk

as    Admiral Vladimir Petrenko

2014
The Letters

as    Celeste van Exem

2012
Branded

as    Marketing Guru

2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close

as    The Renter

2010
Shutter Island

as    Dr. Naehring

2010
Robin Hood

as    Sir Walter Loxley

2009
Solomon Kane

as    Josiah Kane

2009
A Man and His Dog

as    Le commandant

2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink

as    Le docteur Dusseldorf

2008
Emotional Arithmetic

as    Jakob Bronski

2007
2007
The Final Inquiry

as    Tiberius

2007
Rush Hour 3

as    Varden Reynard

2005
Heidi

as    Uncle Alp

2004
Ring of the Nibelungs

as    Eyvind

2004
Hidden Children

as    Valobra

2002
Minority Report

as    Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime]

2002
Intacto

as    Samuel

2001
Druids

as    Guttuart

2001
Sleepless

as    Moretti

2000
Nuremberg

as    Samuel Rosenman

1999
Snow Falling on Cedars

as    Nels Gudmundsson

1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist

as    Self / Father Merrin

1998
What Dreams May Come

as    The Tracker