Max von Sydow
Acting
1929-04-10 · 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).
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
2026 · Movie
Echoes of the Past
2021 · Movie
Kursk
2018 · Movie
Tuschinski's Dream
2017 · Movie
Max von Sydow
2017 · Movie
The First, the Last
2016 · Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Movie
I Am Divine
2014 · Movie
The Letters
2014 · Movie
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013 · Movie
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012 · Movie
Palme
2012 · Movie
Branded
2012 · Movie
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012 · Movie
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · Movie
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011 · Movie
Game of Thrones
2011 · Series
The Last Norwegian Troll
2010 · Movie
Behind the Moomins
2010 · Movie
Robin Hood
2010 · Movie
Shutter Island
2010 · Movie
Solomon Kane
2009 · Movie
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009 · Movie
A Man and His Dog
2009 · Movie
Emotional Arithmetic
2008 · Movie
Rush Hour 3
2007 · Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007 · Movie
The Final Inquiry
2007 · Movie
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007 · Series
The Tudors
2007 · Series
Heidi
2005 · Movie
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004 · Series
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004 · Movie
Hidden Children
2004 · Movie
Minority Report
2002 · Movie
Intacto
2001 · Movie
Druids
2001 · Movie
Sleepless
2001 · Movie
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000 · Movie
Light Keeps Me Company
2000 · Movie
Nuremberg
2000 · Series
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000 · Movie
Snow Falling on Cedars
1999 · Movie
What Dreams May Come
1998 · Movie
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998 · Movie
Professione fantasma
1998 · Series
Solomon
1997 · Movie
Solomon
1997 · Series
The Princess and the Pauper
1997 · Movie
La principessa e il povero
1997 · Series
Hostile Waters
1997 · Movie
Their Frozen Dream
1997 · Movie
Private Confessions
1996 · Movie
Jerusalem
1996 · Movie
Hamsun
1996 · Movie
Delblanc
1996 · Movie
Radetzky March
1995 · Series
Lumière & Company
1995 · Movie
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995 · Movie
Stjärnbilder
1995 · Movie
Judge Dredd
1995 · Movie
The Atlantic
1995 · Movie
Citizen X
1995 · Movie
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
1995 · Movie
Depth Solitude
1995 · Movie
Onkel Vanja
1994 · Movie
A che punto è la notte
1994 · Series
Time is Money
1994 · Movie
Minns ni?
1993 · Movie
Needful Things
1993 · Movie
Morfars resa
1993 · Movie
Och ge oss skuggorna
1993 · Movie
The Silent Touch
1992 · Movie
The Best Intentions
1992 · Movie
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992 · Series
The Ox
1991 · Movie
Until the End of the World
1991 · Movie
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991 · Movie
Europa
1991 · Movie
A Kiss Before Dying
1991 · Movie
Awakenings
1990 · Movie
Father
1990 · Movie
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990 · Movie
Cellini: A Violent Life
1990 · Movie
The Bachelor
1990 · Movie
The Simpsons
1989 · Series
Red King, White Knight
1989 · Movie
Ghostbusters II
1989 · Movie
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989 · Movie
Katinka
1988 · Movie
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988 · Movie
The Human Factor
1988 · Movie
Pelle the Conqueror
1987 · Movie
The Second Victory
1987 · Movie
Duet for One
1986 · Movie
The Wolf at the Door
1986 · Movie
Gösta Berlings saga
1986 · Series
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Movie
The Repenter
1985 · Movie
Code Name: Emerald
1985 · Movie
Christopher Columbus
1985 · Series
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985 · Movie
Quo Vadis?
1985 · Series
The Last Place on Earth
1985 · Series
Kojak: The Belarus File
1985 · Movie
Dune
1984 · Movie
The Soldier's Tale
1984 · Movie
Le dernier civil
1984 · Movie
Dreamscape
1984 · Movie
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Movie
Never Say Never Again
1983 · Movie
Strange Brew
1983 · Movie
Circle of Passions
1983 · Movie
Destination Dune
1983 · Movie
Target Eagle
1982 · Movie
The Flight of the Eagle
1982 · Movie
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982 · Movie
Conan the Barbarian
1982 · Movie
Let Poland Be Poland
1982 · Movie
The Guldbagge Awards
1981 · Series
Venetian Lies
1981 · Movie
Escape to Victory
1981 · Movie
She Dances Alone
1981 · Movie
Flash Gordon
1980 · Movie
Death Watch
1980 · Movie
Hurricane
1979 · Movie
A Look at Liv
1979 · Movie
Brass Target
1978 · Movie
Black Journal
1977 · Movie
March or Die
1977 · Movie
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977 · Movie
Voyage of the Damned
1976 · Movie
The Desert of the Tartars
1976 · Movie
Foxtrot
1976 · Movie
Illustrious Corpses
1976 · Movie
Heart of a Dog
1976 · Movie
The Ultimate Warrior
1975 · Movie
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · Movie
The Broken Mirror
1975 · Movie
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975 · Movie
Steppenwolf
1974 · Movie
The Emigrants
1974 · Series
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974 · Movie
The Exorcist
1973 · Movie
Ingmar Bergman
1972 · Movie
Embassy
1972 · Movie
The New Land
1972 · Movie
The Apple War
1971 · Movie
The Touch
1971 · Movie
The Emigrants
1971 · Movie
The Night Visitor
1971 · Movie
The Kremlin Letter
1970 · Movie
The Passion of Anna
1969 · Movie
Made in Sweden
1969 · Movie
Shame
1968 · Movie
Black Palm Trees
1968 · Movie
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968 · Movie
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Movie
The Diary of Anne Frank
1967 · Movie
Here Is Your Life
1966 · Movie
The Quiller Memorandum
1966 · Movie
Hawaii
1966 · Movie
The Reward
1965 · Movie
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Movie
4 x 4
1965 · Movie
Interlude in the Marshland
1965 · Movie
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964 · Movie
Grimme Award
1964 · Series
Winter Light
1963 · Movie
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
1962 · Movie
The Mistress
1962 · Movie
Through a Glass Darkly
1961 · Movie
The Wedding Day
1960 · Movie
The Virgin Spring
1960 · Movie
The Magician
1958 · Movie
Rabies
1958 · Movie
Spion 503
1958 · Movie
Brink of Life
1958 · Movie
The Minister of Uddarbo
1957 · Movie
Wild Strawberries
1957 · Movie
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957 · Movie
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Movie
The Right to Love
1956 · Movie
No Man's Woman
1953 · Movie
Miss Julie
1951 · Movie
Only a Mother
1949 · Movie
Golden Globe Awards
1944 · Series