Personal details
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Born
10 aprile 1929
Died
8 marzo 2020
Place of birth
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Also known as
Max Carl Adolf von Sydow · Max Von Sydow · Макс фон Сюдов · Carl Adolf von Sydow
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).
Conosciuto per
8.2
Film
Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
2010
7.2
Film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lor San Tekka
2015
7.7
Film
The Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin
1973
6.2
Film
Dune
Doctor Kynes
1984
7.4
Film
Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess
2002
6.4
Film
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
2010
6.5
Film
Rush Hour 3
Varden Reynard
2007
5.9
Film
Judge Dredd
Chief Justice Fargo
1995
6.8
Film
Conan the Barbarian
King Osric
1982
8.1
Film
The Seventh Seal
Antonius Block
1957
6.0
Film
Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
2009
7.8
Film
Awakenings
Peter Ingham
1990
6.1
Film
Never Say Never Again
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1983
6.3
Film
Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming
1980
5.8
Film
March or Die
François Marneau
1977
0.0
Film
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
1982
7.4
Film
Hour of the Wolf
Johan Borg
1968
6.3
Film
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt
1993
5.9
Film
The Kremlin Letter
Colonel Kosnov
1970
7.2
Film
Citizen X
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
1995
0.0
Film
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Self
1968
6.3
Film
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
2004
6.1
Film
Dreamscape
Paul Novotny
1984
7.6
Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Papinou
2007
7.2
Film
What Dreams May Come
The Tracker
1998
7.3
Film
Three Days of the Condor
G. Joubert
1975
6.7
Film
Until the End of the World
Henry Farber
1991
6.9
Film
Escape to Victory
Major Karl von Steiner
1981
7.4
Series
Nuremberg
Samuel Rosenman
2000
7.0
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Renter
2011
7.4
Film
The Magician
Albert Emanuel Vogler
1958
8.1
Film
Wild Strawberries
Åkerman
1957
6.2
Series
Christopher Columbus
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
1985
4.6
Film
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Lankester Merrin
1977
4.7
Film
Branded
Marketing Guru
2012
7.4
Series
The Last Place on Earth
Fridtjof Nansen
1985
7.5
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick
1986
6.4
Film
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesus
1965
6.6
Film
Kursk
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
2018
5.9
Series
Quo Vadis?
Petrus
1985
6.0
Film
Voyage of the Damned
Captain Schroeder
1976
8.0
Series
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
2004
5.9
Series
Radetzky March
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
1995
5.0
Series
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Tiberio
2007
9.5
Series
Gösta Berlings saga
Melchior Sinclaire
1986
8.0
Series
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar
1974–1975
8.0
Series
A che punto è la notte
Arcivescovo di Torino
1994
7.0
Series
Professione fantasma
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
1998
6.6
Film
Echoes of the Past
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
2021
6.4
Film
The First, the Last
Le croque-mort
2016
10.0
Film
Max von Sydow
Self (archive footage)
2017
Acting credits 51 titles
Echoes of the Past
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
6.6
2021
Kursk
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
6.6
2018
Max von Sydow
as Self (archive footage)
10.0
2017
The First, the Last
as Le croque-mort
6.4
2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
7.2
2015
Branded
as Marketing Guru
4.7
2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as The Renter
7.0
2011
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
6.4
2010
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
8.2
2010
Solomon Kane
as Josiah Kane
6.0
2009
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
6.5
2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Tiberio
5.0
2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Papinou
7.6
2007
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
8.0
2004
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
6.3
2004
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess
7.4
2002
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman
7.4
2000
Professione fantasma
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
7.0
1998
What Dreams May Come
as The Tracker
7.2
1998
Radetzky March
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
5.9
1995
Citizen X
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
7.2
1995
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
5.9
1995
A che punto è la notte
as Arcivescovo di Torino
8.0
1994
Needful Things
as Leland Gaunt
6.3
1993
Until the End of the World
as Henry Farber
6.7
1991
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
7.8
1990
Gösta Berlings saga
as Melchior Sinclaire
9.5
1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Frederick
7.5
1986
The Last Place on Earth
as Fridtjof Nansen
7.4
1985
Christopher Columbus
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
6.2
1985
Quo Vadis?
as Petrus
5.9
1985
Dreamscape
as Paul Novotny
6.1
1984
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
6.2
1984
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
6.1
1983
Let Poland Be Poland
as Self - Co-Host
0.0
1982
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
6.8
1982
Escape to Victory
as Major Karl von Steiner
6.9
1981
Flash Gordon
as The Emperor Ming
6.3
1980
March or Die
as François Marneau
5.8
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
as Father Lankester Merrin
4.6
1977
Voyage of the Damned
as Captain Schroeder
6.0
1976
Three Days of the Condor
as G. Joubert
7.3
1975
The Emigrants
as Karl Oskar
8.0
1974–1975
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
7.7
1973
The Kremlin Letter
as Colonel Kosnov
5.9
1970
Hour of the Wolf
as Johan Borg
7.4
1968
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
as Self
0.0
1968
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Jesus
6.4
1965
The Magician
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
7.4
1958
The Seventh Seal
as Antonius Block
8.1
1957
Wild Strawberries
as Åkerman
8.1
1957