Max von Sydow
Known For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
Apr 10, 1929 (97 years old)
Place of Birth
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
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).
Known For
| 2025 | Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror MoviesSelf - (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Echoes of the PastNikolas Andreou (Aged) | |
| 2018 | KurskAdmiral Vladimir Petrenko | |
| 2017 | Max von SydowSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2017 | Tuschinski's Dream | |
| 2016 | The First, the LastLe croque-mort | |
| 2015 | Star Wars: The Force AwakensLor San Tekka | |
| 2014 | The LettersCeleste van Exem | |
| 2013 | Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal CreaturesDr. Alistair Conis | |
| 2012 | BrandedMarketing Guru | |
| 2012 | Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The RenterSelf | |
| 2012 | Starring Sigmund Freud | |
| 2012 | PalmeSelf (archive footage) | |
| 2011 | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau mondeSelf | |
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe Renter | |
| 2011 | Game of ThronesThree-Eyed Raven | |
| 2010 | Robin HoodSir Walter Loxley | |
| 2010 | Shutter IslandDr. Naehring | |
| 2010 | The Last Norwegian TrollThe Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | |
| 2010 | The WolfmanPassenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | |
| 2010 | Behind the MoominsNarrator (voice) | |
| 2009 | Solomon KaneJosiah Kane | |
| 2009 | A Man and His DogLe commandant | |
| 2009 | Oscar and the Lady in PinkLe docteur Dusseldorf | |
| 2008 | Emotional ArithmeticJakob Bronski | |
| 2007 | The Diving Bell and the ButterflyPapinou | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3Varden Reynard | |
| 2007 | The Final InquiryTiberius | |
| 2007 | The TudorsCardinal Von Waldburg | |
| 2007 | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIIITiberio | |
| 2005 | HeidiUncle Alp | |
| 2004 | Ring of the NibelungsEyvind | |
| 2004 | Hidden ChildrenValobra | |
| 2004 | Ring of the NibelungsEyvind | |
| 2002 | Minority ReportDirector Lamar Burgess | |
| 2001 | IntactoSamuel | |
| 2001 | DruidsGuttuart | |
| 2001 | SleeplessMoretti | |
| 2000 | Light Keeps Me CompanySelf | |
| 2000 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'Self | |
| 2000 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of CupidFreud | |
| 2000 | NurembergSamuel Rosenman | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on CedarsNels Gudmundsson | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May ComeThe Tracker | |
| 1998 | The Fear of God: 25 Years of The ExorcistSelf - Father Merrin | |
| 1998 | Professione fantasmaPsicoanalista dell’aldilà | |
| 1997 | Hostile WatersAdmiral Chernavin | |
| 1997 | SolomonDavide | |
| 1997 | Their Frozen DreamS.A. Andrée (voice) | |
| 1997 | The Princess and the PauperEpos | |
| 1997 | La principessa e il poveroEpos | |
| 1997 | SolomonDavid | |
| 1996 | Private ConfessionsJacob | |
| 1996 | DelblancNarrator (voice) | |
| 1996 | HamsunKnut Hamsun | |
| 1996 | JerusalemVicar | |
| 1995 | Citizen XDr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | |
| 1995 | Judge DreddChief Justice Fargo | |
| 1995 | Depth SolitudeNarrator (voice) | |
| 1995 | Stjärnbilder(archive footage) | |
| 1995 | The AtlanticNarrator (voice) | |
| 1995 | Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson PhotographerNarrator (voice) | |
| 1995 | Lumière & CompanyJacob (segment "Liv Ullman") | |
| 1995 | Radetzky MarchBaron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje | |
| 1994 | Onkel VanjaThe Professor | |
| 1994 | Time is MoneyJoe Kaufman | |
| 1994 | A che punto è la notteArcivescovo di Torino | |
| 1993 | Needful ThingsLeland Gaunt | |
| 1993 | Minns ni?(archive footage) | |
| 1993 | Och ge oss skuggornaEugene O'Neill | |
| 1993 | Morfars resaSimon S.L. Fromm | |
| 1992 | The Best IntentionsJohan Åkerblom | |
| 1992 | The Silent TouchHenry Kesdi | |
| 1992 | The Young Indiana Jones ChroniclesSigmund Freud | |
| 1991 | Until the End of the WorldHenry Farber | |
| 1991 | A Kiss Before DyingThor Carlsson | |
| 1991 | EuropaNarrator (voice) | |
| 1991 | The OxVicar | |
| 1991 | East of the Sun, West of the MoonNarrator (voice) | |
| 1990 | AwakeningsPeter Ingham | |
| 1990 | The BachelorVon Schleheim | |
| 1990 | FatherJoe Mueller | |
| 1990 | Cellini: A Violent LifePope Clement VII | |
| 1990 | Hiroshima: Out of the AshesFather Siemes | |
| 1989 | Ghostbusters IIVigo (voice) (uncredited) | |
| 1989 | Red King, White KnightSzaz | |
| 1989 | Foreign Filmmakers in HollywoodSelf | |
| 1989 | The SimpsonsKlaus Ziegler (voice) | |
| 1988 | The Human Factor | |
| 1988 | Ingmar Bergman: The Magic LanternVoice | |
| 1987 | Pelle the ConquerorLasse Karlsson - Farmhand | |
| 1987 | The Second VictoryDr. Huber | |
| 1986 | Hannah and Her SistersFrederick | |
| 1986 | Duet for OneDr. Louis Feldman | |
| 1986 | The Wolf at the DoorAugust Strindberg | |
| 1986 | Gösta Berlings sagaMelchior Sinclaire | |
| 1985 | Code Name: EmeraldJürgen Brausch | |
| 1985 | Kojak The Belarus FilePeter Barak | |
| 1985 | The RepenterSpinola | |
| 1985 | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's JourneySelf | |
| 1985 | The Last Place on EarthFridtjof Nansen | |
| 1985 | Quo Vadis?Petrus | |
| 1985 | Christopher ColumbusRe Giovanni del Portogallo | |
| 1984 | DuneDoctor Kynes | |
| 1984 | DreamscapePaul Novotny | |
| 1984 | The Soldier's TaleThe Devil (voice) | |
| 1984 | Samson and DelilahSidka | |
| 1984 | Le dernier civilGérard Bauerle | |
| 1983 | Strange BrewBrewmeister Smith | |
| 1983 | Never Say Never AgainErnst Stavro Blofeld | |
| 1983 | Circle of PassionsCarlo di Vilalfratti | |
| 1983 | Destination DuneSelf | |
| 1982 | Conan the BarbarianKing Osric | |
| 1982 | The Flight of the EagleSalomon August Andrée | |
| 1982 | Target EagleCoronel O'Donnell | |
| 1982 | Let Poland Be PolandSelf - Co-Host | |
| 1982 | The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | |
| 1981 | Escape to VictoryMajor Karl von Steiner | |
| 1981 | Venetian LiesMarcello Herrighe | |
| 1981 | She Dances AloneNijinsky (voice) | |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Actor winner | |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Host | |
| 1981 | The Guldbagge AwardsSelf - Best Director winner | |
| 1980 | Flash GordonThe Emperor Ming | |
| 1980 | Death WatchGerald Mortenhoe | |
| 1979 | A Look at LivSelf | |
| 1979 | HurricaneDr. Danielsson | |
| 1978 | Brass TargetShelley Martin Webber | |
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The HereticFather Lankester Merrin | |
| 1977 | March or DieFrançois Marneau | |
| 1977 | Black JournalLisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | |
| 1976 | Illustrious CorpsesSupreme Court President | |
| 1976 | The Desert of the TartarsCap. Ortiz | |
| 1976 | Voyage of the DamnedCaptain Schroeder | |
| 1976 | Heart of a DogProfessor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | |
| 1976 | FoxtrotLarsen | |
| 1975 | Three Days of the CondorG. Joubert | |
| 1975 | The Ultimate WarriorBaron | |
| 1975 | Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled StoryThe Father | |
| 1975 | The Broken MirrorMatthew Lawrence | |
| 1974 | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster SaluteSelf (archive footage) | |
| 1974 | SteppenwolfHarry Haller | |
| 1974 | The EmigrantsKarl Oskar | |
| 1973 | The ExorcistFather Lankester Merrin | |
| 1972 | The New LandKarl Oskar | |
| 1972 | Ingmar BergmanSelf | |
| 1972 | EmbassyGorenko | |
| 1971 | The EmigrantsKarl Oskar | |
| 1971 | The Apple WarRoy Lindberg | |
| 1971 | The Night VisitorSalem | |
| 1971 | The TouchAndreas Vergerus | |
| 1970 | The Kremlin LetterColonel Kosnov | |
| 1969 | The Passion of AnnaAndreas Winkelman | |
| 1969 | Made in SwedenMagnus Rud | |
| 1968 | ShameJan Rosenberg | |
| 1968 | Hour of the WolfJohan Borg | |
| 1968 | Black Palm TreesGustav Olofsson | |
| 1968 | An Introduction to Ingmar BergmanSelf | |
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne FrankOtto Frank | |
| 1966 | HawaiiAbner Hale | |
| 1966 | The Quiller MemorandumOktober | |
| 1966 | Here Is Your LifeSmålands-Pelle | |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever ToldJesus | |
| 1965 | The RewardScott Swenson | |
| 1965 | Interlude in the MarshlandAlex Kvist | |
| 1965 | 4 x 4Kvist | |
| 1964 | Dance Around the GuldbaggenSelf | |
| 1964 | Grimme AwardSelf | |
| 1963 | Winter LightJonas Persson | |
| 1962 | The MistressThe Man | |
| 1962 | Wonderful Adventures of NilsThe Father | |
| 1961 | Through a Glass DarklyMartin | |
| 1960 | The Virgin SpringTöre | |
| 1960 | The Wedding DayAnders Frost | |
| 1958 | The MagicianAlbert Emanuel Vogler | |
| 1958 | Brink of LifeHarry Andersson | |
| 1958 | Spion 503Horst, Gestapo-mand | |
| 1958 | RabiesBo Stensson Svenningson | |
| 1957 | The Seventh SealAntonius Block | |
| 1957 | Wild StrawberriesÅkerman | |
| 1957 | Mr. Sleeman Is ComingHunter | |
| 1957 | The Minister of UddarboGustaf Ömark | |
| 1956 | The Right to LoveBergman | |
| 1953 | No Man's WomanOlof | |
| 1951 | Miss JulieGroom | |
| 1949 | Only a MotherNils | |
| 1944 | Golden Globe AwardsSelf - Nominee / Presenter |
| 1988 | KatinkaDirector |