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.
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).
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q203215
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Filmography (Movies)
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
Character:Self - (archive footage)
Release Date:21/11/2025
Echoes of the Past
Character:Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Release Date:11/11/2021
Kursk
Character:Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Release Date:07/11/2018
Tuschinski's Dream
Character:
Release Date:01/06/2017
Max von Sydow
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:07/03/2017
The First, the Last
Character:Le croque-mort
Release Date:27/01/2016
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Character:Lor San Tekka
Release Date:15/12/2015
The Letters
Character:Celeste van Exem
Release Date:23/02/2014
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Character:Dr. Alistair Conis
Release Date:28/06/2013
Starring Sigmund Freud
Character:
Release Date:01/11/2012
Palme
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:14/09/2012
Branded
Character:Marketing Guru
Release Date:06/09/2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Character:Self
Release Date:27/03/2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Character:The Renter
Release Date:25/12/2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Character:Self
Release Date:25/10/2011
The Last Norwegian Troll
Character:The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Release Date:21/08/2010
Behind the Moomins
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:06/08/2010
Robin Hood
Character:Sir Walter Loxley
Release Date:12/05/2010
Shutter Island
Character:Dr. Naehring
Release Date:14/02/2010
The Wolfman
Character:Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
Release Date:10/02/2010
Solomon Kane
Character:Josiah Kane
Release Date:23/12/2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Character:Le docteur Dusseldorf
Release Date:15/11/2009
A Man and His Dog
Character:Le commandant
Release Date:14/01/2009
Emotional Arithmetic
Character:Jakob Bronski
Release Date:18/04/2008
Rush Hour 3
Character:Varden Reynard
Release Date:08/08/2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Character:Papinou
Release Date:23/05/2007
The Final Inquiry
Character:Tiberius
Release Date:04/04/2007
Heidi
Character:Uncle Alp
Release Date:19/08/2005
Ring of the Nibelungs
Character:Eyvind
Release Date:19/11/2004
Hidden Children
Character:Valobra
Release Date:01/01/2004
Minority Report
Character:Director Lamar Burgess
Release Date:20/06/2002
Intacto
Character:Samuel
Release Date:06/11/2001
Druids
Character:Guttuart
Release Date:24/01/2001
Sleepless
Character:Moretti
Release Date:05/01/2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Character:Freud
Release Date:19/09/2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Character:Self
Release Date:26/08/2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Character:Self
Release Date:30/05/2000
Snow Falling on Cedars
Character:Nels Gudmundsson
Release Date:22/12/1999
What Dreams May Come
Character:The Tracker
Release Date:02/10/1998
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Character:Self - Father Merrin
Release Date:13/06/1998
Solomon
Character:Davide
Release Date:15/12/1997
The Princess and the Pauper
Character:Epos
Release Date:02/12/1997
Hostile Waters
Character:Admiral Chernavin
Release Date:18/10/1997
Their Frozen Dream
Character:S.A. Andrée (voice)
Release Date:03/10/1997
Private Confessions
Character:Jacob
Release Date:25/12/1996
Jerusalem
Character:Vicar
Release Date:06/09/1996
Hamsun
Character:Knut Hamsun
Release Date:19/04/1996
Delblanc
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:05/01/1996
Lumière & Company
Character:Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Release Date:20/12/1995
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:26/11/1995
Stjärnbilder
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:10/09/1995
Judge Dredd
Character:Chief Justice Fargo
Release Date:30/06/1995
The Atlantic
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:07/04/1995
Citizen X
Character:Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Release Date:25/02/1995
Depth Solitude
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1995
Onkel Vanja
Character:The Professor
Release Date:26/12/1994
Time is Money
Character:Joe Kaufman
Release Date:19/10/1994
Minns ni?
Character:(archive footage)
Release Date:24/10/1993
Needful Things
Character:Leland Gaunt
Release Date:27/08/1993
Morfars resa
Character:Simon S.L. Fromm
Release Date:29/01/1993
Och ge oss skuggorna
Character:Eugene O'Neill
Release Date:06/01/1993
The Silent Touch
Character:Henry Kesdi
Release Date:30/09/1992
The Best Intentions
Character:Johan Åkerblom
Release Date:24/05/1992
The Ox
Character:Vicar
Release Date:22/11/1991
Until the End of the World
Character:Henry Farber
Release Date:12/09/1991
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:17/08/1991
Europa
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:27/06/1991
A Kiss Before Dying
Character:Thor Carlsson
Release Date:26/04/1991
Awakenings
Character:Peter Ingham
Release Date:04/12/1990
Father
Character:Joe Mueller
Release Date:16/08/1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Character:Father Siemes
Release Date:06/08/1990
Cellini: A Violent Life
Character:Pope Clement VII
Release Date:02/05/1990
The Bachelor
Character:Von Schleheim
Release Date:29/03/1990
Red King, White Knight
Character:Szaz
Release Date:25/11/1989
Ghostbusters II
Character:Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Release Date:16/06/1989
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1989
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
Character:Voice
Release Date:24/05/1988
The Human Factor
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1988
Pelle the Conqueror
Character:Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Release Date:21/12/1987
The Second Victory
Character:Dr. Huber
Release Date:04/06/1987
Duet for One
Character:Dr. Louis Feldman
Release Date:25/12/1986
The Wolf at the Door
Character:August Strindberg
Release Date:05/09/1986
Hannah and Her Sisters
Character:Frederick
Release Date:07/02/1986
The Repenter
Character:Spinola
Release Date:15/11/1985
Code Name: Emerald
Character:Jürgen Brausch
Release Date:07/09/1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Character:Self
Release Date:03/03/1985
Kojak The Belarus File
Character:Peter Barak
Release Date:16/02/1985
Dune
Character:Doctor Kynes
Release Date:14/12/1984
Le dernier civil
Character:Gérard Bauerle
Release Date:04/11/1984
Dreamscape
Character:Paul Novotny
Release Date:15/08/1984
Samson and Delilah
Character:Sidka
Release Date:31/03/1984
The Soldier's Tale
Character:The Devil (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1984
Never Say Never Again
Character:Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Release Date:07/10/1983
Strange Brew
Character:Brewmeister Smith
Release Date:26/08/1983
Circle of Passions
Character:Carlo di Vilalfratti
Release Date:06/07/1983
Destination Dune
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1983
Target Eagle
Character:Coronel O'Donnell
Release Date:10/09/1982
The Flight of the Eagle
Character:Salomon August Andrée
Release Date:26/08/1982
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
Character:
Release Date:30/05/1982
Conan the Barbarian
Character:King Osric
Release Date:16/03/1982
Let Poland Be Poland
Character:Self - Co-Host
Release Date:31/01/1982
Venetian Lies
Character:Marcello Herrighe
Release Date:25/06/1981
Escape to Victory
Character:Major Karl von Steiner
Release Date:17/06/1981
She Dances Alone
Character:Nijinsky (voice)
Release Date:31/05/1981
Flash Gordon
Character:The Emperor Ming
Release Date:05/12/1980
Death Watch
Character:Gerald Mortenhoe
Release Date:23/01/1980
Hurricane
Character:Dr. Danielsson
Release Date:12/04/1979
A Look at Liv
Character:Self
Release Date:31/01/1979
Brass Target
Character:Shelley Martin Webber
Release Date:22/12/1978
Black Journal
Character:Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Release Date:24/11/1977
March or Die
Character:François Marneau
Release Date:08/09/1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Character:Father Lankester Merrin
Release Date:17/06/1977
Voyage of the Damned
Character:Captain Schroeder
Release Date:22/12/1976
The Desert of the Tartars
Character:Cap. Ortiz
Release Date:29/10/1976
Foxtrot
Character:Larsen
Release Date:01/03/1976
Illustrious Corpses
Character:Supreme Court President
Release Date:12/02/1976
Heart of a Dog
Character:Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Release Date:23/01/1976
The Ultimate Warrior
Character:Baron
Release Date:02/10/1975
Three Days of the Condor
Character:G. Joubert
Release Date:24/09/1975
The Broken Mirror
Character:Matthew Lawrence
Release Date:02/04/1975
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
Character:The Father
Release Date:17/03/1975
Steppenwolf
Character:Harry Haller
Release Date:18/12/1974
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:20/02/1974
The Exorcist
Character:Father Lankester Merrin
Release Date:26/12/1973
Ingmar Bergman
Character:Self
Release Date:17/03/1972
Embassy
Character:Gorenko
Release Date:02/03/1972
The New Land
Character:Karl Oskar
Release Date:26/02/1972
The Apple War
Character:Roy Lindberg
Release Date:18/12/1971
The Touch
Character:Andreas Vergerus
Release Date:14/07/1971
The Emigrants
Character:Karl Oskar
Release Date:08/03/1971
The Night Visitor
Character:Salem
Release Date:10/02/1971
The Kremlin Letter
Character:Colonel Kosnov
Release Date:01/02/1970
The Passion of Anna
Character:Andreas Winkelman
Release Date:10/11/1969
Made in Sweden
Character:Magnus Rud
Release Date:17/03/1969
Shame
Character:Jan Rosenberg
Release Date:29/09/1968
Black Palm Trees
Character:Gustav Olofsson
Release Date:26/09/1968
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Character:Self
Release Date:14/04/1968
Hour of the Wolf
Character:Johan Borg
Release Date:19/02/1968
The Diary of Anne Frank
Character:Otto Frank
Release Date:26/11/1967
Here Is Your Life
Character:Smålands-Pelle
Release Date:26/12/1966
The Quiller Memorandum
Character:Oktober
Release Date:10/11/1966
Hawaii
Character:Abner Hale
Release Date:10/10/1966
The Reward
Character:Scott Swenson
Release Date:15/09/1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character:Jesus
Release Date:09/04/1965
4 x 4
Character:Kvist
Release Date:25/02/1965
Interlude in the Marshland
Character:Alex Kvist
Release Date:22/02/1965
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Character:Self
Release Date:25/09/1964
Winter Light
Character:Jonas Persson
Release Date:11/02/1963
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Character:The Father
Release Date:12/09/1962
The Mistress
Character:The Man
Release Date:19/02/1962
Through a Glass Darkly
Character:Martin
Release Date:16/10/1961
The Wedding Day
Character:Anders Frost
Release Date:03/10/1960
The Virgin Spring
Character:Töre
Release Date:08/02/1960
The Magician
Character:Albert Emanuel Vogler
Release Date:26/12/1958
Rabies
Character:Bo Stensson Svenningson
Release Date:07/11/1958
Spion 503
Character:Horst, Gestapo-mand
Release Date:29/08/1958
Brink of Life
Character:Harry Andersson
Release Date:31/03/1958
The Minister of Uddarbo
Character:Gustaf Ömark
Release Date:26/12/1957
Wild Strawberries
Character:Åkerman
Release Date:28/08/1957
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Character:Hunter
Release Date:18/04/1957
The Seventh Seal
Character:Antonius Block
Release Date:16/02/1957
The Right to Love
Character:Bergman
Release Date:27/02/1956
Ingen mans kvinna
Character:Olof
Release Date:09/11/1953
Miss Julie
Character:Groom
Release Date:28/06/1951
Only a Mother
Character:Nils
Release Date:31/10/1949
Television Appearances
Game of Thrones
Character:Three-Eyed Raven
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Character:Tiberio
The Tudors
Character:Cardinal Von Waldburg
Ring of the Nibelungs
Character:Eyvind
Nuremberg
Character:Samuel Rosenman
Professione fantasma
Character:Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Solomon
Character:David
La principessa e il povero
Character:Epos
Radetzky March
Character:Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
A che punto è la notte
Character:Arcivescovo di Torino
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Character:Sigmund Freud
The Simpsons
Character:Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Gösta Berlings saga
Character:Melchior Sinclaire
Christopher Columbus
Character:Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Quo Vadis?
Character:Petrus
The Last Place on Earth
Character:Fridtjof Nansen
The Guldbagge Awards
Character:Self - Best Actor winner
The Guldbagge Awards
Character:Self - Host
The Guldbagge Awards
Character:Self - Best Director winner
The Emigrants
Character:Karl Oskar
Grimme Award
Character:Self
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee / Presenter
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