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).
Movie | Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist | Self (archive footage) | 2023-10-05 |
Movie | Echoes of the Past | Nikolas Andreou (Aged) | 2021-11-11 |
Movie | Kursk | Admiral Vladimir Petrenko | 2018-11-07 |
Movie | The First, the Last | Le croque-mort | 2016-01-27 |
Movie | Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Lor San Tekka | 2015-12-15 |
Movie | The Letters | Celeste van Exem | 2014-02-23 |
Movie | Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures | Dr. Alistair Conis | 2013-06-28 |
Movie | Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter | Self | 2012-03-27 |
Movie | Branded | Marketing Guru | 2012-09-06 |
Series | Game of Thrones | Three-eyed raven | 2011-04-17 |
Movie | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | 2011-12-25 |
Movie | Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde | Intervenant | 2011-10-25 |
Movie | Behind the Moomins | Narrator | 2010-01-01 |
Movie | Shutter Island | Dr. Naehring | 2010-02-14 |
Movie | The Wolfman | Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | 2010-02-10 |
Movie | Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
Movie | The Last Norwegian Troll | The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | 2010-08-21 |
Movie | A Man and His Dog | Le commandant | 2009-01-14 |
Movie | Oscar and the Lady in Pink | Le docteur Dusseldorf | 2009-11-15 |
Movie | Solomon Kane | Josiah Kane | 2009-09-16 |
Movie | Emotional arithmetic | Jakob Bronski | 2008-04-18 |
Movie | Catalogue of Ships | (archive footage) | 2008-04-22 |
Movie | The Final Inquiry | Tiberius | 2007-04-02 |
Series | L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII | Tiberio | 2007-04-02 |
Series | The Tudors | Cardinal Von Waldburg | 2007-04-01 |
Movie | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Papinou | 2007-05-23 |
Movie | Rush Hour 3 | Varden Reynard | 2007-08-08 |
Movie | Heidi | Uncle Alp | 2005-08-19 |
Movie | Hidden Children | Valobra | 2004-01-01 |
Series | Ring of the Nibelungs | Eyvind | 2004-11-29 |
Movie | Ring of the Nibelungs | Eyvind | 2004-11-19 |
Movie | Minority Report | Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime] | 2002-06-20 |
Movie | Sleepless | Moretti | 2001-01-05 |
Movie | Intacto | Samuel | 2001-11-06 |
Movie | Druids | Guttuart | 2001-01-24 |
Series | Nuremberg | Samuel Rosenman | 2000-07-16 |
Movie | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' | Self | 2000-05-30 |
Movie | Light Keeps Me Company | Self | 2000-08-26 |
Movie | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid | Freud | 2000-09-19 |
Movie | Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | 1999-12-22 |
Series | Professione fantasma | Psicoanalista dell’aldilà | 1998-02-06 |
Movie | What Dreams May Come | The Tracker | 1998-10-02 |
Movie | The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist | Self / Father Merrin | 1998-06-13 |
Movie | Their Frozen Dream | S.A. Andrée (voice) | 1997-10-03 |
Movie | Hostile Waters | Admiral Chernavin | 1997-10-18 |
Movie | Solomon | Davide | 1997-12-15 |
Movie | The Princess and the Pauper | Epos | 1997-12-02 |
Movie | Hamsun | Knut Hamsun | 1996-04-19 |
Movie | Jerusalem | Vicar | 1996-09-06 |
Movie | Samson and Delilah | Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1996-12-08 |
Movie | Private Confessions | Jacob | 1996-12-25 |
Movie | The Atlantic | Narrator (voice) | 1995-04-07 |
Movie | Citizen X | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | 1995-02-25 |
Movie | Judge Dredd | Chief Justice Fargo | 1995-06-30 |
Movie | Depth Solitude | Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
Movie | Stjärnbilder | Self | 1995-09-10 |
Series | Radetzky March | Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje | 1995-12-27 |
Movie | Captured - Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer | Narrator | 1995-11-26 |
Movie | A che punto è la notte | Arcivescovo di Torino | 1994-04-07 |
Movie | Onkel Vanja | The Professor | 1994-12-26 |
Movie | Time is Money | Joe Kaufman | 1994-10-19 |
Movie | Morfars resa | Simon S.L. Fromm | 1993-01-29 |
Movie | Och ge oss skuggorna | Eugene O'Neill | 1993-01-06 |
Movie | Needful Things | Leland Gaunt | 1993-08-27 |
Movie | Minns ni? | 1993-10-24 | |
Series | The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles | Sigmund Freud | 1992-03-04 |
Movie | The Best Intentions | Johan Åkerblom | 1992-05-24 |
Movie | The Silent Touch | Henry Kesdi | 1992-09-30 |
Movie | A Kiss Before Dying | Thor Carlsson | 1991-04-26 |
Movie | Europa | Narrator (voice) | 1991-06-27 |
Movie | The Ox | Vicar | 1991-11-22 |
Movie | Until the End of the World | Henry Farber | 1991-09-12 |
Movie | The Bachelor | Von Schleheim | 1990-03-29 |
Movie | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Father Siemes | 1990-08-06 |
Movie | Cellini: A Violent Life | Papa Clemente VII | 1990-05-02 |
Movie | Father | Joe Mueller | 1990-08-16 |
Movie | Awakenings | Peter Ingham | 1990-12-04 |
Movie | Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood | Self | 1989-01-01 |
Movie | Ghostbusters II | Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | 1989-06-16 |
Series | The Simpsons | Unknown | 1989-12-17 |
Movie | Red King, White Knight | Szaz | 1989-11-25 |
Movie | Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern | Voice | 1988-05-24 |
Movie | Pelle the Conqueror | Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | 1987-12-21 |
Movie | The Second Victory | Dr. Huber | 1987-06-04 |
Movie | Hannah and Her Sisters | Frederick | 1986-02-07 |
Series | Gösta Berlings saga | Melchior Sinclaire | 1986-03-10 |
Movie | The Wolf at the Door | August Strindberg | 1986-09-05 |
Movie | Duet for One | Dr. Louis Feldman | 1986-12-25 |
Series | The Last Place on Earth | Fridtjof Nansen | 1985-02-18 |
Movie | Kojak: The Belarus File | Peter Barak | 1985-02-16 |
Series | Quo Vadis? | Petrus | 1985-02-24 |
Movie | The Fascination | 1985-01-01 | |
Movie | The Repenter | Spinola | 1985-11-15 |
Movie | George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey | Self | 1985-03-03 |
Movie | Code Name: Emerald | Jürgen Brausch | 1985-09-07 |
Series | Christopher Columbus | Re Giovanni del Portogallo | 1985-03-07 |
Movie | Samson and Delilah | Sidka | 1984-03-31 |
Movie | The Ice Pirates | (uncredited) | 1984-03-16 |
Movie | Dreamscape | Doctor Paul Novotny | 1984-08-15 |
Movie | The Soldier's Tale | The Devil | 1984-01-01 |
Movie | Dune | Doctor Kynes | 1984-12-14 |
Movie | Le dernier civil | Gérard Bauerle | 1984-11-04 |
Movie | Terror in the Aisles | Father Merrin (archive footage) (uncredited) | 1984-10-26 |
Movie | AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to John Huston | Self | 1983-03-23 |
Movie | Circle of Passions | Carlo di Vilalfratti | 1983-07-06 |
Movie | Strange Brew | Brewmeister Smith | 1983-08-26 |
Movie | Never Say Never Again | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1983-10-07 |
Movie | The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | 1982-05-30 | |
Movie | Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | 1982-04-02 |
Movie | The Flight of the Eagle | Salomon August Andrée | 1982-08-26 |
Movie | Target Eagle | Coronel O'Donnell | 1982-09-10 |
Movie | Escape to Victory | Major Karl von Steiner | 1981-06-17 |
Movie | Venetian Lies | Marcello Herrighe | 1981-06-25 |
Movie | She Dances Alone | Nijinsky's voice | 1981-09-19 |
Series | The Guldbagge Awards | Himself - Best Director winner | 1981-10-30 |
Movie | Death Watch | Gerald Mortenhoe | 1980-01-23 |
Movie | Flash Gordon | The Emperor Ming | 1980-09-01 |
Movie | A Look at Liv | Self | 1979-01-31 |
Movie | Hurricane | Dr. Danielsson | 1979-04-12 |
Movie | Brass Target | Shelley Martin Webber | 1978-12-22 |
Movie | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Lankester Merrin | 1977-06-17 |
Movie | March or Die | François Marneau | 1977-09-08 |
Movie | Black Journal | Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | 1977-11-24 |
Movie | Heart of a Dog | Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | 1976-01-23 |
Movie | Illustrious Corpses | Supreme Court President | 1976-02-12 |
Movie | Voyage of the Damned | Captain Schroeder | 1976-12-22 |
Movie | Foxtrot | Larsen | 1976-03-01 |
Movie | The Desert of the Tartars | Cap. Ortiz | 1976-10-29 |
Movie | The Broken Mirror | Matthew Lawrence | 1975-04-02 |
Movie | Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story | The Father | 1975-03-17 |
Movie | Three Days of the Condor | G. Joubert | 1975-08-01 |
Movie | The Ultimate Warrior | Baron | 1975-10-02 |
Movie | The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute | Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
Movie | Steppenwolf | Harry Haller | 1974-12-18 |
Movie | The Exorcist | Father Lankester Merrin | 1973-12-26 |
Movie | Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1972-03-17 |
Movie | The New Land | Karl Oskar | 1972-02-26 |
Movie | Embassy | Gorenko | 1972-03-02 |
Movie | The Night Visitor | Salem | 1971-02-10 |
Movie | The Emigrants | Karl Oskar | 1971-03-08 |
Movie | The Apple War | Roy Lindberg | 1971-12-18 |
Movie | The Touch | Andreas Vergerus | 1971-07-14 |
Movie | The Kremlin Letter | Colonel Kosnov | 1970-02-01 |
Movie | Made in Sweden | Magnus Rud | 1969-03-17 |
Movie | The Passion of Anna | Andreas Winkelman | 1969-11-10 |
Movie | An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman | Self | 1968-04-14 |
Movie | Hour of the Wolf | Johan Borg | 1968-02-19 |
Movie | Black Palm Trees | Gustav Olofsson | 1968-09-26 |
Movie | Shame | Jan Rosenberg | 1968-09-29 |
Movie | The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | 1967-11-26 |
Movie | Hawaii | Abner Hale | 1966-10-10 |
Movie | Here Is Your Life | Smålands-Pelle | 1966-12-26 |
Movie | The Quiller Memorandum | Oktober | 1966-11-10 |
Movie | Interlude in the Marshland | Alex Kvist | 1965-02-22 |
Movie | 4 x 4 | Kvist | 1965-02-25 |
Movie | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Jesus | 1965-04-09 |
Movie | The Reward | Scott Swenson | 1965-09-15 |
Series | Grimme-Preis-Verleihung | himself | 1964-01-16 |
Movie | Dance Around the Guldbaggen | Self | 1964-09-25 |
Movie | Winter Light | Jonas Persson | 1963-02-11 |
Movie | The Mistress | The Man | 1962-02-19 |
Movie | Wonderful Adventures of Nils | The Father | 1962-09-12 |
Movie | Through a Glass Darkly | Martin | 1961-10-16 |
Movie | The Virgin Spring | Töre | 1960-02-08 |
Movie | The Wedding Day | Anders Frost | 1960-10-03 |
Movie | Brink of Life | Harry Andersson | 1958-03-31 |
Movie | Spion 503 | Horst, Gestapo-mand | 1958-08-29 |
Movie | The Magician | Albert Emanuel Vogler | 1958-12-26 |
Movie | Rabies | Bo Stensson Svenningson | 1958-11-07 |
Movie | Mr. Sleeman Is Coming | Hunter | 1957-04-18 |
Movie | The Seventh Seal | Antonius Block | 1957-02-16 |
Movie | Wild Strawberries | Henrik Åkerman | 1957-12-26 |
Movie | The Minister of Uddarbo | Gustaf Ömark | 1957-12-26 |
Movie | The Right to Love | Bergman | 1956-02-27 |
Movie | Ingen mans kvinna | Olof | 1953-11-09 |
Movie | Miss Julie | Groom | 1951-06-28 |
Movie | Only a Mother | Nils | 1949-10-31 |