Max von Sydow
- Known for
- Acting
- Born
- April 10, 1929
- Died
- March 8, 2020
- Birthplace
- 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
Echoes of the Past 2021
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Kursk 2018
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
The Making of the Greatest Story Ever Told 2017
as Self
Tuschinski's Dream 2017
Actor
Max von Sydow 2017
as Self (archive footage)
The First, the Last 2016
as Le croque-mort
Star Wars: The Force Awakens 2015
as Lor San Tekka
I Am Divine 2014
as Self (archive)
The Letters 2014
as Celeste van Exem
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures 2013
as Dr. Alistair Conis
- Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud 2012
Actor
Palme 2012
as Self (archive footage)
Branded 2012
as Marketing Guru
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter 2012
as Self
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close 2011
as The Renter
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde 2011
as Self
The Last Norwegian Troll 2010
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
- Behind the Moomins
Behind the Moomins 2010
as Narrator (voice)
Robin Hood 2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
Shutter Island 2010
as Dr. Naehring
Solomon Kane 2009
as Josiah Kane
Oscar and the Lady in Pink 2009
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
A Man and His Dog 2009
as Le commandant
Emotional Arithmetic 2008
as Jakob Bronski
Rush Hour 3 2007
as Varden Reynard
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly 2007
as Papinou
The Final Inquiry 2007
as Tiberius
Heidi 2005
as Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs 2004
as Eyvind
Hidden Children 2004
as Valobra
Minority Report 2002
as Director Lamar Burgess
Intacto 2001
as Samuel
Druids 2001
as Guttuart
Sleepless 2001
as Moretti
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid 2000
as Freud
Light Keeps Me Company 2000
as Self
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' 2000
as Self
Snow Falling on Cedars 1999
as Nels Gudmundsson
What Dreams May Come 1998
as The Tracker
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist 1998
as Self - Father Merrin
Solomon 1997
as Davide
The Princess and the Pauper 1997
as Epos
Hostile Waters 1997
as Admiral Chernavin
Their Frozen Dream 1997
as S.A. Andrée (voice)
Private Confessions 1996
as Jacob
Jerusalem 1996
as Vicar
Hamsun 1996
as Knut Hamsun
Delblanc 1996
as Narrator (voice)
Lumière & Company 1995
as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
- Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer 1995
as Narrator (voice)
Stjärnbilder 1995
as (archive footage)
Judge Dredd 1995
as Chief Justice Fargo
The Atlantic 1995
as Narrator (voice)
Citizen X 1995
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
- Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord 1995
as Narrator (voice)
Depth Solitude 1995
as Narrator (voice)
Onkel Vanja 1994
as The Professor
Time is Money 1994
as Joe Kaufman
Minns ni? 1993
as (archive footage)
Needful Things 1993
as Leland Gaunt
Morfars resa 1993
as Simon S.L. Fromm
Och ge oss skuggorna 1993
as Eugene O'Neill
The Silent Touch 1992
as Henry Kesdi
The Best Intentions 1992
as Johan Åkerblom
The Ox 1991
as Vicar
Until the End of the World 1991
as Henry Farber
- East of the Sun, West of the Moon
East of the Sun, West of the Moon 1991
as Narrator (voice)
Europa 1991
as Narrator (voice)
A Kiss Before Dying 1991
as Thor Carlsson
Awakenings 1990
as Peter Ingham
Father 1990
as Joe Mueller
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes 1990
as Father Siemes
Cellini: A Violent Life 1990
as Pope Clement VII
The Bachelor 1990
as Von Schleheim
Red King, White Knight 1989
as Szaz
Ghostbusters II 1989
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
- Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood 1989
as Self
Katinka 1988
Director
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern 1988
as Voice
- The Human Factor
The Human Factor 1988
Actor
Pelle the Conqueror 1987
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
The Second Victory 1987
as Dr. Huber
Duet for One 1986
as Dr. Louis Feldman
The Wolf at the Door 1986
as August Strindberg
Hannah and Her Sisters 1986
as Frederick
The Repenter 1985
as Spinola
Code Name: Emerald 1985
as Jürgen Brausch
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey 1985
as Self
Kojak: The Belarus File 1985
as Peter Barak
Dune 1984
as Doctor Kynes
The Soldier's Tale 1984
as The Devil (voice)
Le dernier civil 1984
as Gérard Bauerle
Dreamscape 1984
as Paul Novotny
Samson and Delilah 1984
as Sidka
Never Say Never Again 1983
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Strange Brew 1983
as Brewmeister Smith
Circle of Passions 1983
as Carlo di Vilalfratti
Destination Dune 1983
as Self
Target Eagle 1982
as Coronel O'Donnell
The Flight of the Eagle 1982
as Salomon August Andrée
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer 1982
Actor
Conan the Barbarian 1982
as King Osric
Let Poland Be Poland 1982
as Self - Co-Host
Venetian Lies 1981
as Marcello Herrighe
Escape to Victory 1981
as Major Karl von Steiner
She Dances Alone 1981
as Nijinsky (voice)
Flash Gordon 1980
as The Emperor Ming
Death Watch 1980
as Gerald Mortenhoe
Hurricane 1979
as Dr. Danielsson
- A Look at Liv
A Look at Liv 1979
as Self
Brass Target 1978
as Shelley Martin Webber
Black Journal 1977
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
March or Die 1977
as François Marneau
Exorcist II: The Heretic 1977
as Father Lankester Merrin
Voyage of the Damned 1976
as Captain Schroeder
The Desert of the Tartars 1976
as Cap. Ortiz
Foxtrot 1976
as Larsen
Illustrious Corpses 1976
as Supreme Court President
Heart of a Dog 1976
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
The Ultimate Warrior 1975
as Baron
Three Days of the Condor 1975
as G. Joubert
The Broken Mirror 1975
as Matthew Lawrence
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story 1975
as The Father
Steppenwolf 1974
as Harry Haller
- The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute 1974
as Self (archive footage)
The Exorcist 1973
as Father Lankester Merrin
Ingmar Bergman 1972
as Self
Embassy 1972
as Gorenko
The New Land 1972
as Karl Oskar
The Apple War 1971
as Roy Lindberg
The Touch 1971
as Andreas Vergerus
The Emigrants 1971
as Karl Oskar
The Night Visitor 1971
as Salem
The Kremlin Letter 1970
as Colonel Kosnov
The Passion of Anna 1969
as Andreas Winkelman
Made in Sweden 1969
as Magnus Rud
Shame 1968
as Jan Rosenberg
Black Palm Trees 1968
as Gustav Olofsson
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman 1968
as Self
Hour of the Wolf 1968
as Johan Borg
The Diary of Anne Frank 1967
as Otto Frank
Here Is Your Life 1966
as Smålands-Pelle
The Quiller Memorandum 1966
as Oktober
Hawaii 1966
as Abner Hale
The Reward 1965
as Scott Swenson
The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965
as Jesus
4 x 4 1965
as Kvist
Interlude in the Marshland 1965
as Alex Kvist
Dance Around the Guldbaggen 1964
as Self
Winter Light 1963
as Jonas Persson
Wonderful Adventures of Nils 1962
as The Father
The Mistress 1962
as The Man
Through a Glass Darkly 1961
as Martin
The Wedding Day 1960
as Anders Frost
The Virgin Spring 1960
as Töre
The Magician 1958
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
Rabies 1958
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
Spion 503 1958
as Horst, Gestapo-mand
Brink of Life 1958
as Harry Andersson
The Minister of Uddarbo 1957
as Gustaf Ömark
Wild Strawberries 1957
as Åkerman
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming 1957
as Hunter
The Seventh Seal 1957
as Antonius Block
The Right to Love 1956
as Bergman
No Man's Woman 1953
as Olof
Miss Julie 1951
as Groom
Only a Mother 1949
as Nils
Credits from TMDB.