Max von Sydow
Known for: Acting
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
Series
The Simpsons
Klaus Ziegler (voice)
1989
Series
Game of Thrones
Three-Eyed Raven
2011
Series
The Tudors
Cardinal Von Waldburg
2007
Series
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Presenter
1944
Film
Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
2010
Film
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Lor San Tekka
2015
Film
The Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin
1973
Film
Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess
2002
Grimme Award
Self
1964
Film
Dune
Doctor Kynes
1984
Film
Ghostbusters II
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
1989
Film
Conan the Barbarian
King Osric
1982
Film
Rush Hour 3
Varden Reynard
2007
Series
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Sigmund Freud
1992
Film
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
2010
Film
Judge Dredd
Chief Justice Fargo
1995
Film
Awakenings
Peter Ingham
1990
Film
Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
2009
Film
The Seventh Seal
Antonius Block
1957
Film
Never Say Never Again
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1983
Film
Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming
1980
Film
Three Days of the Condor
G. Joubert
1975
Film
What Dreams May Come
The Tracker
1998
Film
Escape to Victory
Major Karl von Steiner
1981
Film
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Lankester Merrin
1977
Series
Christopher Columbus
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
1985
Film
Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick
1986
Series
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Director winner
1981
Series
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Host
1981
Series
The Guldbagge Awards
Self - Best Actor winner
1981
Film
Wild Strawberries
Åkerman
1957
Series
Nuremberg
Samuel Rosenman
2000
Film
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt
1993
Film
Kursk
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
2018
Film
Citizen X
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
1995
Film
Until the End of the World
Henry Farber
1991
Film
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
The Renter
2011
Film
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
2004
Film
Hour of the Wolf
Johan Borg
1968
Film
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesus
1965
Film
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Papinou
2007
Film
The Virgin Spring
Töre
1960
Film
Shame
Jan Rosenberg
1968
Series
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
2004
Film
The Magician
Albert Emanuel Vogler
1958
Film
Winter Light
Jonas Persson
1963
Series
The Last Place on Earth
Fridtjof Nansen
1985
Film
March or Die
François Marneau
1977
Film
Dreamscape
Paul Novotny
1984
Film
Through a Glass Darkly
Martin
1961
Film
Voyage of the Damned
Captain Schroeder
1976
Film
The Final Inquiry
Tiberius
2007
Film
Pelle the Conqueror
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
1987
Film
Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson
1999
Film
A Kiss Before Dying
Thor Carlsson
1991
Film
Europa
Narrator (voice)
1991
Film
Hawaii
Abner Hale
1966
Series
Quo Vadis?
Petrus
1985
Film
Branded
Marketing Guru
2012
Film
Miss Julie
Groom
1951
Film
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Le docteur Dusseldorf
2009
Film
Hostile Waters
Admiral Chernavin
1997
Film
Black Journal
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
1977
Film
The Kremlin Letter
Colonel Kosnov
1970
Film
Intacto
Samuel
2001
Series
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Tiberio
2007
Film
Strange Brew
Brewmeister Smith
1983
Film
The Desert of the Tartars
Cap. Ortiz
1976
Series
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar
1974
Film
Brink of Life
Harry Andersson
1958
Film
The Quiller Memorandum
Oktober
1966
Film
The Wolf at the Door
August Strindberg
1986
Film
Brass Target
Shelley Martin Webber
1978
Film
I Am Divine
Self (archive)
2014
Series
Gösta Berlings saga
Melchior Sinclaire
1986
Film
Druids
Guttuart
2001
Film
Solomon
Davide
1997
Series
Radetzky March
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
1995
Film
Lumière & Company
Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
1995
Film
The Minister of Uddarbo
Gustaf Ömark
1957
Film
Let Poland Be Poland
Self - Co-Host
1982
Film
Death Watch
Gerald Mortenhoe
1980
Film
The Best Intentions
Johan Åkerblom
1992
Film
Ingmar Bergman
Self
1972
Film
The Passion of Anna
Andreas Winkelman
1969
Film
Sleepless
Moretti
2001
Film
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar
1971
Film
Duet for One
Dr. Louis Feldman
1986
Film
The Flight of the Eagle
Salomon August Andrée
1982
Film
The Ultimate Warrior
Baron
1975
Film
Heidi
Uncle Alp
2005
Film
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Film
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
The Father
1975
Film
The Letters
Celeste van Exem
2014
Film
The Apple War
Roy Lindberg
1971
Film
The Night Visitor
Salem
1971
Film
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
2000
Film
Illustrious Corpses
Supreme Court President
1976
Film
Rabies
Bo Stensson Svenningson
1958
Series
Solomon
David
1997
Film
Depth Solitude
Narrator (voice)
1995
Film
Palme
Self (archive footage)
2012
Film
Echoes of the Past
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
2021
Film
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
Self
2000
Film
Cellini: A Violent Life
Pope Clement VII
1990
Film
The New Land
Karl Oskar
1972
Series
La principessa e il povero
Epos
1997
Film
The First, the Last
Le croque-mort
2016
Series
Professione fantasma
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
1998
Film
Here Is Your Life
Smålands-Pelle
1966
Series
A che punto è la notte
Arcivescovo di Torino
1994
Film
Black Palm Trees
Gustav Olofsson
1968
Film
The Broken Mirror
Matthew Lawrence
1975
Film
The Touch
Andreas Vergerus
1971
Film
A Man and His Dog
Le commandant
2009
Film
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Self
2011
Film
Samson and Delilah
Sidka
1984
Film
Only a Mother
Nils
1949
Behind the Moomins
Narrator (voice)
2010
Film
The Second Victory
Dr. Huber
1987
Film
Steppenwolf
Harry Haller
1974
Film
Code Name: Emerald
Jürgen Brausch
1985
Film
Kojak: The Belarus File
Peter Barak
1985
Film
The Reward
Scott Swenson
1965
Film
Jerusalem
Vicar
1996
Film
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Self
1968
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
Film
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
Self
1985
Film
The Bachelor
Von Schleheim
1990
Film
The Atlantic
Narrator (voice)
1995
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
Self (archive footage)
1974
Film
Heart of a Dog
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
1976
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Narrator (voice)
1995
Film
Emotional Arithmetic
Jakob Bronski
2008
Film
The Right to Love
Bergman
1956
Film
Interlude in the Marshland
Alex Kvist
1965
Film
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Freud
2000
Film
Hurricane
Dr. Danielsson
1979
Film
The Princess and the Pauper
Epos
1997
Film
Och ge oss skuggorna
Eugene O'Neill
1993
Film
Time is Money
Joe Kaufman
1994
Film
Tuschinski's Dream
2017
Film
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Self - Father Merrin
1998
Film
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
Self
1964
Film
The Diary of Anne Frank
Otto Frank
1967
Film
Their Frozen Dream
S.A. Andrée (voice)
1997
Film
Max von Sydow
Self (archive footage)
2017
Film
The Silent Touch
Henry Kesdi
1992
Film
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
Father Siemes
1990
Film
The Ox
Vicar
1991
Film
Red King, White Knight
Szaz
1989
Film
Circle of Passions
Carlo di Vilalfratti
1983
Film
Destination Dune
Self
1983
Film
Foxtrot
Larsen
1976
Film
Hidden Children
Valobra
2004
Film
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming
Hunter
1957
Film
Minns ni?
(archive footage)
1993
Film
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
Voice
1988
Film
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
Film
The Last Norwegian Troll
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
2010
Film
Private Confessions
Jacob
1996
Film
Target Eagle
Coronel O'Donnell
1982
Film
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Dr. Alistair Conis
2013
Film
Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
1996
Film
Embassy
Gorenko
1972
Film
The Repenter
Spinola
1985
Film
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
The Father
1962
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
Narrator (voice)
1991
Film
Father
Joe Mueller
1990
Film
Le dernier civil
Gérard Bauerle
1984
Film
She Dances Alone
Nijinsky (voice)
1981
Film
No Man's Woman
Olof
1953
Film
Delblanc
Narrator (voice)
1996
The Human Factor
1988
Film
Stjärnbilder
(archive footage)
1995
Film
The Wedding Day
Anders Frost
1960
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
Narrator (voice)
1995
Film
The Soldier's Tale
The Devil (voice)
1984
Film
Spion 503
Horst, Gestapo-mand
1958
Film
Venetian Lies
Marcello Herrighe
1981
Film
Onkel Vanja
The Professor
1994
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Self
1989
Film
The Mistress
The Man
1962
Film
Morfars resa
Simon S.L. Fromm
1993
Film
Made in Sweden
Magnus Rud
1969
Film
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Self
2012
A Look at Liv
Self
1979
Film
4 x 4
Kvist
1965