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 Bergmans 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 Stevenss The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkins 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).
Antonius Block
Movie 1957
Henrik Åkerman
Movie 1957
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2017
Samuel
Movie 2001
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Movie 1987
Eyvind
Movie 2004
Father Lankester Merrin
Movie 1977
Self
Movie 1964
Martin
Movie 1961
Self
Movie 1979
Töre
Movie 1960
Tiberius
Movie 2007
G. Joubert
Movie 1975
Baron
Movie 1975
Jan Rosenberg
Movie 1968
Karl Oskar
Movie 1971
Le commandant
Movie 2009
Johan Åkerblom
Movie 1992
Albert Emanuel Vogler
Movie 1958
Jonas Persson
Movie 1963
Movie 2017
Karl Oskar
Movie 1972
Andreas Winkelman
Movie 1969
Abner Hale
Movie 1966
Harry Andersson
Movie 1958
Supreme Court President
Movie 1976
Movie 1985
(archive footage)
Movie 1993
Self (archive footage)
Movie 1974
Jacob
Movie 1996
Self
Movie 2011
Roy Lindberg
Movie 1971
Cap. Ortiz
Movie 1976
Moretti
Movie 2001
Groom
Movie 1951
Johan Borg
Movie 1968
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1996
Salomon August Andrée
Movie 1982
Self
Movie 2000
Harry Haller
Movie 1974
Valobra
Movie 2004
Eugene O'Neill
Movie 1993
Davide
Movie 1997
Knut Hamsun
Movie 1996
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Movie 1976
Self - Father Merrin
Movie 1998
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Movie 1989
Andreas Vergerus
Movie 1971
Scott Swenson
Movie 1965
The Devil
Movie 1984
Self
Movie 2000
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1995
Marketing Guru
Movie 2012
The Father
Movie 1975
Self (archive footage)
Movie 2023
Arcivescovo di Torino
Movie 1994
Von Schleheim
Movie 1990
Henry Kesdi
Movie 1992
Nils
Movie 1949
The Man
Movie 1962
Vicar
Movie 1996
Coronel O'Donnell
Movie 1982
Joe Mueller
Movie 1990
Self
Movie 2012
Bergman
Movie 1956
Olof
Movie 1953
The Father
Movie 1962
(archive footage)
Movie 1995
Sidka
Movie 1984
Smålands-Pelle
Movie 1966
Vicar
Movie 1991
Gustav Olofsson
Movie 1968
Marcello Herrighe
Movie 1981
Alex Kvist
Movie 1965
Self - Co-Host
Movie 1982
Hunter
Movie 1957
Horst, Gestapo-mand
Movie 1958
Celeste van Exem
Movie 2014
Dr. Huber
Movie 1987
Dr. Danielsson
Movie 1979
Le croque-mort
Movie 2016
Bo Stensson Svenningson
Movie 1958
Movie 1988
Gérard Bauerle
Movie 1984
S.A. Andrée (voice)
Movie 1997
Nijinsky's voice
Movie 1981
Papa Clemente VII
Movie 1990
Movie 2012
Peter Barak
Movie 1985
Magnus Rud
Movie 1969
Movie 1982
Father Siemes
Movie 1990
Spinola
Movie 1985
Kvist
Movie 1965
Epos
Movie 1997
Dr. Alistair Conis
Movie 2013
Simon S.L. Fromm
Movie 1993
The Professor
Movie 1994
Freud
Movie 2000
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Movie 2010
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1995
Self
Movie 1972
Self
Movie 1968
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1995
Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
Movie 2010
Carlo di Vilalfratti
Movie 1983
Self
Movie 1985
Anders Frost
Movie 1960
Narrator (voice)
Movie 2010
Joe Kaufman
Movie 1994
Matthew Lawrence
Movie 1975
Self
Movie 1989
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Movie 1996
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Movie 2021
Voice
Movie 1988
Gustaf Ömark
Movie 1957
Narrator (voice)
Movie 1991
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Tv 1995
Epos
Tv 1997
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Tv 1985
Melchior Sinclaire
Tv 1986
Tiberio
Tv 2007
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Tv 1998
Self
Tv 1964
Arcivescovo di Torino
Tv 1994
Self - Best Director winner
Tv 1981
Self - Host
Tv 1981
Self - Best Actor winner
Tv 1981
Eyvind
Tv 2004
Self - Nominee/Presenter
Tv 1944