Max von Sydow
Known for Acting
Biography
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
Dune
1984
as Doctor Kynes
Shutter Island
2010
as Dr. Naehring
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Lor San Tekka
The Exorcist
1973
as Father Lankester Merrin
Minority Report
2002
as Director Lamar Burgess
Rush Hour 3
2007
as Varden Reynard
Conan the Barbarian
1982
as King Osric
Ghostbusters II
1989
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Robin Hood
2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
Never Say Never Again
1983
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Judge Dredd
1995
as Chief Justice Fargo
Awakenings
1990
as Peter Ingham
The Seventh Seal
1957
as Antonius Block
Solomon Kane
2009
as Josiah Kane
Flash Gordon
1980
as The Emperor Ming
The Wolfman
2010
as Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
What Dreams May Come
1998
as The Tracker
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as The Renter
Three Days of the Condor
1975
as G. Joubert
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Frederick