Max von Sydow
Born April 10, 1929 (Age: 96)
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Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
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).
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).
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Filmography
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
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as Lor San Tekka
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Age: 86
Branded
2012
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as Marketing Guru
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Age: 83
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
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as The Renter
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Age: 82
Robin Hood
2010
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as Sir Walter Loxley
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Age: 81
Shutter Island
2010
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as Dr. Naehring
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Age: 80
The Wolfman
2010
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as Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
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Age: 80
Solomon Kane
2009
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as Josiah Kane
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Age: 80
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
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as Le docteur Dusseldorf
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Age: 80
Rush Hour 3
2007
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as Varden Reynard
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Age: 78
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
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as Papinou
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Age: 78
The Final Inquiry
2007
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as Tiberius
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Age: 77
Heidi
2005
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as Uncle Alp
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Age: 76
Minority Report
2002
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as Director Lamar Burgess
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Age: 73
Intacto
2001
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as Samuel
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Age: 72
Light Keeps Me Company
2000
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as Self
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Age: 71
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
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as Self
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Age: 71
What Dreams May Come
1998
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as The Tracker
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Age: 69
Delblanc
1996
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 66
Judge Dredd
1995
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as Chief Justice Fargo
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Age: 66
Needful Things
1993
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as Leland Gaunt
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Age: 64
Europa
1991
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 62
A Kiss Before Dying
1991
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as Thor Carlsson
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Age: 62
Awakenings
1990
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as Peter Ingham
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Age: 61
Ghostbusters II
1989
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as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
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Age: 60
Duet for One
1986
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as Dr. Louis Feldman
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Age: 57
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986
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as Frederick
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Age: 56
Dune
1984
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as Doctor Kynes
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Age: 55
Dreamscape
1984
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as Paul Novotny
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Age: 55
Never Say Never Again
1983
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as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
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Age: 54
Strange Brew
1983
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as Brewmeister Smith
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Age: 54
Conan the Barbarian
1982
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as King Osric
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Age: 52
Escape to Victory
1981
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as Major Karl von Steiner
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Age: 52
Flash Gordon
1980
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as The Emperor Ming
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Age: 51
Brass Target
1978
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as Shelley Martin Webber
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Age: 49
March or Die
1977
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as François Marneau
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Age: 48
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
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as Father Lankester Merrin
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Age: 48
Three Days of the Condor
1975
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as G. Joubert
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Age: 46
The Exorcist
1973
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as Father Lankester Merrin
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Age: 44
The Touch
1971
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as Andreas Vergerus
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Age: 42
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968
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as Self
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Age: 39
The Quiller Memorandum
1966
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as Oktober
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Age: 37
Hawaii
1966
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as Abner Hale
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Age: 37
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Jesus
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Age: 35
Dance Around the Guldbaggen
1964
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as Self
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Age: 35
Through a Glass Darkly
1961
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as Martin
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Age: 32
The Wedding Day
1960
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as Anders Frost
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Age: 31
The Virgin Spring
1960
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as Töre
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Age: 30
Rabies
1958
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as Bo Stensson Svenningson
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Age: 29
Spion 503
1958
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as Horst, Gestapo-mand
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Age: 29
The Right to Love
1956
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as Bergman
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Age: 26