Max von Sydow
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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ActingBirthday
April 10, 1929Deathday
March 8, 2020Gender
MaleKnown Movie Credits
166Place of birth
Lund, Skåne län, SwedenAlso known as
Max Carl Adolf von Sydow, Max Von Sydow, Макс фон Сюдов, Carl Adolf von Sydow
Cast credits
Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime]
The Seventh Seal
Antonius Block
Wild Strawberries
Henrik Åkerman
Dune
Doctor Kynes
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Papinou
Hostile Waters
Admiral Chernavin
Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Jesus
Until the End of the World
Henry Farber
Needful Things
Leland Gaunt
Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming
Intacto
Samuel
Awakenings
Peter Ingham
Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick
Rush Hour 3
Varden Reynard
Pelle the Conqueror
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Ring of the Nibelungs
Eyvind
Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Lankester Merrin
Through a Glass Darkly
MartinCrew credits
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