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Max von Sydow
- Name: Max von Sydow
- Birthday: 1929-04-10
- Also known as: Max Carl Adolf von Sydow,Max Von Sydow,Макс фон Сюдов,Carl Adolf von Sydow
- Place of birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
- Popularity: 9.153
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... Read More
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| Title | Release date |
|---|---|
| Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist as Self (archive footage) | 2023-10-05 |
| Echoes of the Past as Nikolas Andreou (Aged) | 2021-11-11 |
| Kursk as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko | 2018-11-07 |
| Tuschinski's Dream | 2017-06-01 |
| Max von Sydow as Self (archive footage) | 2017-03-07 |
| The First, the Last as Le croque-mort | 2016-01-27 |
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens as Lor San Tekka | 2015-12-15 |
| The Letters as Celeste van Exem | 2014-02-23 |
| Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures as Dr. Alistair Conis | 2013-06-28 |
| Starring Sigmund Freud | 2012-11-01 |
| Branded as Marketing Guru | 2012-09-06 |
| Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter as Self | 2012-03-27 |
| Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close as The Renter | 2011-12-25 |
| Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde as Self | 2011-10-25 |
| The Last Norwegian Troll as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | 2010-08-21 |
| Robin Hood as Sir Walter Loxley | 2010-05-12 |
| Shutter Island as Dr. Naehring | 2010-02-14 |
| The Wolfman as Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | 2010-02-10 |
| Behind the Moomins as Narrator (voice) | 2010-01-01 |
| Oscar and the Lady in Pink as Le docteur Dusseldorf | 2009-11-15 |
| Solomon Kane as Josiah Kane | 2009-09-16 |
| A Man and His Dog as Le commandant | 2009-01-14 |
| Emotional Arithmetic as Jakob Bronski | 2008-04-18 |
| Rush Hour 3 as Varden Reynard | 2007-08-08 |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly as Papinou | 2007-05-23 |
| The Final Inquiry as Tiberius | 2007-04-04 |
| Heidi as Uncle Alp | 2005-08-19 |
| Ring of the Nibelungs as Eyvind | 2004-11-19 |
| Hidden Children as Valobra | 2004-01-01 |
| Minority Report as Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime] | 2002-06-20 |
| Intacto as Samuel | 2001-11-06 |
| Druids as Guttuart | 2001-01-24 |
| Sleepless as Moretti | 2001-01-05 |
| The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid as Freud | 2000-09-19 |
| Light Keeps Me Company as Self | 2000-08-26 |
| Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' as Self | 2000-05-30 |
| Snow Falling on Cedars as Nels Gudmundsson | 1999-12-22 |
| What Dreams May Come as The Tracker | 1998-10-02 |
| The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist as Self / Father Merrin | 1998-06-13 |
| Solomon as Davide | 1997-12-15 |
| The Princess and the Pauper as Epos | 1997-12-02 |
| Hostile Waters as Admiral Chernavin | 1997-10-18 |
| Their Frozen Dream as S.A. Andrée (voice) | 1997-10-03 |
| Private Confessions as Jacob | 1996-12-25 |
| Samson and Delilah as Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | 1996-12-08 |
| Jerusalem as Vicar | 1996-09-06 |
| Hamsun as Knut Hamsun | 1996-04-19 |
| Delblanc as Narrator (voice) | 1996-01-05 |
| Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer as Narrator (voice) | 1995-11-26 |
| Stjärnbilder as (archive footage) | 1995-09-10 |
| Judge Dredd as Chief Justice Fargo | 1995-06-30 |
| The Atlantic as Narrator (voice) | 1995-04-07 |
| Citizen X as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | 1995-02-25 |
| Depth Solitude as Narrator (voice) | 1995-01-01 |
| Onkel Vanja as The Professor | 1994-12-26 |
| Time is Money as Joe Kaufman | 1994-10-19 |
| A che punto è la notte as Arcivescovo di Torino | 1994-04-07 |
| Minns ni? as (archive footage) | 1993-10-24 |
| Needful Things as Leland Gaunt | 1993-08-27 |
| Morfars resa as Simon S.L. Fromm | 1993-01-29 |
| Och ge oss skuggorna as Eugene O'Neill | 1993-01-06 |
| The Silent Touch as Henry Kesdi | 1992-09-30 |
| The Best Intentions as Johan Åkerblom | 1992-05-24 |
| The Ox as Vicar | 1991-11-22 |
| Until the End of the World as Henry Farber | 1991-09-12 |
| Europa as Narrator (voice) | 1991-06-27 |
| A Kiss Before Dying as Thor Carlsson | 1991-04-26 |
| Awakenings as Peter Ingham | 1990-12-04 |
| Father as Joe Mueller | 1990-08-16 |
| Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes as Father Siemes | 1990-08-06 |
| Cellini: A Violent Life as Papa Clemente VII | 1990-05-02 |
| The Bachelor as Von Schleheim | 1990-03-29 |
| Red King, White Knight as Szaz | 1989-11-25 |
| Ghostbusters II as Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | 1989-06-16 |
| Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood as Self | 1989-01-01 |
| Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern as Voice | 1988-05-24 |
| The Human Factor | 1988-01-01 |
| Pelle the Conqueror as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | 1987-12-21 |
| The Second Victory as Dr. Huber | 1987-06-04 |
| Duet for One as Dr. Louis Feldman | 1986-12-25 |
| The Wolf at the Door as August Strindberg | 1986-09-05 |
| Hannah and Her Sisters as Frederick | 1986-02-07 |
| The Repenter as Spinola | 1985-11-15 |
| Code Name: Emerald as Jürgen Brausch | 1985-09-07 |
| George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey as Self | 1985-03-03 |
| Kojak: The Belarus File as Peter Barak | 1985-02-16 |
| The Fascination | 1985-01-01 |
| Dune as Doctor Kynes | 1984-12-14 |
| Le dernier civil as Gérard Bauerle | 1984-11-04 |
| Dreamscape as Paul Novotny | 1984-08-15 |
| Samson and Delilah as Sidka | 1984-03-31 |
| The Soldier's Tale as The Devil | 1984-01-01 |
| Never Say Never Again as Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 1983-10-07 |
| Strange Brew as Brewmeister Smith | 1983-08-26 |
| Circle of Passions as Carlo di Vilalfratti | 1983-07-06 |
| Target Eagle as Coronel O'Donnell | 1982-09-10 |
| The Flight of the Eagle as Salomon August Andrée | 1982-08-26 |
| The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer | 1982-05-30 |
| Conan the Barbarian as King Osric | 1982-04-02 |
| Let Poland Be Poland as Self - Co-Host | 1982-01-31 |
| She Dances Alone as Nijinsky's voice | 1981-09-19 |
| Venetian Lies as Marcello Herrighe | 1981-06-25 |
| Escape to Victory as Major Karl von Steiner | 1981-06-17 |
| Flash Gordon as The Emperor Ming | 1980-09-01 |
| Death Watch as Gerald Mortenhoe | 1980-01-23 |
| Hurricane as Dr. Danielsson | 1979-04-12 |
| A Look at Liv as Self | 1979-01-31 |
| Brass Target as Shelley Martin Webber | 1978-12-22 |
| Black Journal as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | 1977-11-24 |
| March or Die as François Marneau | 1977-09-08 |
| Exorcist II: The Heretic as Father Lankester Merrin | 1977-06-17 |
| Voyage of the Damned as Captain Schroeder | 1976-12-22 |
| The Desert of the Tartars as Cap. Ortiz | 1976-10-29 |
| Foxtrot as Larsen | 1976-03-01 |
| Illustrious Corpses as Supreme Court President | 1976-02-12 |
| Heart of a Dog as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | 1976-01-23 |
| The Ultimate Warrior as Baron | 1975-10-02 |
| Three Days of the Condor as G. Joubert | 1975-09-24 |
| The Broken Mirror as Matthew Lawrence | 1975-04-02 |
| Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story as The Father | 1975-03-17 |
| Steppenwolf as Harry Haller | 1974-12-18 |
| The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute as Self (archive footage) | 1974-02-20 |
| The Exorcist as Father Lankester Merrin | 1973-12-26 |
| Ingmar Bergman as Self | 1972-03-17 |
| Embassy as Gorenko | 1972-03-02 |
| The New Land as Karl Oskar | 1972-02-26 |
| The Apple War as Roy Lindberg | 1971-12-18 |
| The Touch as Andreas Vergerus | 1971-07-14 |
| The Emigrants as Karl Oskar | 1971-03-08 |
| The Night Visitor as Salem | 1971-02-10 |
| The Kremlin Letter as Colonel Kosnov | 1970-02-01 |
| The Passion of Anna as Andreas Winkelman | 1969-11-10 |
| Made in Sweden as Magnus Rud | 1969-03-17 |
| Shame as Jan Rosenberg | 1968-09-29 |
| Black Palm Trees as Gustav Olofsson | 1968-09-26 |
| An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman as Self | 1968-04-14 |
| Hour of the Wolf as Johan Borg | 1968-02-19 |
| The Diary of Anne Frank as Otto Frank | 1967-11-26 |
| Here Is Your Life as Smålands-Pelle | 1966-12-26 |
| The Quiller Memorandum as Oktober | 1966-11-10 |
| Hawaii as Abner Hale | 1966-10-10 |
| The Reward as Scott Swenson | 1965-09-15 |
| The Greatest Story Ever Told as Jesus | 1965-04-09 |
| 4 x 4 as Kvist | 1965-02-25 |
| Interlude in the Marshland as Alex Kvist | 1965-02-22 |
| Dance Around the Guldbaggen as Self | 1964-09-25 |
| Winter Light as Jonas Persson | 1963-02-11 |
| Wonderful Adventures of Nils as The Father | 1962-09-12 |
| The Mistress as The Man | 1962-02-19 |
| Through a Glass Darkly as Martin | 1961-10-16 |
| The Wedding Day as Anders Frost | 1960-10-03 |
| The Virgin Spring as Töre | 1960-02-08 |
| The Magician as Albert Emanuel Vogler | 1958-12-26 |
| Rabies as Bo Stensson Svenningson | 1958-11-07 |
| Spion 503 as Horst, Gestapo-mand | 1958-08-29 |
| Brink of Life as Harry Andersson | 1958-03-31 |
| The Minister of Uddarbo as Gustaf Ömark | 1957-12-26 |
| Wild Strawberries as Henrik Åkerman | 1957-08-28 |
| Mr. Sleeman Is Coming as Hunter | 1957-04-18 |
| The Seventh Seal as Antonius Block | 1957-02-16 |
| The Right to Love as Bergman | 1956-02-27 |
| Ingen mans kvinna as Olof | 1953-11-09 |
| Miss Julie as Groom | 1951-06-28 |
| Only a Mother as Nils | 1949-10-31 |
