Max von Sydow
Age: N/A | From: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Person Details
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Aliases: Max Carl Adolf von Sydow , Max Von Sydow , Макс фон Сюдов , Carl Adolf von Sydow
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
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Movie Involvements: 146
TV Involvements: 18
Most Famous Work
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).
Most Famous Work
Game of Thrones
(2011) Three-Eyed Raven
The Tudors
(2007) Cardinal Von Waldburg
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
(1964) Self
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
(1992) Sigmund Freud
Dune
(1984) Doctor Kynes
Shutter Island
(2010) Dr. Naehring
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
(2015) Lor San Tekka
Judge Dredd
(1995) Chief Justice FargoActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2021 | Nikolas Andreou (Aged) | |
| 2018 | Admiral Vladimir Petrenko | |
| 2017 | N/A | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2016 | Le croque-mort | |
| 2015 | Lor San Tekka | |
| 2014 | Celeste van Exem | |
| 2013 | Dr. Alistair Conis | |
| 2012 | N/A | |
| Marketing Guru | ||
| Self | ||
| 2011 | The Renter | |
| Self | ||
| Three-Eyed Raven | ||
| 2010 | The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) | |
| Sir Walter Loxley | ||
| Dr. Naehring | ||
| Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 2009 | Le docteur Dusseldorf | |
| Josiah Kane | ||
| Le commandant | ||
| 2008 | Jakob Bronski | |
| 2007 | Varden Reynard | |
| Papinou | ||
| Tiberius | ||
| Tiberio | ||
| Cardinal Von Waldburg | ||
| 2005 | Uncle Alp | |
| 2004 | Eyvind | |
| Eyvind | ||
| Valobra | ||
| 2002 | Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime] | |
| Sigmund Freud | ||
| 2001 | Samuel | |
| Guttuart | ||
| Moretti | ||
| 2000 | Freud | |
| Self | ||
| Samuel Rosenman | ||
| Self | ||
| 1999 | Nels Gudmundsson | |
| 1998 | The Tracker | |
| Self / Father Merrin | ||
| Psicoanalista dell’aldilà | ||
| 1997 | Davide | |
| Epos | ||
| Epos | ||
| Admiral Chernavin | ||
| S.A. Andrée (voice) | ||
| 1996 | Jacob | |
| Narrator (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Vicar | ||
| Knut Hamsun | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1995 | Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje | |
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| Chief Justice Fargo | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| 1994 | The Professor | |
| Arcivescovo di Torino | ||
| Joe Kaufman | ||
| Arcivescovo di Torino | ||
| 1993 | (archive footage) | |
| Leland Gaunt | ||
| Simon S.L. Fromm | ||
| Eugene O'Neill | ||
| 1992 | Henry Kesdi | |
| Johan Åkerblom | ||
| Sigmund Freud | ||
| 1991 | Vicar | |
| Henry Farber | ||
| Narrator (voice) | ||
| Thor Carlsson | ||
| 1990 | Peter Ingham | |
| Joe Mueller | ||
| Father Siemes | ||
| Papa Clemente VII | ||
| Von Schleheim | ||
| 1989 | Klaus Ziegler (voice) | |
| Szaz | ||
| Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | ||
| Self | ||
| 1988 | Voice | |
| N/A | ||
| 1987 | Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | |
| Dr. Huber | ||
| 1986 | Dr. Louis Feldman | |
| August Strindberg | ||
| Melchior Sinclaire | ||
| Frederick | ||
| 1985 | Spinola | |
| Jürgen Brausch | ||
| Re Giovanni del Portogallo | ||
| Self | ||
| Petrus | ||
| Fridtjof Nansen | ||
| Peter Barak | ||
| N/A | ||
| 1984 | Doctor Kynes | |
| Gérard Bauerle | ||
| Father Merrin (archive footage) (uncredited) | ||
| Paul Novotny | ||
| Sidka | ||
| The Devil | ||
| 1983 | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | |
| Brewmeister Smith | ||
| Carlo di Vilalfratti | ||
| 1982 | Coronel O'Donnell | |
| Salomon August Andrée | ||
| N/A | ||
| King Osric | ||
| Self - Co-Host | ||
| 1981 | Self - Best Actor winner | |
| Self - Host | ||
| Self - Best Director winner | ||
| Nijinsky's voice | ||
| Marcello Herrighe | ||
| Major Karl von Steiner | ||
| 1980 | The Emperor Ming | |
| Gerald Mortenhoe | ||
| 1979 | Dr. Danielsson | |
| Self | ||
| 1978 | Shelley Martin Webber | |
| 1977 | Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal | |
| François Marneau | ||
| Father Lankester Merrin | ||
| 1976 | Captain Schroeder | |
| Cap. Ortiz | ||
| Larsen | ||
| Supreme Court President | ||
| Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | ||
| 1975 | Baron | |
| G. Joubert | ||
| Matthew Lawrence | ||
| The Father | ||
| 1974 | Harry Haller | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1973 | Father Lankester Merrin | |
| 1972 | Self | |
| Gorenko | ||
| Karl Oskar | ||
| 1971 | Roy Lindberg | |
| Andreas Vergerus | ||
| Karl Oskar | ||
| Salem | ||
| 1970 | Colonel Kosnov | |
| 1969 | Andreas Winkelman | |
| Magnus Rud | ||
| 1968 | Jan Rosenberg | |
| Gustav Olofsson | ||
| Self | ||
| Johan Borg | ||
| 1967 | Otto Frank | |
| 1966 | Smålands-Pelle | |
| Oktober | ||
| Abner Hale | ||
| 1965 | Scott Swenson | |
| Jesus | ||
| Kvist | ||
| Alex Kvist | ||
| 1964 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 1963 | Jonas Persson | |
| 1962 | The Father | |
| The Man | ||
| 1961 | Martin | |
| 1960 | Anders Frost | |
| Töre | ||
| 1958 | Albert Emanuel Vogler | |
| Bo Stensson Svenningson | ||
| Horst, Gestapo-mand | ||
| Harry Andersson | ||
| 1957 | Henrik Åkerman | |
| Gustaf Ömark | ||
| Hunter | ||
| Antonius Block | ||
| 1956 | Bergman | |
| 1953 | Olof | |
| 1951 | Groom | |
| 1949 | Nils | |
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1988 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
