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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).
As actor
The Resurrection of Christ
Echoes of the Past
Kursk
Max von Sydow
Tuschinski's Dream
The First, the Last
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Letters
I Am Divine
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Branded
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Starring Sigmund Freud
Palme
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Robin Hood
Shutter Island
The Last Norwegian Troll
Behind the Moomins
Solomon Kane
A Man and His Dog
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Emotional Arithmetic
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Rush Hour 3
The Final Inquiry
Heidi
Ring of the Nibelungs
Hidden Children
