Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Date of Birth:

Apr 10, 1929

Place of Birth:

Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

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).

filmography:

Father Father

1990

The Ox The Ox

1991

Hurricane Hurricane

1979

Spion 503 Spion 503

1958

Branded Branded

2012

The Reward The Reward

1965

The Touch The Touch

1971

Foxtrot Foxtrot

1976

Jerusalem Jerusalem

1996

Rabies Rabies

1958

Embassy Embassy

1972

Kursk Kursk

2018

4 x 4 4 x 4

1965

Hamsun Hamsun

1996

Solomon Solomon

1997

Dreamscape Dreamscape

1984

Citizen X Citizen X

1995

Druids Druids

2001

Europa Europa

1991

Shame Shame

1968

Dune Dune

1984

Robin Hood Robin Hood

2010

Intact Intact

2001

Awakenings Awakenings

1990

Delblanc Delblanc

1996

Miss Julie Miss Julie

1951

Sleepless Sleepless

2001

Hawaii Hawaii

1966

Heidi Heidi

2005

Minns ni? Minns ni?

1993

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