Actor | Producer
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French ci...
The Exorcist
... 1973
Judge Dredd
... 1995
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
... 2007
Never Say Never Again
... 1983
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
... 2015
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).
A Mermaid in Paris
... 2020
Scream
... 2022
Inside Out 2
... 2024
3 Heroines
... 2016
Captain Fantastic
... 2016
Collide
... 2016
Time of Moulting
... 2020
Red Flag
... 2024
The Piano Teacher
... 2001