As Actor
Dreamscape
1984
6.1
Max von Sydow
Acting
Born
April 10, 1929
Place of Birth
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Deceased
March 8, 2020
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).
The Filmography
As Actor
Samson and Delilah
1984
4.9
As Actor
The Soldier's Tale
1984
6.5
As Actor
Never Say Never Again
1983
6.1
As Actor
Strange Brew
1983
6.0
As Actor
Circle of Passions
1983
3.0
As Actor
Target Eagle
1982
4.9
As Actor
The Flight of the Eagle
1982
7.0
As Actor
Conan the Barbarian
1982
6.8
As Actor
Venetian Lies
1981
5.2
As Actor
Escape to Victory
1981
6.9
As Actor
Flash Gordon
1980
6.2
As Actor
Death Watch
1980
6.3
As Actor
Hurricane
1979
4.7
As Actor
Brass Target
1978
5.5
As Actor
March or Die
1977
5.8
As Actor
Exorcist II: The Heretic
1977
4.5
As Actor
The Desert of the Tartars
1976
6.8
As Actor
Foxtrot
1976
4.8
As Actor
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
5.7