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Director
Max von Sydow
Acting
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Directed movies: 1Directed series: 0All crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 2201
IMDb ID: nm0001884
Known for: Acting
Born: April 10, 1929
Died: March 8, 2020
Age: 90
Place of birth: Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.64
Wikidata: Q203215
Also known as
Max Carl Adolf von Sydow • Max Von Sydow • Макс фон Сюдов • Carl Adolf von Sydow
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Director (1)
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).
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Movies
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Movies directed by Max von Sydow.
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Max von Sydow.
8.2
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
2010 Movie
8.2
The Seventh Seal
as Antonius Block
1957 Movie
8.1
Wild Strawberries
as Åkerman
1957 Movie
7.9
Winter Light
as Jonas Persson
1963 Movie
7.8
The Virgin Spring
as Töre
1960 Movie
7.8
Through a Glass Darkly
as Martin
1961 Movie
7.8
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
1990 Movie
7.7
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
1973 Movie
7.6
Heidi
as Uncle Alp
2005 Movie
7.6
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Papinou
2007 Movie
7.5
Shame
as Jan Rosenberg
1968 Movie
7.5
The New Land
as Karl Oskar
1972 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Max von Sydow.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Max von Sydow.
8.2
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
2010 Movie
7.3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
2015 Movie
7.7
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
1973 Movie
6.2
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
1984 Movie
7.3
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess
2002 Movie
6.6
Ghostbusters II
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
1989 Movie
5.8
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
1995 Movie
6.8
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
1982 Movie
6.1
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1983 Movie
6.5
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
2007 Movie
7.8
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
1990 Movie
6.2
Needful Things
as Leland Gaunt
1993 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Max von Sydow.
8.0
The Simpsons
as Klaus Ziegler (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Three-Eyed Raven • 3 eps
2011 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Presenter • 1 eps
1944 Series
7.8
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg • 8 eps
2007 Series
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Sigmund Freud • 1 eps
1992 Series
7.4
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman • 2 eps
2000 Series
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for Max von Sydow.
Legacy of Screams: The Evolution of Horror Movies
as Self - (archive footage)
2025 Movie
6.6
Echoes of the Past
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
2021 Movie
6.6
Kursk
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
2018 Movie
Tuschinski's Dream
2017 Movie
10.0
Max von Sydow
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
6.4
The First, the Last
as Le croque-mort
2016 Movie
7.3
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
2015 Movie
5.5
The Letters
as Celeste van Exem
2014 Movie
5.5
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
as Dr. Alistair Conis
2013 Movie
7.6
Palme
as Self (archive footage)
2012 Movie
4.7
Branded
as Marketing Guru
2012 Movie
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
as Self
2012 Movie
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for Max von Sydow.
8.5
Game of Thrones
as Three-Eyed Raven • 3 eps
2011 Series
5.0
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Tiberio • 2 eps
2007 Series
7.8
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg • 8 eps
2007 Series
8.0
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind • 2 eps
2004 Series
7.4
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman • 2 eps
2000 Series
6.0
Professione fantasma
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà • 11 eps
1998 Series
Solomon
as David • 2 eps
1997 Series
La principessa e il povero
as Epos • 2 eps
1997 Series
5.1
Radetzky March
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje • 3 eps
1995 Series
A che punto è la notte
as Arcivescovo di Torino • 2 eps
1994 Series
6.5
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Sigmund Freud • 1 eps
1992 Series
8.0
The Simpsons
as Klaus Ziegler (voice) • 1 eps
1989 Series