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Max von Sydow

Acting Born Apr 10, 1929 Lund, Skåne län, Sweden 24 credits

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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Known for

Game of Thrones

as Three-Eyed Raven

The Simpsons

as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Film

Shutter Island

as Dr. Naehring
Film

The Seventh Seal

as Antonius Block

Full filmography

  • Game of Thrones (2011) as Three-Eyed Raven
  • The Simpsons (1989) as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
  • Golden Globe Awards (1944) as Self - Nominee / Presenter
  • The Tudors (2007) as Cardinal Von Waldburg
  • Shutter Island (2010) as Dr. Naehring
  • Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Lor San Tekka
  • The Exorcist (1973) as Father Lankester Merrin
  • Grimme Award (1964) as Self
  • Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Varden Reynard
  • Dune (1984) as Doctor Kynes
  • Minority Report (2002) as Director Lamar Burgess
  • The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (1992) as Sigmund Freud
  • Judge Dredd (1995) as Chief Justice Fargo
  • Robin Hood (2010) as Sir Walter Loxley
  • Conan the Barbarian (1982) as King Osric
  • What Dreams May Come (1998) as The Tracker
  • Ghostbusters II (1989) as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
  • Never Say Never Again (1983) as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
  • Awakenings (1990) as Peter Ingham
  • The Seventh Seal (1957) as Antonius Block
  • Solomon Kane (2009) as Josiah Kane
  • Nuremberg (2000) as Samuel Rosenman
  • The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Best Director winner
  • The Guldbagge Awards (1981) as Self - Host