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Max von Sydow
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 support…
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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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- 2026
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2021
Echoes of the Past
Movie Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
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2018
Kursk
Movie Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
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2017
Tuschinski's Dream
Movie
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2017
Max von Sydow
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2016
The First, the Last
Movie Le croque-mort
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2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Movie Lor San Tekka
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2014
I Am Divine
Movie Self (archive)
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2014
The Letters
Movie Celeste van Exem
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2013
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
Movie Dr. Alistair Conis
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2012
Starring Sigmund Freud
Movie
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2012
Palme
Movie Self (archive footage)
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2012
Branded
Movie Marketing Guru
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2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
Movie Self
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2011
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Movie The Renter
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2011
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
Movie Self
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2011
Game of Thrones
TV show Three-Eyed Raven
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2010
The Last Norwegian Troll
Movie The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
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2010
Behind the Moomins
Movie Narrator (voice)
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2010
Robin Hood
Movie Sir Walter Loxley
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2010
Shutter Island
Movie Dr. Naehring
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2009
Solomon Kane
Movie Josiah Kane
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2009
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
Movie Le docteur Dusseldorf
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2009
A Man and His Dog
Movie Le commandant
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2008
Emotional Arithmetic
Movie Jakob Bronski
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2007
Rush Hour 3
Movie Varden Reynard
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2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
Movie Papinou
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2007
The Final Inquiry
Movie Tiberius
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2007
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
TV show Tiberio
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2007
The Tudors
TV show Cardinal Von Waldburg
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2005
Heidi
Movie Uncle Alp
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2004
Ring of the Nibelungs
TV show Eyvind
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2004
Ring of the Nibelungs
Movie Eyvind
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2004
Hidden Children
Movie Valobra
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2002
Minority Report
Movie Director Lamar Burgess
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2001
Intacto
Movie Samuel
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2001
Druids
Movie Guttuart
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2001
Sleepless
Movie Moretti
- 2000
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2000
Light Keeps Me Company
Movie Self
