Acting · Lund, Skåne län, Sweden · Born April 10, 1929
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).
MovieThe Resurrection of Christ
2026
MovieEchoes of the Past
2021
as Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
MovieKursk
2018
as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
MovieTuschinski's Dream
2017
MovieMax von Sydow
2017
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe First, the Last
2016
as Le croque-mort
MovieStar Wars: The Force Awakens
2015
as Lor San Tekka
MovieI Am Divine
2014
as Self (archive)
MovieThe Letters
2014
as Celeste van Exem
MovieDragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures
2013
as Dr. Alistair Conis
Starring Sigmund Freud
2012
MoviePalme
2012
as Self (archive footage)
MovieBranded
2012
as Marketing Guru
MovieMax Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter
2012
as Self
MovieExtremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011
as The Renter
MovieBelmondo, il était une fois le beau monde
2011
as Self
TVGame of Thrones
2011
as Three-Eyed Raven
MovieThe Last Norwegian Troll
2010
as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
Behind the Moomins
2010
as Narrator (voice)
MovieRobin Hood
2010
as Sir Walter Loxley
MovieShutter Island
2010
as Dr. Naehring
MovieSolomon Kane
2009
as Josiah Kane
MovieOscar and the Lady in Pink
2009
as Le docteur Dusseldorf
MovieA Man and His Dog
2009
as Le commandant
MovieEmotional Arithmetic
2008
as Jakob Bronski
MovieRush Hour 3
2007
as Varden Reynard
MovieThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly
2007
as Papinou
MovieThe Final Inquiry
2007
as Tiberius
TVL'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
2007
as Tiberio
TVThe Tudors
2007
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
MovieHeidi
2005
as Uncle Alp
TVRing of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
MovieRing of the Nibelungs
2004
as Eyvind
MovieHidden Children
2004
as Valobra
MovieMinority Report
2002
as Director Lamar Burgess
MovieIntacto
2001
as Samuel
MovieDruids
2001
as Guttuart
MovieSleepless
2001
as Moretti
MovieThe Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
2000
as Freud
MovieLight Keeps Me Company
2000
as Self
TVNuremberg
2000
as Samuel Rosenman
MovieConan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'
2000
as Self
MovieSnow Falling on Cedars
1999
as Nels Gudmundsson
MovieWhat Dreams May Come
1998
as The Tracker
MovieThe Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998
as Self - Father Merrin
TVProfessione fantasma
1998
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
MovieSolomon
1997
as Davide
TVSolomon
1997
as David
MovieThe Princess and the Pauper
1997
as Epos
TVLa principessa e il povero
1997
as Epos
MovieHostile Waters
1997
as Admiral Chernavin
MovieTheir Frozen Dream
1997
as S.A. Andrée (voice)
MoviePrivate Confessions
1996
as Jacob
MovieJerusalem
1996
as Vicar
MovieHamsun
1996
as Knut Hamsun
MovieDelblanc
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TVRadetzky March
1995
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
MovieLumière & Company
1995
as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
1995
as Narrator (voice)
MovieStjärnbilder
1995
as (archive footage)
MovieJudge Dredd
1995
as Chief Justice Fargo
MovieThe Atlantic
1995
as Narrator (voice)
MovieCitizen X
1995
as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
1995
as Narrator (voice)
MovieDepth Solitude
1995
as Narrator (voice)
MovieOnkel Vanja
1994
as The Professor
TVA che punto è la notte
1994
as Arcivescovo di Torino
MovieTime is Money
1994
as Joe Kaufman
MovieMinns ni?
1993
as (archive footage)
MovieNeedful Things
1993
as Leland Gaunt
MovieMorfars resa
1993
as Simon S.L. Fromm
MovieOch ge oss skuggorna
1993
as Eugene O'Neill
MovieThe Silent Touch
1992
as Henry Kesdi
MovieThe Best Intentions
1992
as Johan Åkerblom
TVThe Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
1992
as Sigmund Freud
MovieThe Ox
1991
as Vicar
MovieUntil the End of the World
1991
as Henry Farber
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieEuropa
1991
as Narrator (voice)
MovieA Kiss Before Dying
1991
as Thor Carlsson
MovieAwakenings
1990
as Peter Ingham
MovieFather
1990
as Joe Mueller
MovieHiroshima: Out of the Ashes
1990
as Father Siemes
MovieCellini: A Violent Life
1990
as Pope Clement VII
MovieThe Bachelor
1990
as Von Schleheim
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
MovieRed King, White Knight
1989
as Szaz
MovieGhostbusters II
1989
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
1989
as Self
MovieIngmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern
1988
as Voice
The Human Factor
1988
MoviePelle the Conqueror
1987
as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
MovieThe Second Victory
1987
as Dr. Huber
MovieDuet for One
1986
as Dr. Louis Feldman
MovieThe Wolf at the Door
1986
as August Strindberg
TVGösta Berlings saga
1986
as Melchior Sinclaire
MovieHannah and Her Sisters
1986
as Frederick
MovieThe Repenter
1985
as Spinola
MovieCode Name: Emerald
1985
as Jürgen Brausch
TVChristopher Columbus
1985
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
MovieGeorge Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
1985
as Self
TVQuo Vadis?
1985
as Petrus
TVThe Last Place on Earth
1985
as Fridtjof Nansen
MovieKojak: The Belarus File
1985
as Peter Barak
MovieDune
1984
as Doctor Kynes
MovieThe Soldier's Tale
1984
as The Devil (voice)
MovieLe dernier civil
1984
as Gérard Bauerle
MovieDreamscape
1984
as Paul Novotny
MovieSamson and Delilah
1984
as Sidka
MovieNever Say Never Again
1983
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
MovieStrange Brew
1983
as Brewmeister Smith
MovieCircle of Passions
1983
as Carlo di Vilalfratti
MovieDestination Dune
1983
as Self
MovieTarget Eagle
1982
as Coronel O'Donnell
MovieThe Flight of the Eagle
1982
as Salomon August Andrée
MovieThe Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer
1982
MovieConan the Barbarian
1982
as King Osric
MovieLet Poland Be Poland
1982
as Self - Co-Host
TVThe Guldbagge Awards
1981
as Self - Best Actor winner
MovieVenetian Lies
1981
as Marcello Herrighe
MovieEscape to Victory
1981
as Major Karl von Steiner
MovieShe Dances Alone
1981
as Nijinsky (voice)
MovieFlash Gordon
1980
as The Emperor Ming
MovieDeath Watch
1980
as Gerald Mortenhoe
MovieHurricane
1979
as Dr. Danielsson
A Look at Liv
1979
as Self
MovieBrass Target
1978
as Shelley Martin Webber
MovieBlack Journal
1977
as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
MovieMarch or Die
1977
as François Marneau
MovieExorcist II: The Heretic
1977
as Father Lankester Merrin
MovieVoyage of the Damned
1976
as Captain Schroeder
MovieThe Desert of the Tartars
1976
as Cap. Ortiz
MovieFoxtrot
1976
as Larsen
MovieIllustrious Corpses
1976
as Supreme Court President
MovieHeart of a Dog
1976
as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
MovieThe Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Baron
MovieThree Days of the Condor
1975
as G. Joubert
MovieThe Broken Mirror
1975
as Matthew Lawrence
MovieEgg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
1975
as The Father
MovieSteppenwolf
1974
as Harry Haller
TVThe Emigrants
1974
as Karl Oskar
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
1974
as Self (archive footage)
MovieThe Exorcist
1973
as Father Lankester Merrin
MovieIngmar Bergman
1972
as Self
MovieEmbassy
1972
as Gorenko
MovieThe New Land
1972
as Karl Oskar
MovieThe Apple War
1971
as Roy Lindberg
MovieThe Touch
1971
as Andreas Vergerus
MovieThe Emigrants
1971
as Karl Oskar
MovieThe Night Visitor
1971
as Salem
MovieThe Kremlin Letter
1970
as Colonel Kosnov
MovieThe Passion of Anna
1969
as Andreas Winkelman
MovieMade in Sweden
1969
as Magnus Rud
MovieShame
1968
as Jan Rosenberg
MovieBlack Palm Trees
1968
as Gustav Olofsson
MovieAn Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
1968
as Self
MovieHour of the Wolf
1968
as Johan Borg
MovieThe Diary of Anne Frank
1967
as Otto Frank
MovieHere Is Your Life
1966
as Smålands-Pelle
MovieThe Quiller Memorandum
1966
as Oktober
MovieHawaii
1966
as Abner Hale
MovieThe Reward
1965
as Scott Swenson
MovieThe Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Jesus
Movie4 x 4
1965
as Kvist
MovieInterlude in the Marshland
1965
as Alex Kvist
MovieDance Around the Guldbaggen
1964
as Self
Grimme Award
1964
as Self
MovieWinter Light
1963
as Jonas Persson
MovieWonderful Adventures of Nils
1962
as The Father
MovieThe Mistress
1962
as The Man
MovieThrough a Glass Darkly
1961
as Martin
MovieThe Wedding Day
1960
as Anders Frost
MovieThe Virgin Spring
1960
as Töre
MovieThe Magician
1958
as Albert Emanuel Vogler
MovieRabies
1958
as Bo Stensson Svenningson
MovieSpion 503
1958
as Horst, Gestapo-mand
MovieBrink of Life
1958
as Harry Andersson
MovieThe Minister of Uddarbo
1957
as Gustaf Ömark
MovieWild Strawberries
1957
as Åkerman
MovieMr. Sleeman Is Coming
1957
as Hunter
MovieThe Seventh Seal
1957
as Antonius Block
MovieThe Right to Love
1956
as Bergman
MovieNo Man's Woman
1953
as Olof
MovieMiss Julie
1951
as Groom
MovieOnly a Mother
1949
as Nils
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Presenter
