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).
Three-Eyed Raven
Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Sigmund Freud
Cardinal Von Waldburg
Dr. Naehring
Samuel Rosenman
Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Father Lankester Merrin
Lor San Tekka
Petrus
Melchior Sinclaire
Self - Best Director winner
Self - Host
Self - Best Actor winner
Director Lamar Burgess
Fridtjof Nansen
Varden Reynard
Eyvind
Sir Walter Loxley
Doctor Kynes
King Osric
Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
Chief Justice Fargo
Antonius Block
Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Peter Ingham
Ernst Stavro Blofeld
G. Joubert
The Emperor Ming
Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited)
The Tracker
Father Lankester Merrin
Josiah Kane
Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
Major Karl von Steiner
Jesus
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Åkerman
The Renter
Epos
Paul Novotny
Martin
Eyvind
Frederick
Johan Borg
Leland Gaunt
Papinou
Narrator (voice)
Tiberio
Le docteur Dusseldorf
Self - Father Merrin
Jan Rosenberg
Gorenko
Henry Farber
Jonas Persson
Davide
David
Abner Hale
Narrator (voice) (uncredited)
Töre
Thor Carlsson
Andreas Winkelman
Brewmeister Smith
Nels Gudmundsson
Captain Schroeder
Albert Emanuel Vogler
Self
Gerald Mortenhoe
François Marneau
Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Marketing Guru
Cap. Ortiz
Moretti
Johan Åkerblom
Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
Samuel
Uncle Alp
Celeste van Exem
Admiral Chernavin
Oktober
Guttuart
Salem
Roy Lindberg
Jürgen Brausch
Harry Haller
Arcivescovo di Torino
Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
Karl Oskar
Father Siemes
Karl Oskar
Self (archive footage)
Andreas Vergerus
Shelley Martin Webber
Supreme Court President
Smålands-Pelle
Freud
The Father
Karl Oskar
Baron
Epos
The Father
Jakob Bronski
Spinola
Tiberius
Groom
Colonel Kosnov
Joe Kaufman
Le commandant
Peter Barak
Self
Sidka
Salomon August Andrée
Voice
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
Papa Clemente VII
Vicar
Larsen
Joe Mueller
Von Schleheim
Szaz
Knut Hamsun
August Strindberg
Dr. Danielsson
Bo Stensson Svenningson
Le croque-mort
Jacob
Vicar
Otto Frank
Self
Dr. Alistair Conis
Dr. Huber
Dr. Louis Feldman
(archive footage)
Scott Swenson
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Nils
Alex Kvist
Harry Andersson
Valobra
Self - Co-Host
Self
Coronel O'Donnell
Magnus Rud
Carlo di Vilalfratti
Henry Kesdi
The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
S.A. Andrée (voice)
Marcello Herrighe
Gustaf Ömark
Self
Matthew Lawrence
(archive footage)
Self (archive footage)
Self
Self
Gérard Bauerle
Narrator (voice)
Self
Self
The Man
Self (archive footage)
Bergman
Self
Self
Narrator (voice)
Anders Frost
Nijinsky's voice
Self - Nominee / Presenter
The Professor
Horst, Gestapo-mand
Hunter
Simon S.L. Fromm
Narrator (voice)
Gustav Olofsson
Kvist
Eugene O'Neill
Narrator (voice)
The Devil (voice)
Olof
Narrator (voice)
Narrator (voice)
Self