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