
Max von Sydow
Born: 1929-04-10
Place of birth: 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 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).
Filmography

Max von Sydow
2017

Stjärnbilder
1995

She Dances Alone
1981

A Look at Liv
1979

Gösta Berlings saga
1986

The Bachelor
1990

Och ge oss skuggorna
1993

Game of Thrones
2011

Shutter Island
2010

The Seventh Seal
1957

Wild Strawberries
1957

The Simpsons
1989

Ring of the Nibelungs
2004

Onkel Vanja
1994

A che punto è la notte
1994

The Emigrants
1974

The Diary of Anne Frank
1967

The Minister of Uddarbo
1957