Max von Sydow (1929–2020)


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Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry. When he was in high school, he and a few fellow ... See full bio »

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(age 90) in Seillans, Var, France

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Known For

Det sjunde inseglet Antonius Block
(1957)
Flash Gordon The Emperor Ming
(1980)
Minority Report Director Lamar Burgess
(2002)

Filmography

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 2021 Kalavryta 1943
Nikolas Andreou (aged)
 2018 Kursk
Vladimir Petrenko
 2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens (Video Game)
Lor San Tekka (voice)
 2016 Game of Thrones (TV Series)
Three-Eyed Raven
- The Door (2016) ... Three-Eyed Raven (as Max Von Sydow)
- Oathbreaker (2016) ... Three-Eyed Raven (as Max Von Sydow)
- Home (2016) ... Three-Eyed Raven (as Max Von Sydow)
 2016 Les premiers les derniers
Le croque-mort
 2014 The Simpsons (TV Series)
Klaus Ziegler
- The War of Art (2014) ... Klaus Ziegler (voice)
 2014/II The Letters
Father Celeste van Exem
 2013 Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (Short)
Dr. Alistair Conis
 2012 Branded
Marketing Guru
 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Video Game)
Esbern (voice)
 2010 The Last Norwegian Troll (Short)
The Last Norwegian Troll (voice)
 2010 Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti
Narrator (French version, voice)
 2010 Robin Hood
Sir Walter Loxley
 2010 Shutter Island
Dr. Naehring
 2010 The Wolfman
Passenger on Train (only in director's cut) (uncredited)
 2009 Oscar et la dame rose
Dr. Dusseldorf
 2009 Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
 2009 Ghostbusters (Video Game)
Vigo (voice)
 2009 The Tudors (TV Series)
Cardinal Von Waldburg
- Search for a New Queen (2009) ... Cardinal Von Waldburg
- Problems in the Reformation (2009) ... Cardinal Von Waldburg
- The Northern Uprising (2009) ... Cardinal Von Waldburg
- Civil Unrest (2009) ... Cardinal Von Waldburg
 2008 Un homme et son chien
Le commandant
 2007 Emotional Arithmetic
Jakob Bronski
 2007 Rush Hour 3
Reynard
 2006 L'inchiesta
Tiberius
 2005/I Heidi
Uncle Alp
 2004 Ring of the Nibelungs (TV Movie)
Eyvind
 2004 Die Nacht der lebenden Loser
Taufvater (uncredited)
 2004 La fuga degli innocenti (TV Movie)
Valobra
 2002 Minority Report
Director Lamar Burgess
 2001 Intacto
Samuel
 2001 Vercingétorix
Guttuart
 2001 Non ho sonno
Moretti
 2000 Nuremberg (TV Mini Series)
Samuel Rosenman
- Episode #1.1 (2000) ... Samuel Rosenman
 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson (as Max Von Sydow)
 1998 What Dreams May Come
The Tracker
 1998 Professione fantasma (TV Series)
Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
- Un'amica molto speciale (1998) ... Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
- Passi pericolosi (1998) ... Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
- Un vero signore (1998) ... Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
- Ricatti e misteri (1998) ... Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
- Suicidio assicurato (1998) ... Psicanalista dell'Aldilà
 1997 Solomon (TV Mini Series)
David
 1997 La principessa e il povero (TV Movie)
Epos
 1997 En frusen dröm (Documentary)
S.A. Andrée (voice)
 1997 Screen One (TV Series)
Admiral Chernavin
- Hostile Waters (1997) ... Admiral Chernavin
 1996 Truck Stop
 1996 Enskilda samtal (TV Movie)
Jacob
 1996 Samson and Delilah (TV Mini Series)
Narratore (voice, uncredited)
 1996 Jerusalem
Vicar
 1996 Hamsun
Knut Hamsun
 1995 Lumière et compagnie (Documentary)
Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") (uncredited)
 1995 Dypets ensomhet (Short)
Narrator (English Version) (voice)
 1995 Judge Dredd
Judge Fargo
 1995 Citizen X (TV Movie)
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
 1995 Atlanten (Documentary)
Narrator (voice)
 1994 Onkel Vanja (TV Movie)
Professorn
 1994 Radetzkymarsch (TV Mini Series)
Baron Franz von Trotta und Cipolje
- Episode #1.2 (1994) ... Baron Franz von Trotta und Cipolje
- Episode #1.1 (1994) ... Baron Franz von Trotta und Cipolje
 1994 A che punto è la notte (TV Movie)
Arcivescovo di Torino
 1994 Time Is Money
Joe Kaufman
 1993 Needful Things
Leland Gaunt (as Max Von Sydow)
 1993 Morfars resa
Simon S.L. Fromm
 1993 The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles (TV Series)
Sigmund Freud
- Vienna, November 1908 (1993) ... Sigmund Freud
 1993 Och ge oss skuggorna (TV Movie)
Eugene O'Neill
 1992 Dotkniecie reki
Henry Kesdi
 1992 Den goda viljan
Johan Åkerblom
 1991 Den goda viljan (TV Mini Series)
Johan Åkerblom
- Episode #1.3 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom
- Episode #1.1 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom
 1991 Oxen
Vicar
 1991 Bis ans Ende der Welt
Henry Farber
 1991 Europa
Narrator (voice)
 1991 A Kiss Before Dying
Thor Carlsson
 1990 Awakenings
Dr. Peter Ingham (as Max Von Sydow)
 1990 Father
Joe Mueller
 1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (TV Movie)
Father Siemes
 1990 Una vita scellerata
Pope Clement VII
 1990 Mio caro dottor Gräsler
Von Schleheim
 1989 Carl Jung: Wisdom of the Dream (TV Mini Series documentary)
Carl Jung (voice)
 1989 Red King, White Knight (TV Movie)
Szaz
 1989 Ghostbusters II
Vigo (voice, uncredited)
 1988 Familjen Schedblad (TV Series)
Chefredaktör Lindström
- Murveln (1988) ... Chefredaktör Lindström
 1987 Pelle erobreren
Lassefar
 1986 The Second Victory
Dr. Huber
 1986 Duet for One
Dr. Louis Feldman
 1986 Oviri
August Strindberg
 1986 Gösta Berlings saga (TV Mini Series)
Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 3 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 2 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 1 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick (as Max Von Sydow)
 1985 The Last Place on Earth (TV Mini Series)
Fridtjof Nansen
- Rejoice (1985) ... Fridtjof Nansen
- Poles Apart (1985) ... Fridtjof Nansen
- Minor Diversions (1985) ... Fridtjof Nansen
 1985 Il pentito
Spinola
 1985 Code Name: Emerald
Jurgen Brausch
 1985 Christopher Columbus (TV Mini Series)
King John of Portugal
- Episode #1.4 (1985) ... King John of Portugal
- Episode #1.3 (1985) ... King John of Portugal
- Episode #1.2 (1985) ... King John of Portugal
- Episode #1.1 (1985) ... King John of Portugal
 1985 Quo Vadis? (TV Mini Series)
The Apostle Peter
- Episode #1.6 (1985) ... The Apostle Peter
- Episode #1.5 (1985) ... The Apostle Peter
- Episode #1.4 (1985) ... The Apostle Peter
- Episode #1.3 (1985) ... The Apostle Peter
- Episode #1.2 (1985) ... The Apostle Peter (credit only)
 1985 Kojak: The Belarus File (TV Movie)
Peter Barak (as Max Von Sydow)
 1985 Le dernier civil (TV Series)
Gaspard Bauerle
- Part 2 (1985) ... Gaspard Bauerle
- Part 1 (1985) ... Gaspard Bauerle
 1984 Dune
Doctor Kynes (as Max Von Sydow)
 1984 Dreamscape
Doctor Paul Novotny
 1984 The Soldier's Tale
The Devil (voice)
 1984 Samson and Delilah (TV Movie)
Sidka (as Max Von Sydow)
 1983 Never Say Never Again
Blofeld (as Max Von Sydow)
 1983 The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew
Brewmeister Smith (as Max Von Sydow)
 1983 Le cercle des passions
Carlo di Vilalfratti
 1982 Jugando con la muerte
Coronel O'Donnell
 1982 Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd
S.A. Andrée
 1982 Conan the Barbarian
King Osric (as Max Von Sydow)
 1981 Victory
The Germans - Major Karl Von Steiner (as Max Von Sydow)
 1981 She Dances Alone
Nijinsky (voice)
 1980 Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming (as Max Von Sydow)
 1980 La mort en direct
Gerald Mortenhoe (as Max Von Sydow)
 1979 Bugie bianche
Marcello Herrighe
 1979 Hurricane
Dr. Danielsson
 1978 Brass Target
Shelley Martin Webber
 1977 Gran bollito
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
 1977 March or Die
Francois Marneau
 1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic
Father Merrin
 1976 Voyage of the Damned
Captain Schroeder (as Max Von Sydow)
 1976 Il deserto dei tartari
Captain Ortiz
 1976 Foxtrot
Larsen
 1976 Cadaveri eccellenti
Supreme Court's President
 1976 Cuore di cane
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
 1975 The Ultimate Warrior
Baron
 1975 Three Days of the Condor
Joubert (as Max Von Sydow)
 1975 Trompe l'oeil
Matthew Lawrence
 1974 Steppenwolf
Harry Haller
 1973 The Exorcist
Father Lankester Merrin
 1973 Kvartetten som sprängdes (TV Mini Series)
Engineer Planertz
- Lyckligt slut (1973) ... Engineer Planertz
- Falska stjärnor (1973) ... Engineer Planertz
- Nya tag! (1973) ... Engineer Planertz
- Kärlek och solsken (1973) ... Engineer Planertz
 1972 NET Playhouse (TV Series)
 1972 Embassy
Gorenko
 1972 Nybyggarna
Karl Oskar
 1971 I havsbandet (TV Mini Series)
Narrator
 1971 Äppelkriget
Roy Lindberg
 1971 The Touch
Andreas Vergerus
 1971 Utvandrarna
Karl Oskar
 1971 The Night Visitor
Salem
 1970 The Kremlin Letter
Colonel Kosnov
 1969 En passion
Andreas Winkelman / Self
 1969 Made in Sweden
Magnus Rud
 1968 Skammen
Jan Rosenberg, Evas man
 1968 Svarta palmkronor
Gustav Olofsson
 1968 Vargtimmen
Johan Borg
 1967 The Diary of Anne Frank (TV Movie)
Otto Frank
 1966 Här har du ditt liv
Smålands-Pelle
 1966 The Quiller Memorandum
Oktober
 1966 Hawaii
Rev. Abner Hale
 1965 The Reward
Scott Swenson
 1965 4 x 4
Kvist (segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet")
 1965 Uppehåll i myrlandet (Short)
Alex Kvist
 1963 Nattvardsgästerna
Jonas Persson
 1962 Älskarinnan
The Man
 1961 Såsom i en spegel
Martin / Karin's husband
 1960 Bröllopsdagen
Anders Frost
 1960 Jungfrukällan
Töre
 1958 Ansiktet
Albert Emanuel Vogler
 1958 Rabies (TV Movie)
Bo Stensson Svenningson
 1958 Spion 503
Tysk topagent Horst
 1958 Nära livet
Harry Andersson
 1957 Prästen i Uddarbo
Gustaf Ömark
 1957 Smultronstället
Henrik Åkerman
 1957 Herr Sleeman kommer (TV Movie)
Jägaren
 1957 Det sjunde inseglet
Antonius Block
 1956 Rätten att älska
Bergman
 1953 Ingen mans kvinna
Olof
 1951 Fröken Julie
Hand
 1949 Bara en mor
Nils
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Personal Details

Other Works:

Stage: Appeared (as "Victor") in Federico García Lorca's play, "Yerma", which premiered on 8 September at the Royal Dramatic Theatre, Stockholm, Sweden. See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 6 Interviews | 6 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Official Sites:

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Alternate Names:

Max Von Sydow

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)

Spouse:

Catherine Brelet  (his death)  (2 children) | See more »

Children:

Clas S. von Sydow | See more »

Parents:

Rappe, Maria Margareta | von Sydow, Carl Wilhelm
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Personal Quote:

Many persons believe that an actor must identify himself with his role. I do not do that, although I do become involved with my parts while I play them. But I find it a virtue to do things which are not of myself. This is the Swedish concept of an actor. See more »

Trivia:

Distant relative of Swedish speaker of parliament and ex-minister of defence, Björn von Sydow. See more »

Trademark:

Often played stern, oppressive characters See more »

Star Sign:

Aries

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