Birth Day: 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).
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As Le croque-mort -
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As Celeste van Exem -
As Dr. Alistair Conis -
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As Marketing Guru -
As The Renter -
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As Sir Walter Loxley -
As The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) -
As Dr. Naehring -
As Le commandant -
As Josiah Kane -
As Le docteur Dusseldorf -
As Jakob Bronski -
As Tiberius -
As Papinou -
As Varden Reynard -
As Uncle Alp -
As Valobra -
As Eyvind -
As Director Lamar Burgess -
As Samuel -
As Guttuart -
As Moretti -
As Freud -
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As Nels Gudmundsson -
As The Tracker -
As Self - Father Merrin -
As Admiral Chernavin -
As Epos -
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As Davide -
As Jacob -
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As Knut Hamsun -
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As Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky -
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As Chief Justice Fargo -
As Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") -
As Joe Kaufman -
As The Professor -
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As Simon S.L. Fromm -
As Eugene O'Neill -
As Leland Gaunt -
As Johan Åkerblom -
As Henry Kesdi -
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As Thor Carlsson -
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As Pope Clement VII -
As Peter Ingham -
As Joe Mueller -
As Von Schleheim -
As Father Siemes -
As Self
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As Szaz -
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As Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand -
As Dr. Huber -
As Frederick -
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As August Strindberg -
As Spinola -
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As Peter Barak -
As Jürgen Brausch -
As Sidka -
As Gérard Bauerle -
As Doctor Kynes -
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As Paul Novotny -
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As Carlo di Vilalfratti -
As Brewmeister Smith -
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As King Osric -
As Coronel O'Donnell -
As Salomon August Andrée -
As Self - Co-Host -
As Nijinsky (voice) -
As Marcello Herrighe -
As Major Karl von Steiner -
As Gerald Mortenhoe -
As The Emperor Ming -
As Dr. Danielsson -
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As Shelley Martin Webber -
As François Marneau -
As Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal -
As Father Lankester Merrin -
As Larsen -
As Cap. Ortiz -
As Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski -
As Captain Schroeder -
As Supreme Court President -
As The Father -
As Baron -
As Matthew Lawrence -
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As Harry Haller -
As Father Lankester Merrin -
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As Salem -
As Andreas Vergerus -
As Colonel Kosnov -
As Andreas Winkelman -
As Magnus Rud -
As Johan Borg -
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As Gustav Olofsson -
As Otto Frank -
As Smålands-Pelle -
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As Abner Hale -
As Scott Swenson -
As Jesus -
As Alex Kvist -
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As The Man -
As The Father -
As Martin -
As Anders Frost -
As Töre -
As Bo Stensson Svenningson -
As Harry Andersson -
As Albert Emanuel Vogler -
As Horst, Gestapo-mand -
As Antonius Block -
As Hunter -
As Åkerman -
As Gustaf Ömark -
As Bergman -
As Olof -
As Groom -
As Nils