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Max von Sydow was a Swedish actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television series in multiple languages.

Birth Name

Carl Adolf von Sydow

Born

Wednesday, 10 April 1929

Died

Sunday, 08 March 2020

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Echoes of the Past	Nikolas Andreou (aged)	2022
The Command	Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin	2018
The First, the Last	Le croque-mort	2016
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	Lor San Tekka	2015
The Letters	Father Celeste van Exem	2015
Dragons 3D	Dr. Alistair Conis	2013
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
Liv & Ingmar	Himself (archive footage)	2012
Palme	Himself	2012
Branded	Marketing Guru	2012

(see additional filmography)

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Echoes of the Past	Nikolas Andreou (aged)	2022
The Command	Boris Nikolayevich Yeltsin	2018
The First, the Last	Le croque-mort	2016
Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens	Lor San Tekka	2015
The Letters	Father Celeste van Exem	2015
Dragons 3D	Dr. Alistair Conis	2013
Celebrity Page	Self	2013
Liv & Ingmar	Himself (archive footage)	2012
Palme	Himself	2012
Branded	Marketing Guru	2012
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter	Himself	2012
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	The Renter	2011
Game of Thrones	Three-Eyed Raven	2011
The Last Norwegian Troll	The Last Norwegian Troll (voice)	2010
Moomins and the Comet Chase	Narrator (voice)	2010
Robin Hood	Sir Walter Loxley	2010
Shutter Island	Dr. Naehring	2010
The Wolfman	Passenger on Train	2010
Oscar and the Lady in Pink	Dr. Dusseldorf	2009
Red Carpet Report	Self	2009
Images from the Playground	(archive footage)	2009
Solomon Kane	Josiah Kane	2009
Un homme et son chien	Le commandant	2008
Emotional arithmetic	Jakob Bronski	2008
Cinemassacre's Monster Madness	Father Merrin	2007
Rush Hour 3	Reynard	2007
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Papinou	2007
The Tudors	Cardinal Von Waldburg	2007
The Final Inquiry	Tiberius	2006
Made in Hollywood	Self	2005
Heidi	Uncle Alp	2005
Curse of the Ring	Eyvind	2004
Minority Report	Director Lamar Burgess	2002
Sleepless Nights		2002
Intacto	Samuel	2001
Druids	Guttuart	2001
Sleepless	Moretti	2001
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid	Freud (archive footage)	2000
Ljuset håller mig sällskap	Himself - Interviewee	2000
Nuremberg	Samuel Rosenman	2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'	Himself	2000
Snow Falling On Cedars	Nels Gudmundsson (as Max Von Sydow)	1999
What Dreams May Come	The Tracker	1998
Hostile Waters	Admiral Chernavin	1997
Private Confessions	Jacob	1996
Jerusalem	Vicar	1996
Hamsun	Knut Hamsun	1996
Lumière and Company		1995
Judge Dredd	Judge Fargo	1995
Citizen X	Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky	1995
Depth Solitude	Narrator	1995
Radetzkymarsch	Baron Franz von Trotta und Cipolje	1994
A che punto è la notte	Arcivescovo di Torino	1994
Needful Things	Leland Gaunt (as Max Von Sydow)	1993
The Touch	Henry Kesdi	1992
The Best Intentions	Johan Åkerblom	1992
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles	Sigmund Freud	1992
Oxen	Vicar	1991
Until the End of the World	Henry Farber	1991
Europa	Narrator (voice)	1991
A Kiss Before Dying	Thor Carlsson	1991
Awakenings	Dr. Peter Ingham (as Max Von Sydow)	1990
Father	Joe Mueller	1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes	Father Siemes	1990
The bachelor	Von Schleheim	1990
The Simpsons	Klaus Ziegler	1989
Red King, White Knight	Szaz	1989
Screen One	Admiral Chernavin	1989
Ghostbusters II	Vigo	1989
Up All Night	Himself	1989
Pelle the Conqueror	Lassefar	1987
Duet For One	Dr. Louis Feldman	1987
The Last Place on Earth	Fridtjof Nansen	1987
Oviri	August Strindberg	1986
Hannah and Her Sisters	Frederick (as Max Von Sydow)	1986
Code Name: Emerald	Jurgen Brausch	1985
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey	Himself	1985
Christopher Columbus	King John of Portugal	1985
Quo Vadis?	The Apostle Peter, The Apostle Peter (credit only)	1985
Kojak: The Belarus File	Peter Barak	1985
Dune	Doctor Kynes (as Max Von Sydow)	1984
Dreamscape	Doctor Paul Novotny	1984
Samson and Delilah	Sidka	1984
The Ice Pirates		1984
The Soldier's Tale	The devil	1984
Never Say Never Again	Blofeld (as Max Von Sydow)	1983
Strange Brew	Brewmeister Smith (as Max Von Sydow)	1983
Hit Man	Coronel O'Donnell	1982
Conan the Barbarian	King Osric (as Max Von Sydow)	1982
Victory	Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans (as Max Von Sydow)	1981
Flash Gordon	The Emperor Ming (as Max Von Sydow)	1980
Death Watch	Gerald Mortenhoe (as Max Von Sydow)	1980
Hurricane	Dr. Danielsson	1979
A Look at Liv	Himself	1979
Brass Target	Shelley Martin Webber	1978
March Or Die	François Marneau	1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic	Father Merrin	1977
Black Journal	Carabinieri marshal	1977
Voyage of the Damned	Captain Schroeder (as Max Von Sydow)	1976
Foxtrot	Larsen	1976
Illustrious Corpses	Präsident des Obersten Gerichtshofs	1976
The Desert of the Tartars	Captain Ortiz	1976
The Ultimate Warrior	Baron	1975
Three Days Of The Condor	G. Joubert (as Max Von Sydow)	1975
The Softening of the Egg	The Father	1975
Steppenwolf	Harry Haller	1974
The Exorcist	Father Merrin	1973
Embassy	Gorenko	1972
The New Land	Karl Oskar	1972
The Apple War	Roy Lindberg	1971
The Touch	Andreas Vergerus	1971
The Emigrants	Karl Oskar	1971
The Night Visitor	Salem (as Max Von Sydow)	1971
The Kremlin Letter	Colonel Kosnov	1970
The Passion Of Anna	Andreas Winkelman	1969
Shame	Jan Rosenberg	1968
Hour of the Wolf	Johan Borg	1968
Here Is Your Life	Smålands-Pelle	1966
The Quiller Memorandum	Oktober	1966
Hawaii	Rev. Abner Hale	1966
The Reward	Scott Swenson	1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told	Jesus	1965
Winter Light	Jonas Persson	1963
The Swedish Mistress	The Man	1962
Through a Glass Darkly	Martin	1961
The Virgin Spring	Töre	1960
The Magician	Albert Emanuel Vogler	1958
Brink of Life	Harry Andersson	1958
Wild Strawberries	Henrik Åkerman	1957
The Seventh Seal	Antonius Block	1957
Rätten att älska	Bergman	1956
Miss Julie	Hand	1951
Only a Mother	Nils	1949

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Katinka

1988

Year	Type	Category	Won

2016	Emmy	Outstanding Guest Actor in a Drama Series	Nominated
2012	Oscar	Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role	Nominated
1990	Emmy	Outstanding Supporting Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Nominated
1989	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1974	Golden Globe	Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture	Nominated
1967	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated