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Max von Sydow
Name
Carl Adolf von Sydow
Birthplace
Lund, Sweden
Birth date
April 10, 1929
Death place
Provence, France
Death date
March 8, 2020 (aged 90)
Occupation
Actor
Active Years
1948–2018
Notable Films
The Exorcist (1973)
Max von Sydow (April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) is a two-time Oscar-nominated Swedish actor. Despite credits including Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Through a Glass Darkly, and the role of Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told, von Sydow is perhaps best known for his role as the titular exorcist in the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist.
Early life
Career
Filmography
- The Seventh Seal (1957) as Antonius Block
- Wild Strawberries (1957) as Henrik Åkerman
- The Virgin Spring (1960) as Töre
- Through a Glass Darkly (1961) as Martin
- Winter Light (1963) as Jonas Persson
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Jesus Christ
- Hawaii (1966) as Reverend Abner Hale
- The Emigrants (1971) as Karl Oskar
- The Exorcist (1973) as Father Lankester Merrin
- Three Days of the Condor (1975) as G. Joubert
- Flash Gordon (1980) as Ming the Merciless
- Conan the Barbarian (1982) as King Osric
- Never Say Never Again (1983) as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
- Dune (1984) as Doctor Kynes
- Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Frederick
- Pelle the Conqueror (1987) as Lassefar Karlsson
- Needful Things (1993) as Leland Gaunt
- What Dream May Come (1998) as The Tracker
- Minority Report (2002) as Director Lamar Burgess
- Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Varden Reynard
- The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) as Papinou
- Shutter Island (2010) Doctor Jeremiah Naehring
- Robin Hood (2010) as Sir Walter Loxley
- Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) as The Renter
- Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Lor San Tekka
Academy Award Nominations
- 61st Academy Awards, 1988
- Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror
External links
- Max von Sydow on Wikipedia
