Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Name

Carl Adolf von Sydow

Birthplace

Lund, Sweden

Birth date

(1929-04-10)April 10, 1929

Death place

Provence, France

Death date

March 8, 2020(2020-03-08) (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.

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

84th Academy Awards, 2012

Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

External links

• Max von Sydow on Wikipedia