Biography
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).
Known For
Filmography
حرب النجوم: القوة تستيقظ
as Lor San Tekka
صراع العروش
as Three-Eyed Raven
جزيرة شاتر
as Dr. Naehring
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
Hostile Waters
as Admiral Chernavin
آل سيمبسون
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
The Quiller Memorandum
as Oktober
Nattvardsgästerna
as Jonas Persson
Det sjunde inseglet
as Antonius Block
Smultronstället
as Åkerman