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-'''Max Carl Adolf von Sydow''', (born 10 April 1929 in [[Lund]]) is a [[Swedish actor]] (also [[French people|French]], since obtaining citizenship in 2002), known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker [[Ingmar Bergman]]. He has acted in films as diverse as ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'', ''[[Wild Strawberries]]'', ''[[Hour of the Wolf]]'', ''[[Illustrious Corpses]]'', ''[[Death Watch]]'', ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'', ''[[What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come]]'' and ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''.+'''Max von Sydow''' (born '''Carl Adolf von Sydow'''; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a French-Swedish actor who appeared in European and American films. Von Sydow featured in more than 100 films and TV series. His most memorable film roles include Knight Antonius Block in [[Ingmar Bergman]]'s ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (1957), the earliest of 11 films he made with Bergman, which includes iconic scenes in which his character plays chess with Death.
-==Biography==+He also played [[Jesus Christ]] in [[George Stevens]]' ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965) and also appeared in [[William Friedkin]]'s ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'', [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]'' (1984), [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986), [[Penny Marshall]]'s ''[[Awakenings]]'' (1990), [[Steven Spielberg]]'s ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' (2002), [[Julian Schnabel]]'s ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' (2007), and [[Martin Scorsese]]'s ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]'' (2010). He later appeared in ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]'' and in [[HBO]]'s ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' as [[Three-eyed Raven]], for which he received a [[Primetime Emmy Award]] nomination.
-===Early life===+
-Von Sydow was born '''Carl Adolf von Sydow''' to a wealthy family in [[Lund]], [[Scania|Skåne]], Sweden. His father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an [[ethnologist]] and professor of Irish, Scandinavian, and comparative folklore at the [[Lund University|University of Lund]]. His mother, Baroness Greta ([[married and maiden names|née]] Rappe), was a school teacher. Von Sydow was raised [[Lutheran]] and later became an [[agnostic]]. Little material is available on his childhood, except that he was apparently a shy, quiet child with no siblings.+
-He attended the [[Katedralskolan (Lund)|Cathedral School]] of Lund, and learned German and English starting at the age of nine. At school, he and some friends founded an amateur theatre company, where his acting career began. He completed National Service before going on to study at The [[Royal Dramatic Theatre]] ("Dramaten") in Stockholm, where he trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of [[Lars Ekborg]], [[Margaretha Krook]] and [[Ingrid Thulin]]. During his time at Dramaten, he made his screen debut in [[Alf Sjöberg]]'s films ''Only a Mother'' (''Bara en mor'', 1949), and ''[[Miss Julie]]'' (''Fröken Julie'', 1951), a screen version of Swedish playwright [[August Strindberg]]'s well known play.+Throughout his long career he received two [[Academy Award]] nominations for his performances in ''[[Pelle the Conqueror]]'' (1987) and ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]]'' (2011).
-===Career===+Von Sydow received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954, was made a ''{{lang|fr|Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres}}'' in 2005, and was named a ''{{lang|fr|[[Legion of Honour|Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur]]}}'' on 17 October 2012. Von Sydow became a French citizen after his second marriage.
-In 1955, von Sydow moved to [[Malmö]], where he met his mentor [[Ingmar Bergman]]. His first work with Bergman occurred on stage at the Malmö Municipal Theatre. Von Sydow later would work with Bergman on films such as ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (''Det sjunde inseglet'', 1957), ''[[Wild Strawberries (movie)|Wild Strawberries]]'' (''Smultronstället'', 1957) and ''[[The Virgin Spring]]'' (''Jungfrukällan'', 1960). In ''[[The Seventh Seal]]'', von Sydow is the knight who plays a [[chess]] game with Death to buy time for his companions -- a scene and a film which were both breakthroughs for the director.+
-It was in these [[films]] that von Sydow perfected his craft, beginning to display the great talent that enabled a 53-year screen career. Von Sydow came to dominate the screen as he did on stage, becoming an idol of the international arthouse. Critical recognition came as early as 1954 when he was awarded the Royal Foundation Culture Award. Von Sydow worked profusely on stage and screen in [[Scandinavia]] and resisted increasing calls from the United States to go to [[Hollywood]]. After being seen in Bergman's [[Academy Awards|Academy Award]]-winning films and having been first choice for the title role of ''[[Dr. No (film)|Dr. No]]'', von Sydow finally went to America after agreeing to star in the film which was to lead to much greater recognition, in the role of [[Jesus]] in [[George Stevens]]' grandly titled, all-star epic ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965). Because his talents were soon in demand in other American productions, von Sydow and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles.+== Filmography ==
 +=== Film ===
 +Von Sydow appeared in the following films:
 +{|class="wikitable"
 +|-
 +! Year
 +! Title
 +! Role
 +! Director
 +! Notes
 +|-
 +| 1949
 +| ''[[Only a Mother]]''
 +| Nils
 +|rowspan=2|[[Alf Sjöberg]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1951
 +| ''[[Miss Julie (1951 film)|Miss Julie]]''
 +| Hand
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1953
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Ingen mans kvinna|sv|3=Ingen mans kvinna (film)|lt=Ingen mans kvinna}}''
 +| Olaf
 +| [[Lars-Eric Kjellgren]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1956
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Rätten att älska|sv|3=Rätten att älska (1956)|lt=Rätten att älska}}''
 +| Bergman
 +| [[Mimi Pollak]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 1957
 +| ''[[The Seventh Seal]]''
 +| Antonius Block
 +|rowspan=2|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]''
 +| Henrik Åkerman
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Prästen i Uddarbo|sv}}''
 +| Gustaf Ömark
 +| [[Kenne Fant]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=4 | 1958
 +| ''[[Brink of Life]]''
 +| Harry Andersson
 +|rowspan=3|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Rabies (1958 film)|Rabies]]''
 +| Bo Stensson Svenningson
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Magician (1958 film)|The Magician]]''
 +| Albert Emanuel Vogler
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''Kvinnlig spion 503''
 +| Tysk topagent Horst
 +| [[Jørn Jeppesen]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1960
 +| ''[[The Virgin Spring]]''
 +| Töre
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Bröllopsdagen|sv|3=Bröllopsdagen|lt=The Wedding Day}}''
 +| Anders Frost
 +|[[Kenne Fant]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1961
 +| ''[[Through a Glass Darkly (film)|Through a Glass Darkly]]''
 +| Martin
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1962
 +| ''[[Adventures of Nils Holgersson]]''
 +| The Father
 +|[[Kenne Fant]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Mistress (1962 film)|The Mistress]]''
 +| Married Man
 +| [[Vilgot Sjöman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1963
 +| ''[[Winter Light]]''
 +| Jonas Persson
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 1965
 +| ''[[4x4 (1965 film)|4x4]]''
 +| {{lang|da|Kvist}}
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]''
 +| [[Jesus Christ]]
 +| [[George Stevens]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Reward]]''
 +| Scott Swenson
 +| [[Serge Bourguignon]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 1966
 +| ''[[Hawaii (1966 film)|Hawaii]]''
 +| [[Reverend Abner Hale]]
 +| [[George Roy Hill]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Quiller Memorandum]]''
 +| {{lang|de|Oktober}}
 +| [[Michael Anderson (director)|Michael Anderson]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Here's Your Life]]''
 +| {{lang|sv|Smålands-Pelle}}
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 1968
 +| ''[[Hour of the Wolf]]''
 +| Johan Borg
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Svarta palmkronor|sv|3=Svarta palmkronor|lt=Black Palm Trees}}''
 +| Gustav Olofsson
 +| [[Lars-Magnus Lindgren]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Shame (1968 film)|Shame]]''
 +| Jan Rosenberg
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1969
 +| ''[[Made in Sweden (film)|Made in Sweden]]''
 +| Magnus Rud
 +| [[Johan Bergenstråhle]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Passion of Anna]]''
 +| Andreas Winkelman
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1970
 +| ''[[The Kremlin Letter]]''
 +| Colonel Kosnov
 +| [[John Huston]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=4 | 1971
 +| ''[[The Night Visitor]]''
 +| Salem
 +| [[László Benedek]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]''
 +| Karl Oskar
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Touch (1971 film)|The Touch]]''
 +| Andreas Vergerus
 +|[[Ingmar Bergman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Apple War]]''
 +| Roy Lindberg
 +| [[Tage Danielsson]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1972
 +| ''[[Embassy (film)|Embassy]]''
 +| Gorenko
 +| [[Gordon Hessler]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The New Land]]''
 +| Karl Oskar
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1973
 +| ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]''
 +| [[Lankester Merrin|Father Lankester Merrin]]
 +| [[William Friedkin]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1974
 +| ''[[Steppenwolf (film)|Steppenwolf]]''
 +| Harry Haller
 +| [[Fred Haines]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=4 | 1975
 +| ''[[Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story]]''
 +| The Father
 +| [[Hans Alfredson]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''Le miroir éclate''
 +| Matthew Lawrence
 +| [[Claude d'Anna]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]''
 +| G. Joubert
 +| [[Sydney Pollack]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Ultimate Warrior (1975 film)|The Ultimate Warrior]]''
 +| The Baron
 +| [[Robert Clouse]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=5 | 1976
 +| ''[[Dog's Heart]]''
 +| Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
 +| [[Alberto Lattuada]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Illustrious Corpses]]''
 +| Supreme Court's President
 +| [[Francesco Rosi]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Foxtrot (1976 film)|Foxtrot]]''
 +| Larsen
 +| [[Arturo Ripstein]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Desert of the Tartars]]''
 +| Hortiz
 +| [[Valerio Zurlini]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Voyage of the Damned]]''
 +| Captain Schroeder
 +| [[Stuart Rosenberg]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 1977
 +| ''[[Exorcist II: The Heretic]]''
 +| [[Lankester Merrin|Father Lankester Merrin]]
 +| [[John Boorman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[March or Die (film)|March or Die]]''
 +| François Marneau
 +| [[Dick Richards]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Black Journal]]''
 +| Lisa Carpi
 +| [[Mauro Bolognini]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1978
 +| ''[[Brass Target]]''
 +| Shelley
 +| [[John Hough (director)|John Hough]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1979
 +| ''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]''
 +| Dr Danielsson
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''Bugie bianche''
 +| Marcello Herrighe
 +| {{Interlanguage link|Stefano Rolla|it}}
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1980
 +| ''[[Death Watch]]''
 +| Gerald Mortenhoe
 +| [[Bertrand Tavernier]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]''
 +| [[Ming the Merciless]]
 +| [[Mike Hodges]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1981
 +| ''[[Escape to Victory]]''
 +| Major Karl von Steiner
 +| John Huston
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan="3" | 1982
 +| ''[[Conan the Barbarian (1982 film)|Conan the Barbarian]]''
 +| King Osric
 +| [[John Milius]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Flight of the Eagle]]''
 +| Salomon August Andrée
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Jugando con la muerte|fr|3=Jugando con la muerte|lt=Hit Man}}''
 +| Colonel O'Donnell
 +| {{Interlanguage link|José Antonio de la Loma|es}}
 +|
 +|-
 +|rowspan=3|1983
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|Le Cercle des passions|fr}}''
 +| Carlo di Vilalfratti
 +| [[Claude d'Anna]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Strange Brew]]''
 +| Brewmeister Smith
 +| [[Rick Moranis]] <br />[[Dave Thomas (actor)|Dave Thomas]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Never Say Never Again]]''
 +| [[Ernst Stavro Blofeld]]
 +| [[Irvin Kershner]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1984
 +| ''[[Dreamscape (1984 film)|Dreamscape]]''
 +| Doctor Paul Novotny
 +| [[Joseph Ruben]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Dune (1984 film)|Dune]]''
 +| [[Liet-Kynes|Doctor Kynes]]
 +| [[David Lynch]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1985
 +| ''[[Code Name: Emerald]]''
 +| Jurgen Brausch
 +| [[Jonathan Sanger]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Repenter]]''
 +| Spinola
 +| [[Pasquale Squitieri]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=4 | 1986
 +| ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]''
 +| Frederick
 +| [[Woody Allen]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Second Victory]]''
 +| Dr Huber
 +| [[Gerald Thomas]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Wolf at the Door]]''
 +| [[August Strindberg]]
 +| [[Henning Carlsen]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Duet for One]]''
 +| Dr Louis Feldman
 +| [[Andrei Konchalovsky]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1987
 +| ''[[Pelle the Conqueror]]''
 +| Lassefar Karlsson
 +| [[Bille August]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1988
 +| ''[[Katinka (film)|Katinka]]''
 +|
 +| Himself
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1989
 +| ''[[Ghostbusters II]]''
 +| Vigo (voice)
 +| [[Ivan Reitman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=4 | 1990
 +| ''[[The Bachelor (1990 film)|The Bachelor]]''
 +| Von Schleheim
 +| [[Roberto Faenza]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[A Violent Life]]''
 +| [[Pope Clement VII]]
 +| [[Giacomo Battiato]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Father (1990 film)|Father]]''
 +| Joe Mueller
 +| [[John Power (director)|John Power]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Awakenings]]''
 +| Dr Peter Ingham
 +| [[Penny Marshall]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=5 | 1991
 +| ''[[A Kiss Before Dying (1991 film)|A Kiss Before Dying]]''
 +| Thor Carlsson
 +| [[James Dearden]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Europa (film)|Europa]]''
 +| Narrator (voice)
 +| [[Lars von Trier]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Until the End of the World]]''
 +| Henry Farber
 +| [[Wim Wenders]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Ox (film)|The Ox]]''
 +| Vicar
 +| [[Sven Nykvist]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Best Intentions]]''
 +| Johan Åkerblom
 +| [[Bille August]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1992
 +| ''{{Interlanguage link|The Silent Touch|pl|3=Dotknięcie ręki|lt=The Silent Touch}}''
 +| Henry Kesdi
 +| [[Krzysztof Zanussi]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1993
 +| ''[[Grandpa's Journey]]''
 +| Simon S.L. Fromm
 +| {{Interlanguage link|Staffan Lamm|sv}}
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Needful Things (film)|Needful Things]]''
 +| Leland Gaunt
 +| [[Fraser C. Heston]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1994
 +| ''Time is Money''
 +| Joe Kaufman
 +| [[Paolo Barzman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1995
 +| ''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]''
 +| [[Chief Judge Fargo|Judge Fargo]]
 +| [[Danny Cannon]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 1996
 +| ''[[Hamsun (film)|Hamsun]]''
 +| [[Knut Hamsun]]
 +| [[Jan Troell]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Jerusalem (1996 film)|Jerusalem]]''
 +| Vicar
 +| [[Bille August]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1997
 +| ''[[Hercules (1997 film)|Hercules]]''
 +| [[Zeus]]
 +| [[Ron Clements]]<br/>[[John Musker]]
 +| Swedish dub
 +|-
 +| 1998
 +| ''[[What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come]]''
 +| The Tracker
 +| [[Vincent Ward (director)|Vincent Ward]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 1999
 +| ''[[Snow Falling on Cedars (film)|Snow Falling on Cedars]]''
 +| Nels Gudmundsson
 +| [[Scott Hicks]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 2001
 +| ''[[Sleepless (2001 film)|Sleepless]]''
 +| Ulisse Moretti
 +| [[Dario Argento]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Druids (film)|Druids]]''
 +| Guttuart
 +| [[Jacques Dorfmann]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Intacto]]''
 +| Samuel
 +| [[Juan Carlos Fresnadillo]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 2002
 +| ''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]''
 +| Director Lamar Burgess
 +| [[Steven Spielberg]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''Les amants de Mogador''
 +|
 +| [[Souheil Ben-Barka]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 2005
 +| ''[[Heidi (2005 live-action film)|Heidi]]''
 +| Uncle Alp
 +| [[Paul Marcus]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 2006
 +| ''[[The Inquiry (2006 film)|The Inquiry]]''
 +| [[Tiberius]]
 +| [[Giulio Base]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=3 | 2007
 +| ''[[Rush Hour 3]]''
 +| Varden Reynard
 +| [[Brett Ratner]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]''
 +| Jakob Bronski
 +| [[Paolo Barzman]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]''
 +| Papinou
 +| [[Julian Schnabel]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 2009
 +| ''[[Solomon Kane (film)|Solomon Kane]]''
 +| Josiah Kane
 +| [[Michael J. Bassett]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[A Man and His Dog]]''
 +| The Commander
 +| [[Francis Huster]]
 +| Cameo
 +|-
 +| rowspan="4" | 2010
 +| ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]''
 +| Dr Jeremiah Naehring
 +| [[Martin Scorsese]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Robin Hood (2010 film)|Robin Hood]]''
 +| Sir Walter Loxley
 +| [[Ridley Scott]]
 +|
 +|-
 +|''[[Moomins and the Comet Chase]]''
 +|Narrator (voice)
 +|Maria Lindberg
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[The Wolfman (2010 film)#Extended cut|The Wolfman]]''
 +| Passenger on train (uncredited)
 +| [[Joe Johnston]]
 +| Director's cut
 +|-
 +| 2011
 +| ''[[Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (film)|Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close]]''
 +| The Renter
 +| [[Stephen Daldry]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 2012
 +| ''Truth & Treason''
 +| Frank Fikeis
 +|
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Branded (2012 film)|Branded]]''
 +| Joseph Pascal
 +| Jamie Bradshaw <br />& Aleksandr Dulerayn
 +|
 +|-
 +| 2013
 +| ''[[Dragons 3D]]''
 +| Dr Alistair Conis
 +| Marc Fafard
 +|
 +|-
 +| rowspan=2 | 2015
 +| ''[[The Letters (2014 film)|The Letters]]''
 +| Father [[Celeste van Exem]]
 +| William Riead
 +|
 +|-
 +| ''[[Star Wars: The Force Awakens]]''
 +| Lor San Tekka
 +| [[J. J. Abrams]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 2016
 +| ''[[The First, the Last]]''
 +| The Undertaker
 +| [[Bouli Lanners]]
 +|
 +|-
 +| 2018
 +| ''[[Kursk (film)|Kursk]]''
 +| Vladimir Petrenko
 +| [[Thomas Vinterberg]]
 +|
 +|-
 +|TBA
 +|''Echoes of the Past''
 +|Nikolas Andreou (aged)
 +|Nicholas Dimitropoulos
 +|Post-production; final film role
-From 1965, von Sydow became a regular on the American screen while maintaining a presence in his native Sweden. In 1969 he appeared in [[John Huston]]'s ''[[The Kremlin Letter]]''. Though perhaps typecast as a villain, he was rewarded in the United States with two [[Golden Globe]] nominations for ''[[Hawaii (film)|Hawaii]]'' and ''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' in 1973. In the mid 1970s, von Sydow moved to Rome and appeared in a number of Italian films, becoming friendly with another screen legend, [[Marcello Mastroianni]]. In the U.S., he played a memorably professional [[Alsace|Alsatia]]n assassin in ''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'' (1975). In the late 1970s and early 1980s, von Sydow appeared in both serious films, such as [[Woody Allen]]'s ''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986) and [[David Lynch]]'s ''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' (1984), and less serious ones, like ''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980) and ''[[Strange Brew]]'' (1983).+|}
- +
-Von Sydow has since won The [[Australian Film Institute]] Best Actor Award for his title role in ''[[Father (film)|Father]]'' (1989), the Guldbagge Best Director Award for his only directorial foray ''Katinka'' (''Ved vejen'', 1988), based on a novel by [[Herman Bang]], and the Best Actor Award at The Tokyo International Film Festival for ''The Silent Touch'' (''Dotknięcie ręki'', 1993).+
- +
-He received international acclaim for his performance as [[Nobel Prize]]-winning novelist [[Knut Hamsun]] in [[Jan Troell]]'s biopic ''[[Hamsun (film)|Hamsun]]''. He received his third Swedish Guldbagge and his second Danish Bodil for his depiction of a character often described as his [[King Lear]]. In 1996, von Sydow starred in [[Liv Ullmann]]'s ''Private Confessions'' (''Enskilda samtal''). Back in Hollywood, he appeared in ''[[What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come]]'' in a role which was something of a tip of the hat to his performance in ''The Exorcist''.+
- +
-He was acclaimed for his role as an elderly lawyer in [[Scott Hicks]]' [[Snow Falling on Cedars (film)|''Snow Falling on Cedars'']]. In 2002, von Sydow had one of his largest commercial successes, co-starring with [[Tom Cruise]] in [[Steven Spielberg]]'s widely popular [[science fiction|sci-fi]] [[Thriller (genre)|thriller]] ''[[Minority Report (movie)|Minority Report]]''. In 2003, he played mentor character ''Eyvind'' in the European TV adaptation of the [[Der Ring des Nibelungen|Ring of the Nibelung]] saga. The show set ratings records and was released in the USA as ''[[Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King]]''. In 2007, von Sydow starred in the box-office hit ''[[Rush Hour 3]]''. He followed that with [[Julian Schnabel]]'s award-winning foreign film ''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'', based on the memoir by [[Jean-Dominique Bauby]].+
- +
-Von Sydow will next star in ''[[Truth & Treason]]'', opposite [[Haley Joel Osment]]. The film will be based on [[Helmuth Hübener]]'s life during [[World War II]]. He has also been recently cast as Josiah Kane in ''[[Soloman Kane]]'', based on the story and characters by [[Robert E. Howard]]. In February 2008, von Sydow was cast in [[Martin Scorsese]]'s film adaptation of ''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]''.+
- +
-Von Sydow has recently joined the the third season of [[Showtime]]'s drama series ''[[The Tudors]]''. Sydow will portray Cardinal Von Waldburg, a German-born clergyman who tries to organize the defeat of [[King Henry VIII]]. Von Sydow is due to appear in four of the eight episodes.+
- +
-===Personal life===+
-In 1 Aug 1951, von Sydow married actress [[Kerstin Olin]], with whom he had two sons, Clas S. von Sydow and Henrik von Sydow. His children appeared with him in the film ''[[Hawaii (film)|Hawaii]]'', playing his son at different ages.+
- +
-Von Sydow was divorced in 1996 and married French filmmaker [[Catherine Brelet]] in 30 April 1997 in [[Provence]], France. He has two sons, Yvan and Cedric, with his second wife. Von Sydow currently lives with his wife in Paris, where he enjoys reading, listening to music and gardening. He has stated that he has no intentions of retiring as long as he gets decent roles.+
-He received French citizenship in 2002.+
- +
-==Filmography==+
- +
-*''[[Only a Mother]]'' (''Bara en mor'') (1949)+
-*''[[Miss Julie (1951 film)|Miss Julie]]'' (''Fröken Julie'') (1951)+
-*''[[Ingen mans kvinna]]'' (1953)+
-*''[[Rätten att älska]]'' (1956)+
-*''[[Herr Sleeman kommer]]'' (1957)(TV)+
-*''[[Prästen i Uddarbo]]'' (1957)+
-*''[[The Seventh Seal]]'' (''Det sjunde inseglet'') (1957)+
-*''[[Wild Strawberries (film)|Wild Strawberries]]'' (Smultronstället) (1957) +
-*''[[Brink of Life]]'' (''Nära livet'') (1958)+
-*''[[Spion 503]]'' (1958)+
-*''[[Rabies (film)]]'' (1958) (TV)+
-*''[[The Magician (1958 film)|The Magician]]'' (''Ansiktet'') (1958)+
-*''[[The Virgin Spring]]'' (''Jungfrukällan'') (1960)+
-*''[[The Wedding Day]]'' (''Bröllopsdagen'') (1960)+
-*''[[Through a Glass Darkly (film)|Through a Glass Darkly]]'' (''Såsom i en spegel'') (1961)+
-*''[[The Adventures of Nils Holgersson]]'' (''Nils Holgerssons underbara resa genom Sverige'') (1962)+
-*''[[The Swedish Mistress]]'' (''Älskarinnan'') (1962)+
-*''[[Winter Light]]'' (''Nattvardsgästerna'') (1963)+
-*''[[4 x 4]]'' (segment "''Uppehåll i myrlandet''") (1965)+
-*''[[The Reward]]'' (1965)+
-*''[[The Greatest Story Ever Told]]'' (1965)+
-*''[[The Quiller Memorandum]]'' (1966)+
-*''[[Hawaii (film)|Hawaii]]'' (1966)+
-*''[[Here's Your Life]]'' (''Här har du ditt liv'') (1966)+
-*''[[The Diary of Anne Frank (film)|The Diary of Anne Frank]]'' (1967)(TV)+
-*''[[Hour of the Wolf]]'' (''Vargtimmen'') (1968)+
-*''[[Black Palm Trees]]'' (''Svarta palmkronor'') (1968)+
-*''[[Shame (1968 film)|Shame]]'' (''Skammen'') (1968)+
-*''[[Made in Sweden]]'' (1969)+
-*''[[The Passion of Anna|A Passion/The Passion of Anna]]'' (''En passion'') (1969)+
-*''[[The Kremlin Letter]]'' (1970)+
-*''[[The Night Visitor]]'' (1971)+
-*''[[The Emigrants (film)|The Emigrants]]'' (''Utvandrarna'') (1971)+
-*''[[The Apple War]]'' (1971)+
-*''[[The Touch (1971 film)|The Touch]]'' (''Beröringen'') (1971)+
-*''[[I havsbandet]]'' (1971) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[Embassy (film)|Embassy]]'' (1972)+
-*''[[The New Land]]'' (''Nybyggarna'') (1972)+
-*''[[Kvartetten som sprängdes]]'' (1973) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[The Exorcist (film)|The Exorcist]]'' (1973)+
-*''[[Steppenwolf (film)|Steppenwolf]]'' (1974)+
-*''[[Trompe-l'oeil (film)|Trompe-l'oeil]]'' (1975) +
-*''[[The Softening of the Egg]]'' (1975) +
-*''[[Heart of a Dog]]'' (1975) (''Cuore di cane'')+
-*''[[The Ultimate Warrior (film)|The Ultimate Warrior]]'' (1975) +
-*''[[Three Days of the Condor]]'' (1975)+
-*''[[Voyage of the Damned]]'' (1976) +
-*''[[The Desert of the Tartars]]'' (''Il deserto dei tartari'') (1976)+
-*''[[Foxtrot (film)|Foxtrot]]'' (1976) +
-*''[[The Context]]'' (''Cadaveri eccellenti'') (1976) +
-*''[[March or Die (film)|March or Die]] (1977) +
-*''[[Exorcist II: The Heretic]]'' (1977) +
-*''[[Black Journal]]'' (''Gran bollito'') (1977) +
-*''[[Brass Target]]'' (1978) +
-*''[[Hurricane (1979 film)|Hurricane]]'' (1979)+
-*''[[Death Watch|Deathwatch]]'' (''La mort en direct'') (1980)+
-*''[[Venetian Lies]]'' (''Bugie bianche'') (1980) +
-*''[[Flash Gordon (film)|Flash Gordon]]'' (1980)+
-*''[[Escape to Victory]]'' (1981)+
-*''[[Hit Man (1982 film)|Hit Man]]'' (''Jugando con la muerte'') (1982)+
-*''[[Flight of the Eagle|The Flight of the Eagle]]'' (''Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd'') (1982)+
-*''[[Conan the Barbarian (film)|Conan the Barbarian]]'' (1982)+
-*''[[Strange Brew]]'' (1983)+
-*''[[Circle of Passions]]'' (''Le cercle des passions'') (1983) +
-*''[[Dernier civil, Le]]'' (1983) (TV)+
-*''[[Never Say Never Again]]'' (1983)+
-*''[[Dreamscape (film)|Dreamscape]]'' (1984) +
-*''[[Samson and Delilah (1984 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1984) (TV) +
-*''[[The Ice Pirates]]'' (1984)+
-*''[[A Soldier's Tale]]'' (1984) +
-*''[[Dune (film)|Dune]]'' (1984)+
-*''[[The Repenter]]'' (''Il pentito'') (1985) +
-*''[[Code Name: Emerald]]'' (1985)+
-*''[[Christopher Columbus (1985 film)|Christopher Colombus]]'' (1985) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[Kojak: The Belarus File]]'' (1985) (TV) +
-*''[[The Last Place on Earth]]'' (1985) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[Quo Vadis (1985 film)|Quo Vadis?]]'' (1985)+
-*''[[Duet for One]]'' (1986)+
-*''[[Hannah and Her Sisters]]'' (1986)+
-*''[[The Wolf at the Door (movie)|The Wolf at the Door]]'' (Oviri) (1986) +
-*''[[Gösta Berlings saga]]'' (1986) (mini) TV Series +
-*''[[The Second Victory]]'' (1986)+
-*''[[Pelle the Conqueror]]'' (1987)+
-*''[[Red King, White Knight]]'' (1989) (TV)+
-*''[[Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes]]'' (1990) (TV) +
-*''[[A Violent Life]]'' (''Una vita scellerata'') (1990)+
-*''[[Father (film)|Father]]'' (1990)+
-*''[[Awakenings]]'' (1990)+
-*''[[Oxen (film)|Oxen]]'' (1991) +
-*''[[Until the End of the World]]'' (''Bis ans Ende der Welt'') (1991) +
-*''[[Europa (film)|Europa]]'' (1991) (voice)+
-*''[[A Kiss Before Dying]]'' (1991) +
-*''[[The Bachelor (1991 film)|The Bachelor]]'' (''Mio caro dottor Gräsler'') (1991) +
-*''[[The Best Intentions]]'' (''Den goda viljan'') (1992)+
-*''[[Grandpa's Journey]]'' (''Morfars resa'') (1993)+
-*''[[Och ge oss skuggorna]]'' (1993) (TV)+
-*''[[Needful Things]]'' (1993)+
-*''[[The Silent Touch (film)|The Silent Touch]]'' (''Dotkniecie reki'') (1993)+
-*''[[Onkel Vanja]]'' (1994) (TV) +
-*''[[Time Is Money (film)|Time Is Money]]'' (1994) +
-*''[[Citizen X]]'' (1995) (TV) +
-*''[[A che punto è la notte]]'' (1995) (TV)+
-*''[[Judge Dredd (film)|Judge Dredd]]'' (1995)+
-*''[[Radetzky March (film)|Radetzky March]]'' (''Radetzkymarsch'') (1995)+
-*''[[Private Confessions]]'' (''Enskilda samtal'') (1996) (TV) +
-*''[[Samson and Delilah (1996 film)|Samson and Delilah]]'' (1996) (TV) +
-*''[[Jerusalem (film)|Jerusalem]]'' (1996) +
-*''[[Hamsun (film)|Hamsun]]'' (1996) +
-*''[[Solomon (film)|Solomon]]'' (1997) (TV) +
-*''[[The Princess and the Pauper]]'' (''La principessa e il povero'') (1997) (TV) +
-*''[[Hostile Waters (film)|Hostile Waters]]'' (1997) +
-*''[[What Dreams May Come (film)|What Dreams May Come]]'' (1998)+
-*''[[Snow Falling on Cedars (film)|Snow Falling on Cedars]]'' (1999)+
-*''[[Nuremberg (film)|Nuremberg]]'' (2000) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[Intact (film)|Intact]]'' (''Intacto'') (2001) +
-*''[[Druids (film)|Druids]]'' (''Vercingétorix'') (2001)+
-*''[[Sleepless (2001 film)|Sleepless]]'' (Non ho sonno) (2001)+
-*''[[Amants de Mogador, Les]]'' (2002)+
-*''[[Minority Report (film)|Minority Report]]'' (2002)+
-*''[[Hidden Children]]'' (''La Fuga degli innocenti'') (2004) (Mini-series)+
-*''[[Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King]]'' (2004)+
-*''[[Heidi]]'' (2005)+
-*''[[The Inquiry (film)|The Inquiry]]'' (2006)+
-*''[[Rush Hour 3]]'' (2007)+
-*''[[The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (film)|The Diving Bell and the Butterfly]]'' (2007)+
-*''[[Emotional Arithmetic]]'' (2007)+
-*''[[Solomon Kane (film)|Solomon Kane]]'' (2009)+
-*''[[Truth & Treason]]'' (2009)+
-*''[[Shutter Island (film)|Shutter Island]]'' (2009)+
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Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a French-Swedish actor who appeared in European and American films. Von Sydow featured in more than 100 films and TV series. His most memorable film roles include Knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), the earliest of 11 films he made with Bergman, which includes iconic scenes in which his character plays chess with Death.

He also played Jesus Christ in George Stevens' The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) and also appeared in William Friedkin's The Exorcist, David Lynch's Dune (1984), Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Penny Marshall's Awakenings (1990), Steven Spielberg's Minority Report (2002), Julian Schnabel's The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), and Martin Scorsese's Shutter Island (2010). He later appeared in Star Wars: The Force Awakens and in HBO's Game of Thrones as Three-eyed Raven, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

Throughout his long career he received two Academy Award nominations for his performances in Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011).

Von Sydow received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954, was made a Template:Lang in 2005, and was named a Template:Lang on 17 October 2012. Von Sydow became a French citizen after his second marriage.

Filmography

Film

Von Sydow appeared in the following films:

Year Title Role Director Notes
1949 Only a Mother Nils Alf Sjöberg
1951 Miss Julie Hand
1953 Template:Interlanguage link Olaf Lars-Eric Kjellgren
1956 Template:Interlanguage link Bergman Mimi Pollak
1957 The Seventh Seal Antonius Block Ingmar Bergman
Wild Strawberries Henrik Åkerman
Template:Interlanguage link Gustaf Ömark Kenne Fant
1958 Brink of Life Harry Andersson Ingmar Bergman
Rabies Bo Stensson Svenningson
The Magician Albert Emanuel Vogler
Kvinnlig spion 503 Tysk topagent Horst Jørn Jeppesen
1960 The Virgin Spring Töre Ingmar Bergman
Template:Interlanguage link Anders Frost Kenne Fant
1961 Through a Glass Darkly Martin Ingmar Bergman
1962 Adventures of Nils Holgersson The Father Kenne Fant
The Mistress Married Man Vilgot Sjöman
1963 Winter Light Jonas Persson Ingmar Bergman
1965 4x4 Template:Lang Jan Troell
The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Christ George Stevens
The Reward Scott Swenson Serge Bourguignon
1966 Hawaii Reverend Abner Hale George Roy Hill
The Quiller Memorandum Template:Lang Michael Anderson
Here's Your Life Template:Lang Jan Troell
1968 Hour of the Wolf Johan Borg Ingmar Bergman
Template:Interlanguage link Gustav Olofsson Lars-Magnus Lindgren
Shame Jan Rosenberg Ingmar Bergman
1969 Made in Sweden Magnus Rud Johan Bergenstråhle
The Passion of Anna Andreas Winkelman Ingmar Bergman
1970 The Kremlin Letter Colonel Kosnov John Huston
1971 The Night Visitor Salem László Benedek
The Emigrants Karl Oskar Jan Troell
The Touch Andreas Vergerus Ingmar Bergman
The Apple War Roy Lindberg Tage Danielsson
1972 Embassy Gorenko Gordon Hessler
The New Land Karl Oskar Jan Troell
1973 The Exorcist Father Lankester Merrin William Friedkin
1974 Steppenwolf Harry Haller Fred Haines
1975 Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story The Father Hans Alfredson
Le miroir éclate Matthew Lawrence Claude d'Anna
Three Days of the Condor G. Joubert Sydney Pollack
The Ultimate Warrior The Baron Robert Clouse
1976 Dog's Heart Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski Alberto Lattuada
Illustrious Corpses Supreme Court's President Francesco Rosi
Foxtrot Larsen Arturo Ripstein
The Desert of the Tartars Hortiz Valerio Zurlini
Voyage of the Damned Captain Schroeder Stuart Rosenberg
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Father Lankester Merrin John Boorman
March or Die François Marneau Dick Richards
Black Journal Lisa Carpi Mauro Bolognini
1978 Brass Target Shelley John Hough
1979 Hurricane Dr Danielsson Jan Troell
Bugie bianche Marcello Herrighe Template:Interlanguage link
1980 Death Watch Gerald Mortenhoe Bertrand Tavernier
Flash Gordon Ming the Merciless Mike Hodges
1981 Escape to Victory Major Karl von Steiner John Huston
1982 Conan the Barbarian King Osric John Milius
Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée Jan Troell
Template:Interlanguage link Colonel O'Donnell Template:Interlanguage link
1983 Template:Interlanguage link Carlo di Vilalfratti Claude d'Anna
Strange Brew Brewmeister Smith Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas
Never Say Never Again Ernst Stavro Blofeld Irvin Kershner
1984 Dreamscape Doctor Paul Novotny Joseph Ruben
Dune Doctor Kynes David Lynch
1985 Code Name: Emerald Jurgen Brausch Jonathan Sanger
The Repenter Spinola Pasquale Squitieri
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Frederick Woody Allen
The Second Victory Dr Huber Gerald Thomas
The Wolf at the Door August Strindberg Henning Carlsen
Duet for One Dr Louis Feldman Andrei Konchalovsky
1987 Pelle the Conqueror Lassefar Karlsson Bille August
1988 Katinka Himself
1989 Ghostbusters II Vigo (voice) Ivan Reitman
1990 The Bachelor Von Schleheim Roberto Faenza
A Violent Life Pope Clement VII Giacomo Battiato
Father Joe Mueller John Power
Awakenings Dr Peter Ingham Penny Marshall
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Thor Carlsson James Dearden
Europa Narrator (voice) Lars von Trier
Until the End of the World Henry Farber Wim Wenders
The Ox Vicar Sven Nykvist
The Best Intentions Johan Åkerblom Bille August
1992 Template:Interlanguage link Henry Kesdi Krzysztof Zanussi
1993 Grandpa's Journey Simon S.L. Fromm Template:Interlanguage link
Needful Things Leland Gaunt Fraser C. Heston
1994 Time is Money Joe Kaufman Paolo Barzman
1995 Judge Dredd Judge Fargo Danny Cannon
1996 Hamsun Knut Hamsun Jan Troell
Jerusalem Vicar Bille August
1997 Hercules Zeus Ron Clements
John Musker
Swedish dub
1998 What Dreams May Come The Tracker Vincent Ward
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Nels Gudmundsson Scott Hicks
2001 Sleepless Ulisse Moretti Dario Argento
Druids Guttuart Jacques Dorfmann
Intacto Samuel Juan Carlos Fresnadillo
2002 Minority Report Director Lamar Burgess Steven Spielberg
Les amants de Mogador Souheil Ben-Barka
2005 Heidi Uncle Alp Paul Marcus
2006 The Inquiry Tiberius Giulio Base
2007 Rush Hour 3 Varden Reynard Brett Ratner
Emotional Arithmetic Jakob Bronski Paolo Barzman
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Papinou Julian Schnabel
2009 Solomon Kane Josiah Kane Michael J. Bassett
A Man and His Dog The Commander Francis Huster Cameo
2010 Shutter Island Dr Jeremiah Naehring Martin Scorsese
Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley Ridley Scott
Moomins and the Comet Chase Narrator (voice) Maria Lindberg
The Wolfman Passenger on train (uncredited) Joe Johnston Director's cut
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Renter Stephen Daldry
2012 Truth & Treason Frank Fikeis
Branded Joseph Pascal Jamie Bradshaw
& Aleksandr Dulerayn
2013 Dragons 3D Dr Alistair Conis Marc Fafard
2015 The Letters Father Celeste van Exem William Riead
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lor San Tekka J. J. Abrams
2016 The First, the Last The Undertaker Bouli Lanners
2018 Kursk Vladimir Petrenko Thomas Vinterberg
TBA Echoes of the Past Nikolas Andreou (aged) Nicholas Dimitropoulos Post-production; final film role




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