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).
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| Organization | Category | Movie | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Academy Awards | Best Actor | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Nominated |
| Golden Globes | Best Supporting Actor | The Help | Won |
Professione fantasma
as Psicoanalista dell’aldilà
Episodes: 11
First Aired: Feb 06, 1998
The Tudors
as Cardinal Von Waldburg
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Apr 01, 2007
The Emigrants
as Karl Oskar
Episodes: 8
First Aired: Dec 01, 1974
The Last Place on Earth
as Fridtjof Nansen
Episodes: 7
First Aired: Feb 18, 1985
Quo Vadis?
as Petrus
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Feb 24, 1985
Gösta Berlings saga
as Melchior Sinclaire
Episodes: 6
First Aired: Mar 10, 1986
Christopher Columbus
as Re Giovanni del Portogallo
Episodes: 4
First Aired: Mar 07, 1985
Radetzky March
as Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Dec 27, 1995
Game of Thrones
as Three-Eyed Raven
Episodes: 3
First Aired: Apr 17, 2011
La principessa e il povero
as Epos
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 02, 1997
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
as Tiberio
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Apr 02, 2007
A che punto è la notte
as Arcivescovo di Torino
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 14, 1994
Ring of the Nibelungs
as Eyvind
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Nov 29, 2004
Solomon
as David
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Dec 15, 1997
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
as Sigmund Freud
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Mar 04, 1992
The Simpsons
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Dec 17, 1989
Nuremberg
as Samuel Rosenman
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jul 16, 2000
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Actor winner
Episodes: 2
First Aired: Oct 30, 1981
Grimme-Preis-Verleihung
as Self
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 16, 1964
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Best Director winner
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 30, 1981
The Guldbagge Awards
as Self - Host
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Oct 30, 1981
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee/Presenter
Episodes: 1
First Aired: Jan 20, 1944
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