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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| # | Name | Character | Rating | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Kursk (2018) | Admiral Vladimir Petrenko | 7.1 | |
| 2 | The First, the Last (2016) | Le croque-mort | 5 | |
| 3 | Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) Top 100 by FilmGator | Lor San Tekka | 8.1 | |
| 4 | The Letters (2014) | Celeste van Exem | 7 | |
| 5 | Branded (2012) | Marketing Guru | 3.1 | |
| 6 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) Oscars 2012 | The Renter | 7.2 | |
| 7 | Robin Hood (2010) | Sir Walter Loxley | 6.6 | |
| 8 | Shutter Island (2010) Top 100 by FilmGator | Dr. Naehring | 8 | |
| 9 | Solomon Kane (2009) | Josiah Kane | 5.7 | |
| 10 | Oscar and the Lady in Pink (2009) | Le docteur Dusseldorf | 8 | |
| 11 | Rush Hour 3 (2007) | Varden Reynard | 6.3 | |
| 12 | The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) Oscars 2008 | Papinou | 6.8 | |
| 13 | The Final Inquiry (2007) | Tiberius | - | - |
| 14 | Heidi (2005) | Uncle Alp | - | - |
| 15 | Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) | Eyvind | 5.5 | |
| 16 | Minority Report (2002) Oscars 2003 | Director Lamar Burgess | 7.6 | |
| 17 | Intacto (2001) | Samuel | 7.5 | |
| 18 | Sleepless (2001) | Moretti | 3 | |
| 19 | Druids (2001) | Guttuart | - | - |
| 20 | Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000) | Self | 6 | |
| 21 | The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000) | Freud | - | - |
| 22 | Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) Oscars 2000 | Nels Gudmundsson | 7 | |
| 23 | What Dreams May Come (1998) Oscars 1999 | The Tracker | 7.4 | |
| 24 | The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998) | Self - Father Merrin | 8 | |
| 25 | The Princess and the Pauper (1997) | Epos | 7 | |
| 26 | Solomon (1997) | Davide | 6 | |
| 27 | Hamsun (1996) | Knut Hamsun | 2 | |
| 28 | Jerusalem (1996) | Vicar | - | - |
| 29 | Citizen X (1995) | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | 7.5 | |
| 30 | Judge Dredd (1995) | Chief Justice Fargo | 5.8 | |
| 31 | Needful Things (1993) | Leland Gaunt | 7.4 | |
| 32 | The Best Intentions (1992) | Johan Ã…kerblom | 3 | |
| 33 | A Kiss Before Dying (1991) | Thor Carlsson | 1 | |
| 34 | Europa (1991) | Narrator (voice) | 8 | |
| 35 | The Ox (1991) | Vicar | 3 | |
| 36 | Until the End of the World (1991) | Henry Farber | 7.3 | |
| 37 | Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) | Father Siemes | - | - |
| 38 | Awakenings (1990) | Peter Ingham | 7.6 | |
| 39 | Ghostbusters II (1989) | Vigo (voice) (uncredited) | 6.8 | |
| 40 | Katinka (1988) | Director / Writer | 4 | |
| 41 | Pelle the Conqueror (1987) | Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand | 7 | |
| 42 | Duet for One (1986) | Dr. Louis Feldman | - | - |
| 43 | The Wolf at the Door (1986) | August Strindberg | - | - |
| 44 | Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) | Frederick | 8.2 | |
| 45 | Dreamscape (1984) | Paul Novotny | 8 | |
| 46 | Dune (1984) | Doctor Kynes | 7 | |
| 47 | Strange Brew (1983) | Brewmeister Smith | 7.8 | |
| 48 | Never Say Never Again (1983) | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | 6.1 | |
| 49 | Conan the Barbarian (1982) | King Osric | 7.1 | |
| 50 | The Flight of the Eagle (1982) | Salomon August Andrée | 4 | |
| 51 | Escape to Victory (1981) | Major Karl von Steiner | 5.6 | |
| 52 | Flash Gordon (1980) Recently popular movies | The Emperor Ming | 7.5 | |
| 53 | Death Watch (1980) | Gerald Mortenhoe | - | - |
| 54 | March or Die (1977) | François Marneau | 6 | |
| 55 | Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) | Father Lankester Merrin | 5.1 | |
| 56 | The Desert of the Tartars (1976) | Cap. Ortiz | 1 | |
| 57 | Voyage of the Damned (1976) | Captain Schroeder | - | - |
| 58 | Three Days of the Condor (1975) | G. Joubert | 7.2 | |
| 59 | The Ultimate Warrior (1975) | Baron | 7 | |
| 60 | Steppenwolf (1974) | Harry Haller | 8 | |
| 61 | The Exorcist (1973) | Father Lankester Merrin | 7.7 | |
| 62 | The New Land (1972) | Karl Oskar | 9 | |
| 63 | The Emigrants (1971) | Karl Oskar | 9 | |
| 64 | The Apple War (1971) | Roy Lindberg | 6 | |
| 65 | The Kremlin Letter (1970) | Colonel Kosnov | 5 | |
| 66 | The Passion of Anna (1969) | Andreas Winkelman | 1 | |
| 67 | Hour of the Wolf (1968) | Johan Borg | 7.8 | |
| 68 | Shame (1968) | Jan Rosenberg | 9 | |
| 69 | The Quiller Memorandum (1966) | Oktober | 10 | |
| 70 | Hawaii (1966) | Abner Hale | 3 | |
| 71 | Interlude in the Marshland (1965) | Alex Kvist | 6 | |
| 72 | The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) | Jesus | - | - |
| 73 | Winter Light (1963) | Jonas Persson | 7.1 | |
| 74 | The Mistress (1962) | The Man | 4 | |
| 75 | Through a Glass Darkly (1961) | Martin | 7.4 | |
| 76 | The Virgin Spring (1960) | Töre | 7.6 | |
| 77 | The Magician (1958) | Albert Emanuel Vogler | 6.5 | |
| 78 | Brink of Life (1958) | Harry Andersson | - | - |
| 79 | Wild Strawberries (1957) | Ã…kerman | 8.2 | |
| 80 | The Seventh Seal (1957) | Antonius Block | 8.6 | |
| 81 | Only a Mother (1949) | Nils | 3 |
