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Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow, born as Carl Adolf von Sydow, was a well-renowned Swedish actor. He had an illustrious 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, demonstrating remarkable versatility in roles ranging from contemplative protagonists to menacing villains. He received numerous accolades, including honors from the Cannes and Venice Film Festivals and was nominated for two Academy Awards. He debuted in American film as Jesus Christ in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' and went on to star in iconic films such as 'The Exorcist', 'Three Days of the Condor', 'Flash Gordon', and 'Conan the Barbarian'. He also portrayed the main antagonist Leland Gaunt (The Devil) in the film adaptation of Stephen King's Needful Things and played the Three-eyed Raven in the HBO series Game of Thrones, earning a Primetime Emmy nomination.
Von Sydow's cinematic career budded under Ingmar Bergman's direction, featuring in eleven Bergman-directed films, including 'The Seventh Seal', 'Wild Strawberries', and 'The Virgin Spring'. He launched his international career in 1965 and continued to craft compelling characters in films like 'Minority Report', 'The Diving Bell and the Butterfly', 'Shutter Island', and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens'. Von Sydow's work extended beyond films, marking his presence in video games too, by voicing roles in The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim and Ghostbusters: The Video Game.
Biography, Career & Filmography
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Given Name: Carl Adolf von Sydow
Born: Lund, Sweden
Citizenship: Sweden (until 2002), France (from 2002)
Birthday: April 10, 1929
Occupations: Actor
Years Active: 1949-2020
Children: 4
Spouses: Christina Olin, Catherine Brelet
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Awards and Nominations Received by Max von Sydow
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Best Supporting Performance in a Motion Picture – Drama, Comedy or Musical (Supporting Actor)
The ExorcistMovies Featuring Max von Sydow
Through a Glass Darkly
The Exorcist
The Magician
The Seventh Seal
Minority Report
The Best Intentions
A Kiss Before Dying
Europa
Intact
Three Days of the Condor
The Command
Branded
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Solomon Kane
Needful Things
The Letters
Dreamscape
Strange Brew
Behind the Moomins
The Last Norwegian Troll
Palme
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Conan Unchained: The Making of ‘Conan’
Light Keeps Me Company
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
Kursk
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Druids
Ring of the Nibelungs
The First, the Last
Sleepless
The Final Inquiry
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
The Ox
Death Watch
Escape to Victory
Target Eagle
Emotional Arithmetic
The Soldier’s Tale
Kojak The Belarus File
The Last Place on Earth
Christopher Columbus
The Repenter
Destination Dune
Samson and Delilah
Quo Vadis?
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
Code Name: Emerald
The Wolf at the Door
Duet for One
Pelle the Conqueror
Red King, White Knight
The Flight of the Eagle
Katinka
Echoes of the Past
The Flight of the Eagle
Katinka
Citizen X
The Ultimate Warrior
The Kremlin Letter
Hour of the Wolf
The Reward
Radetzky March
Wonderful Adventures of Nils
Winter Light
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Only a Mother
The Quiller Memorandum
Depth Solitude
Black Journal
Heart of a Dog
The New Land
Hostile Waters
Interlude in the Marshland
March or Die
The Night Visitor
Rabies
Solomon
Hamsun
Illustrious Corpses
Foxtrot
A Man and His Dog
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
A che punto è la notte
Solomon Kane
The Apple War
Their Frozen Dream
Private Confessions
The Touch
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Passion of Anna
The Broken Mirror
Embassy
Brass Target
Steppenwolf
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Miss Julie
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
Black Palm Trees
The Diary of Anne Frank
The Silent Touch
Judge Dredd
The Desert of the Tartars
Hawaii
The Virgin Spring
Brink of Life
Oscar and the Lady in Pink
The Emigrants
Here Is Your Life
Hurricane
The Right to Love
Ingmar Bergman
Career Timeline
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2019
The Command
Vladimir Petrenko
Leap of Faith: William Friedkin on The Exorcist
Self (archive footage)
2000
Conan Unchained: The Making of ‘Conan’
Self
Light Keeps Me Company
Self
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Freud
1995
Citizen X
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
Depth Solitude
Narrator (voice)
Judge Dredd
Chief Justice Fargo
1985
Kojak The Belarus File
Peter Barak
The Repenter
Spinola
George Stevens: A Filmmaker’s Journey
Self
Code Name: Emerald
Jürgen Brausch
1982
Target Eagle
Coronel O'Donnell
The Flight of the Eagle
Salomon August Andrée
The Flight of the Eagle
Salomon August Andrée
1977
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Black Journal
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
March or Die
François Marneau
1976
Heart of a Dog
Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Illustrious Corpses
Supreme Court President
Foxtrot
Larsen
The Desert of the Tartars
Cap. Ortiz
1975
Three Days of the Condor
The Ultimate Warrior
Baron
The Broken Mirror
Matthew Lawrence
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story
The Father
1971
The Night Visitor
Salem
The Apple War
Roy Lindberg
The Touch
Andreas Vergerus
The Emigrants
Karl Oskar
1968
Hour of the Wolf
Johan Borg
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman
Self
Black Palm Trees
Gustav Olofsson
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