Shutter Island2010
As Dr. Naehring
TMDb 8.2 / 10
Max von Sydow
Born
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).
Filmography (166)
The Exorcist1973
As Father Lankester Merrin
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Star Wars: The Force Awakens2015
As Lor San Tekka
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Dune1984
As Doctor Kynes
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Ghostbusters II1989
As Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Minority Report2002
As Director Lamar Burgess
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Rush Hour 32007
As Varden Reynard
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Conan the Barbarian1982
As King Osric
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Robin Hood2010
As Sir Walter Loxley
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Judge Dredd1995
As Chief Justice Fargo
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Seventh Seal1957
As Antonius Block
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Awakenings1990
As Peter Ingham
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Flash Gordon1980
As The Emperor Ming
TMDb 6.3 / 10
What Dreams May Come1998
As The Tracker
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Solomon Kane2009
As Josiah Kane
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Never Say Never Again1983
As Ernst Stavro Blofeld
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close2011
As The Renter
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Escape to Victory1981
As Major Karl von Steiner
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Needful Things1993
As Leland Gaunt
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Three Days of the Condor1975
As G. Joubert
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Exorcist II: The Heretic1977
As Father Lankester Merrin
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Kursk2018
As Admiral Vladimir Petrenko
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Wild Strawberries1957
As Åkerman
TMDb 8.1 / 10
Europa1991
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Citizen X1995
As Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
TMDb 7.2 / 10
Hannah and Her Sisters1986
As Frederick
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly2007
As Papinou
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Shame1968
As Jan Rosenberg
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
As Jesus
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Dreamscape1984
As Paul Novotny
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Voyage of the Damned1976
As Captain Schroeder
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Black Journal1977
As Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Branded2012
As Marketing Guru
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Ring of the Nibelungs2004
As Eyvind
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Magician1958
As Albert Emanuel Vogler
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Hour of the Wolf1968
As Johan Borg
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Through a Glass Darkly1961
As Martin
TMDb 7.8 / 10
Until the End of the World1991
As Henry Farber
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Solomon1997
As Davide
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Final Inquiry2007
As Tiberius
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Winter Light1963
As Jonas Persson
TMDb 7.9 / 10
Hostile Waters1997
As Admiral Chernavin
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Virgin Spring1960
As Töre
TMDb 7.8 / 10
March or Die1977
As François Marneau
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Ultimate Warrior1975
As Baron
TMDb 5.8 / 10
An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman1968
As Self
Pelle the Conqueror1987
As Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand
TMDb 7.3 / 10
The Wolf at the Door1986
As August Strindberg
TMDb 5.3 / 10
A Kiss Before Dying1991
As Thor Carlsson
TMDb 5.6 / 10
Black Palm Trees1968
As Gustav Olofsson
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Passion of Anna1969
As Andreas Winkelman
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Ingmar Bergman1972
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Minister of Uddarbo1957
As Gustaf Ömark
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Strange Brew1983
As Brewmeister Smith
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Heidi2005
As Uncle Alp
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Snow Falling on Cedars1999
As Nels Gudmundsson
TMDb 6.1 / 10
I Am Divine2014
As Self (archive)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Intacto2001
As Samuel
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Echoes of the Past2021
As Nikolas Andreou (Aged)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Best Intentions1992
As Johan Åkerblom
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Sleepless2001
As Moretti
TMDb 6.1 / 10
The Kremlin Letter1970
As Colonel Kosnov
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Desert of the Tartars1976
As Cap. Ortiz
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hawaii1966
As Abner Hale
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Duet for One1986
As Dr. Louis Feldman
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Illustrious Corpses1976
As Supreme Court President
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Death Watch1980
As Gerald Mortenhoe
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Miss Julie1951
As Groom
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Brass Target1978
As Shelley Martin Webber
TMDb 5.4 / 10
The Resurrection of Christ2026
Druids2001
As Guttuart
TMDb 3.2 / 10
The Quiller Memorandum1966
As Oktober
TMDb 5.9 / 10
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid2000
As Freud
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Oscar and the Lady in Pink2009
As Le docteur Dusseldorf
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Man and His Dog2009
As Le commandant
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Their Frozen Dream1997
As S.A. Andrée (voice)
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Apple War1971
As Roy Lindberg
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Letters2014
As Celeste van Exem
TMDb 5.7 / 10
The Right to Love1956
As Bergman
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Hamsun1996
As Knut Hamsun
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Brink of Life1958
As Harry Andersson
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Ox1991
As Vicar
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Emigrants1971
As Karl Oskar
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Flight of the Eagle1982
As Salomon August Andrée
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Only a Mother1949
As Nils
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Princess and the Pauper1997
As Epos
TMDb 6.2 / 10
The Touch1971
As Andreas Vergerus
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Lumière & Company1995
As Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman")
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Depth Solitude1995
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Foxtrot1976
As Larsen
TMDb 4.8 / 10
Dance Around the Guldbaggen1964
As Self
Here Is Your Life1966
As Smålands-Pelle
TMDb 7.1 / 10
The Repenter1985
As Spinola
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist1998
As Self - Father Merrin
TMDb 7.4 / 10
The Night Visitor1971
As Salem
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Code Name: Emerald1985
As Jürgen Brausch
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Rabies1958
As Bo Stensson Svenningson
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Atlantic1995
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Heart of a Dog1976
As Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Onkel Vanja1994
As The Professor
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Tuschinski's Dream2017
Circle of Passions1983
As Carlo di Vilalfratti
TMDb 4.0 / 10
Destination Dune1983
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Steppenwolf1974
As Harry Haller
TMDb 5.8 / 10
The Broken Mirror1975
As Matthew Lawrence
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Starring Sigmund Freud
Starring Sigmund Freud2012
The Reward1965
As Scott Swenson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Light Keeps Me Company2000
As Self
TMDb 7.9 / 10
The First, the Last2016
As Le croque-mort
TMDb 6.5 / 10
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey1985
As Self
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Cellini: A Violent Life1990
As Pope Clement VII
TMDb 5.4 / 10
Let Poland Be Poland1982
As Self - Co-Host
Interlude in the Marshland1965
As Alex Kvist
TMDb 7.2 / 10
The New Land1972
As Karl Oskar
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Silent Touch1992
As Henry Kesdi
TMDb 5.0 / 10
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes1990
As Father Siemes
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Wonderful Adventures of Nils1962
As The Father
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Samson and Delilah1984
As Sidka
TMDb 5.1 / 10
Made in Sweden1969
As Magnus Rud
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Soldier's Tale1984
As The Devil (voice)
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute
The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute1974
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Private Confessions1996
As Jacob
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story1975
As The Father
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Jerusalem1996
As Vicar
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan'2000
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Embassy1972
As Gorenko
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern1988
As Voice
Hurricane1979
As Dr. Danielsson
TMDb 4.7 / 10
Delblanc1996
As Narrator (voice)
Emotional Arithmetic2008
As Jakob Bronski
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Och ge oss skuggorna1993
As Eugene O'Neill
TMDb 8.5 / 10
Behind the Moomins
Behind the Moomins2010
As Narrator (voice)
4 x 41965
As Kvist
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Max von Sydow2017
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Last Norwegian Troll2010
As The Last Norweigian Troll (voice)
TMDb 6.7 / 10
East of the Sun, West of the Moon
East of the Sun, West of the Moon1991
As Narrator (voice)
The Mistress1962
As The Man
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Palme2012
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Morfars resa1993
As Simon S.L. Fromm
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Le dernier civil1984
As Gérard Bauerle
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures2013
As Dr. Alistair Conis
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord
Anders Zorn - Med egna ord1995
As Narrator (voice)
Stjärnbilder1995
As (archive footage)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Target Eagle1982
As Coronel O'Donnell
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Red King, White Knight1989
As Szaz
TMDb 6.4 / 10
She Dances Alone1981
As Nijinsky (voice)
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Minns ni?1993
As (archive footage)
Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde2011
As Self
TMDb 6.0 / 10
Kojak: The Belarus File1985
As Peter Barak
TMDb 6.8 / 10
The Wedding Day1960
As Anders Frost
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Diary of Anne Frank1967
As Otto Frank
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer
Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer1995
As Narrator (voice)
Hidden Children2004
As Valobra
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Father1990
As Joe Mueller
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Second Victory1987
As Dr. Huber
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Human Factor
The Human Factor1988
Time is Money1994
As Joe Kaufman
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Bachelor1990
As Von Schleheim
TMDb 9.0 / 10
The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer1982
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Mr. Sleeman Is Coming1957
As Hunter
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Spion 5031958
As Horst, Gestapo-mand
TMDb 5.7 / 10
No Man's Woman1953
As Olof
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter2012
As Self
Venetian Lies1981
As Marcello Herrighe
TMDb 6.1 / 10
A Look at Liv
A Look at Liv1979
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood
Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood1989
As Self
Filmography and biography: TMDb