Max von Sydow
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).
Acting
TV
Game of Thrones
as Three-Eyed Raven
2011
Movie
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
2010
Movie
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
2015
TV
The Simpsons
as Klaus Ziegler (voice)
1989
Movie
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess
2002
Movie
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
1973
Movie
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
2010
Movie
Ghostbusters II
as Vigo (voice) (uncredited)
1989
Movie
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
2007
Movie
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
1984
Movie
The Seventh Seal
as Antonius Block
1957
Movie
Awakenings
as Peter Ingham
1990
Movie
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
1982
Movie
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
1995
Movie
What Dreams May Come
as The Tracker
1998
Movie
The Wolfman
as Passenger on Train (director's cut) (uncredited)
2010
Movie
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
as The Renter
2011
Movie
Wild Strawberries
as Åkerman
1957
Movie
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1983
Movie
Solomon Kane
as Josiah Kane
2009
Movie
Three Days of the Condor
as G. Joubert
1975
Movie
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
as Papinou
2007
Movie
Hannah and Her Sisters
as Frederick
1986
Movie
Flash Gordon
as The Emperor Ming
1980
