Max von Sydow filmography

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Von Sydow at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival

Max von Sydow (1929–2020) was a Swedish-French actor, active in both European and American cinema.

Von Sydow started his cinematic career in his native country in 1949 and two of his most memorable roles include Knight Antonius Block in The Seventh Seal (1957), the first of his eleven films with director Ingmar Bergman, and the film that includes the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death;[1] and as Martin in Through a Glass Darkly (1961).

Beginning in 1965, von Sydow starred in Hollywood films; his debut was as Jesus Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Other roles include as Father Merrin in The Exorcist (1973); Joubert in Three Days of the Condor (1975); Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980); the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983); Liet-Kynes in Dune (1984); Dr. Peter Ingham in Awakenings (1990); Lamar Burgess in Minority Report (2002) and Lor San Tekka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015).

Von Sydow was nominated for two Academy Awards, for his roles as Lassefar in Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and The Renter in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012). On television, von Sydow played the Three-eyed Raven in Game of Thrones. In 2011, he voiced Esbern in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.

Film[edit]

Year Title Role Director Notes Ref(s)
1949 Only a Mother Nils Alf Sjöberg [2][3]
1951 Miss Julie Hand [2]
1953 No Man's Woman Olaf Lars-Eric Kjellgren [2]
1956 Rätten att älska Bergman Mimi Pollak [2]
1957 The Seventh Seal Antonius Block Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
The Minister of Uddarbo Gustaf Ömark Kenne Fant [2][3]
Wild Strawberries Henrik Åkerman Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1958 Brink of Life Harry Andersson Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
Kvinnlig spion 503 Tysk topagent Horst Jørn Jeppesen [2]
The Magician Albert Emanuel Vogler Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1960 The Virgin Spring Töre [2][3]
The Wedding Day Anders Frost Kenne Fant [2][3]
1961 Through a Glass Darkly Martin Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1962 Adventures of Nils Holgersson The Father Kenne Fant [2][3]
The Mistress Married Man Vilgot Sjöman [2][3]
1963 Winter Light Jonas Persson Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1965 4x4 Kvist Jan Troell [3]
The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Christ George Stevens [2][3]
The Reward Scott Swenson Serge Bourguignon [2][3]
1966 Hawaii Reverend Abner Hale George Roy Hill [2][3]
The Quiller Memorandum Oktober Michael Anderson [3]
Here's Your Life Smålands-Pelle Jan Troell [2][3]
1968 Hour of the Wolf Johan Borg Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
Black Palm Trees [sv] Gustav Olofsson Lars-Magnus Lindgren [3][2]
Shame Jan Rosenberg Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1969 Made in Sweden Magnus Rud Johan Bergenstråhle [2][3]
The Passion of Anna Andreas Winkelman Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
1970 The Kremlin Letter Colonel Kosnov John Huston [2][3]
1971 The Night Visitor Salem László Benedek [2][3]
The Emigrants Karl Oskar Jan Troell [2][3]
The Touch Andreas Vergerus Ingmar Bergman [2][3]
The Apple War Roy Lindberg Tage Danielsson [2][3]
1972 Embassy Gorenko Gordon Hessler [2][3]
The New Land Karl Oskar Jan Troell [2][3]
1973 The Exorcist Father Lankester Merrin William Friedkin [2][3]
1974 Steppenwolf Harry Haller Fred Haines [3]
1975 Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story The Father Hans Alfredson [2][3]
Le miroir éclate Matthew Lawrence Claude d'Anna [3]
Three Days of the Condor G. Joubert Sydney Pollack [2][3]
The Ultimate Warrior The Baron Robert Clouse [3]
1976 Dog's Heart Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski Alberto Lattuada [3]
Illustrious Corpses Supreme Court's President Francesco Rosi [2][3]
Foxtrot Larsen Arturo Ripstein [3]
The Desert of the Tartars Hortiz Valerio Zurlini [2][3]
Voyage of the Damned Captain Schroeder Stuart Rosenberg [2][3]
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Father Lankester Merrin John Boorman [2][3]
March or Die François Marneau Dick Richards [2][3]
Black Journal Lisa Carpi Mauro Bolognini [3]
1978 Brass Target Shelley John Hough [2][3]
1979 Hurricane Dr Danielsson Jan Troell [2][3]
Bugie bianche Marcello Herrighe Stefano Rolla [it] [2][3]
1980 Death Watch Gerald Mortenhoe Bertrand Tavernier [2][3]
Flash Gordon Ming the Merciless Mike Hodges [2][3]
1981 Escape to Victory Major Karl von Steiner John Huston [2][3]
She Dances Alone Himself / Nijinsky Robert Dornhelm Voice [2][3]
1982 Conan the Barbarian King Osric John Milius [2][3]
Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée Jan Troell [2][3]
Hit Man Colonel O'Donnell José Antonio de la Loma [es] [2][3]
1983 Le Cercle des passions [fr] Carlo di Vilalfratti Claude d'Anna [3]
Strange Brew Brewmeister Smith Rick Moranis
Dave Thomas 		[3]
Never Say Never Again Ernst Stavro Blofeld Irvin Kershner [2][3]
1984 Dreamscape Doctor Paul Novotny Joseph Ruben [3]
Dune Doctor Liet-Kynes David Lynch [2][3]
1985 Code Name: Emerald Jurgen Brausch Jonathan Sanger [3]
The Repenter Spinola Pasquale Squitieri [3]
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Frederick Woody Allen [2][3]
The Second Victory Dr Huber Gerald Thomas [2][3]
The Wolf at the Door August Strindberg Henning Carlsen [3]
Duet for One Dr Louis Feldman Andrei Konchalovsky [2][3]
1987 Pelle the Conqueror Lassefar Karlsson Bille August [2][3]
1988 Katinka Himself [3]
1989 Ghostbusters II Vigo Ivan Reitman Voice [4]
1990 The Bachelor Von Schleheim Roberto Faenza [3]
A Violent Life Pope Clement VII Giacomo Battiato [3]
Father Joe Mueller John Power [3]
Awakenings Dr Peter Ingham Penny Marshall [2][3]
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Thor Carlsson James Dearden [2][3]
Europa Narrator Lars von Trier Voice [2][3]
Until the End of the World Henry Farber Wim Wenders [2][3]
The Ox Vicar Sven Nykvist [2][3]
The Best Intentions Johan Åkerblom Bille August [2][3]
1992 The Silent Touch [pl] Henry Kesdi Krzysztof Zanussi [2][3]
1993 Grandpa's Journey Simon S.L. Fromm Staffan Lamm [sv] [2][3]
Needful Things Leland Gaunt Fraser C. Heston [3]
1994 Time is Money Joe Kaufman Paolo Barzman [3]
1995 Judge Dredd Judge Fargo Danny Cannon [2][3]
1996 Hamsun Knut Hamsun Jan Troell [2][3]
Jerusalem Vicar Bille August [2][3]
1997 Hercules Zeus Ron Clements
John Musker 		Swedish dub [2]
1998 What Dreams May Come The Tracker Vincent Ward [2][3]
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Nels Gudmundsson Scott Hicks [2][3]
2001 Sleepless Ulisse Moretti Dario Argento [3]
Druids Guttuart Jacques Dorfmann [2][3]
Intacto Samuel Juan Carlos Fresnadillo [2][3]
2002 Minority Report Director Lamar Burgess Steven Spielberg [2][3]
Les amants de Mogador Souheil Ben-Barka [5]
2005 Heidi Uncle Alp Paul Marcus [3]
2006 The Inquiry Tiberius Giulio Base [3]
2007 Rush Hour 3 Varden Reynard Brett Ratner [2][3]
Emotional Arithmetic Jakob Bronski Paolo Barzman [3]
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Papinou Julian Schnabel [2][3]
2009 Solomon Kane Josiah Kane Michael J. Bassett [3]
A Man and His Dog The Commander Francis Huster Cameo [3]
2010 Shutter Island Dr Jeremiah Naehring Martin Scorsese [2][3]
Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley Ridley Scott [2][3]
Moomins and the Comet Chase Narrator Maria Lindberg Voice [2]
The Wolfman Passenger on train Joe Johnston Uncredited, Director's cut [6]
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Renter Stephen Daldry [2][3]
2012 Truth & Treason Frank Fikeis [7]
Branded Joseph Pascal Jamie Bradshaw
& Aleksandr Dulerayn 		[8]
2013 Dragons 3D Dr Alistair Conis Marc Fafard [9]
2015 The Letters Father Celeste van Exem William Riead [10]
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lor San Tekka J. J. Abrams [2][3]
2016 The First, the Last The Undertaker Bouli Lanners [11]
2018 Kursk Vladimir Petrenko Thomas Vinterberg [12]
2021 Echoes of the Past (Greek Title: Kalavryta 1943) Nikolas Andreou (aged) Nicholas Dimitropoulos Posthumous release [12]

Television[edit]

Year Title Role Notes Ref(s)
1957 Herr Sleeman kommer The Hunter Television film [2]
1958 Rabies Bo Stensson Svenningson TV movie [2]
1967 The Diary of Anne Frank Otto Frank Television film [12]
1973 Kvartetten som sprängdes Engineer Planertz 4 episodes [13]
1984 Samson and Delilah Sidka Television film [3]
The Soldier's Tale The Devil Voice, Television film [14]
Le Dernier Civil Johann Kaspar Bäuerle Television film [3]
1985 Kojak: The Belarus File Peter Barak Television film [3]
The Last Place on Earth Fridtjof Nansen 3 episodes [3]
Quo Vadis? The Apostle Peter 6 episodes [3]
Christopher Columbus King John of Portugal 4 episodes [3]
1986 Gösta Berlings saga [sv] Melchior Sinclaire 3 episodes [2]
1989 Red King, White Knight Szaz [3]
1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes Father Siemes Television film [2][3]
1993 Och ge oss skuggorna Eugene O'Neill Television film [15]
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles Sigmund Freud Episode: "Vienna, November 1908" [3]
1994 A che punto è la notte [it] Archbishop of Turin Television film [2][3]
Radetzkymarsch [de] Baron Franz von Trotta und Sipolje 2 episodes [3]
Uncle Vanya Professor Serebryakov Television film [2]
1995 Citizen X Dr Alexandr Bukhanovsky [3]
1996 Samson and Delilah Narrator Voice, Uncredited
Television film 		[16]
Private Confessions Jacob Television film [3]
1997 Hostile Waters Admiral Chernavin Television film [2][3]
La principessa e il povero [it] Epos Television film [3]
Solomon David 3 episodes [2][3]
2000 Nuremberg Samuel Rosenman Episode #1.1 [2][3]
2004 Hidden Children – Escape of the Innocents [nl] Valobra Television film [17]
Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King Eyvind Television film [3]
2009 The Tudors Cardinal von Walburg 4 episodes [3]
2014 The Simpsons Klaus Ziegler Voice, Episode: "The War of Art" [18]
2016 Game of Thrones Three-eyed Raven 3 episodes [12]

Video games[edit]

Year Title Voice role Ref(s)
2009 Ghostbusters: The Video Game Vigo the Carpathian [19]
2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim Esbern
2016 Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lor San Tekka

References[edit]

  1. ^ Philip French, Screen Legends, The Observer, 10 February 2008 [1]
  2. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck "Max von Sydow". Swedish Film Database. 10 April 1929. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  3. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l m n o p q r s t u v w x y z aa ab ac ad ae af ag ah ai aj ak al am an ao ap aq ar as at au av aw ax ay az ba bb bc bd be bf bg bh bi bj bk bl bm bn bo bp bq br bs bt bu bv bw bx by bz ca cb cc cd ce cf cg ch ci cj ck cl cm cn co cp cq cr cs ct cu cv cw cx cy cz da db dc dd de df dg dh di dj dk dl dm dn do "Max von Sydow". BFI. Archived from the original on May 31, 2016. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  4. ^ Miller, Cynthia J.; Riper, A. Bowdoin Van (2016-05-20). The Laughing Dead: The Horror-Comedy Film from Bride of Frankenstein to Zombieland. Rowman & Littlefield. p. 204. ISBN 978-1-4422-6833-3. the ghost of Vigo, voiced by Max von Sydow
  5. ^ Dixon, Wheeler Winston; Foster, Gwendolyn Audrey (2018-03-30). A Short History of Film, Third Edition. Rutgers University Press. p. 340. ISBN 978-0-8135-9516-0. In 2002, Ben-Barka wrote and directed Les amants de Mogador (The Lovers of Mogador), starring Max von Sydow.
  6. ^ "Max von Sydow bortklippt: "Sorgligt"". www.expressen.se (in Swedish). 2010-02-11. Retrieved 2020-03-10. Max von Sydow hade en mindre roll i skräckfilmen The Wolfman - men klipptes bort [Max von Sydow had a minor part in the horror film The Wolfman - but was edited out]
  7. ^ ""Franske" von Sydow gör succé". Svenska Dagbladet (in Swedish). 2012-02-13. ISSN 1101-2412. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  8. ^ Webster, Andy (2012-09-07). "A Marketing Man Fights the Madness". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  9. ^ Yamato, Jen (2014-07-02). "Max Von Sydow Heads To Imax Screens In 'Dragons 3D': Video". Deadline. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  10. ^ Jaworowski, Ken (2015-12-03). "Review: 'The Letters,' a Biopic of Mother Teresa". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  11. ^ "'The First, The Last' ('Les premiers, les derniers'): Berlin Review". The Hollywood Reporter. 2016-02-12. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  12. ^ a b c d "Max von Sydow, actor who played chess with Death in 'The Seventh Seal' – obituary". The Telegraph. 2020-03-09. ISSN 0307-1235. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  13. ^ "Kvartetten som sprängdes (1936) - SFdb" (in Swedish). Retrieved 2020-03-10. TV har framfört den två gånger, dels 1962 som TV-teater, dels som filmad serie 1972, den gången i regi av Hans Alfredson som även spelade Karl Ludvigs roll. Max von Sydow spelade den gången Planertz. [It has been produced for television twice, once in 1962 as a teleplay and once as a miniseries in 1972, that time directed by Hans Alfredson who also played the part of Karl Ludvig. Max von Sydow played Planertz that time.]
  14. ^ Krafft, Rebecca; O'Doherty, Brian (1991). The Arts on Television, 1976-1990: Fifteen Years of Cultural Programming. Media Arts: Film/Radio/Television Program, National Endowment for the Arts. p. 47. ISBN 9780160359262. The Soldier's Tale features the voices of Andre Gregory, Max Von Sydow and Galina Panova.
  15. ^ "Max von Sydow - SFdb" (in Swedish). 10 April 1929. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  16. ^ Blyth, Caroline (2017-10-05). Reimagining Delilah's Afterlives as Femme Fatale: The Lost Seduction. Bloomsbury Publishing. pp. 138–139. ISBN 978-0-567-67313-8.
  17. ^ Marcus, Millicent Joy (2007-01-01). Italian Film in the Shadow of Auschwitz. University of Toronto Press. ISBN 978-0-8020-9189-5.
  18. ^ "'The Simpsons': A lesson in art forgery, with Max von Sydow". Los Angeles Times. 2014-03-24. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
  19. ^ Yin-Poole, Wesley (2020-03-09). "Actor Max von Sydow dies aged 90". Eurogamer. Retrieved 2020-03-10.
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