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Max von Sydow

1929-04-10

The Biography

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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Shutter Island

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Star Wars: The Force Awakens

7.272 average rating
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The Exorcist

7.735 average rating
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Dune

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Rush Hour 3

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Robin Hood

6.391 average rating
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The Wolfman

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Ghostbusters II

6.575 average rating
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Conan the Barbarian

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Judge Dredd

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Minority Report

7.35 average rating
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Ring of the Nibelungs

6.2 average rating
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Exorcist II: The Heretic

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The Greatest Story Ever Told

6.374 average rating
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Flash Gordon

6.215 average rating
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Awakenings

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What Dreams May Come

7.2 average rating
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The Seventh Seal

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Solomon Kane

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Escape to Victory

6.9 average rating