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Max von Sydow
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).
Known For
Shutter Island
as Dr. Naehring
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
as Lor San Tekka
The Exorcist
as Father Lankester Merrin
Rush Hour 3
as Varden Reynard
Minority Report
as Director Lamar Burgess [Pre-Crime]
Never Say Never Again
as Ernst Stavro Blofeld
Dune
as Doctor Kynes
Judge Dredd
as Chief Justice Fargo
Conan the Barbarian
as King Osric
Robin Hood
as Sir Walter Loxley
