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Max von Sydow
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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).
Notable films
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The Seventh Seal
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Shutter Island
As Dr. Naehring
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
As Lor San Tekka
Hour of the Wolf
Appears in a KinoChain journey
Minority Report
As Director Lamar Burgess
The Exorcist
As Father Lankester Merrin
Awakenings
As Peter Ingham
Dune
As Doctor Kynes
Chains
KinoChain journeys
Public chains that pass through their films — or name them as a bridge.
The Slow Creep of European Dread
Seven films that prove horror lives in the corner of the frame, not the jump cut. A chain through the quiet, unshakeable dread of European arthouse cinema.
7 films
When the World Catches Cold
From Contagion's clinical dread to the surreal end of days, a chain of films about outbreaks, science, and the fraying of society.
7 films
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens
2015 · Lor San Tekka
The Letters
2014 · Celeste van Exem
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
2011 · The Renter
Shutter Island
2010 · Dr. Naehring
Heidi
2005 · Uncle Alp
Ring of the Nibelungs
2004 · Eyvind
Minority Report
2002 · Director Lamar Burgess
Nuremberg
2000 · Samuel Rosenman
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
1998 · Self - Father Merrin
Until the End of the World
1991 · Henry Farber
Awakenings
1990 · Peter Ingham
Hannah and Her Sisters
1986 · Frederick
The Last Place on Earth
1985 · Fridtjof Nansen
Dune
1984 · Doctor Kynes
Dreamscape
1984 · Paul Novotny
Samson and Delilah
1984 · Sidka
The Flight of the Eagle
1982 · Salomon August Andrée
Flash Gordon
1980 · The Emperor Ming
Three Days of the Condor
1975 · G. Joubert
The Exorcist
1973 · Father Lankester Merrin
The Night Visitor
1971 · Salem
Hour of the Wolf
1968 · Johan Borg
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · Jesus
The Virgin Spring
1960 · Töre
The Seventh Seal
1957 · Antonius Block