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Max von Sydow (I)


Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He is the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his father's partial German ancestry. When he was in high school, he and a few ... See full bio »
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Nominated for 2 Oscars. Another 21 wins & 20 nominations. See more awards »

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 2016 Les premiers les derniers
Le croque-mort
 2014 The Simpsons (TV Series)
Klaus Ziegler
- The War of Art (2014) ... Klaus Ziegler (voice)
 2013 Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (Short)
Dr. Alistair Conis
 2011 The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim (Video Game)
Esbern (voice)
 2010 Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti
Narrator (French version, voice)
 2010 The Last Norwegian Troll (Short)
The Last Norwegian Troll (voice)
 2010 The Wolfman
Passenger on Train (only in director's cut) (uncredited)
 2009 Oscar et la dame rose
Dr. Dusseldorf
 2009 Solomon Kane
Josiah Kane
 2009 Ghostbusters (Video Game)
Vigo (voice)
 2008 Un homme et son chien
Le commandant
 2005/I Heidi
Uncle Alp
 2004 Ring of the Nibelungs (TV Movie)
Eyvind
 2004 La fuga degli innocenti (TV Movie)
Valobra
 2001 Intacto
Samuel
 2001 Vercingétorix
Guttuart
 2001 Non ho sonno
Moretti
 2000 Nuremberg (TV Mini-Series)
Samuel Rosenman
- Episode #1.1 (2000) ... Samuel Rosenman
 1999 Snow Falling on Cedars
Nels Gudmundsson (as Max Von Sydow)
 1998 Professione fantasma (TV Series)
Other World's psychoanalyst
- Fantasma per caso (1998) ... Other World's psychoanalyst
 1997 Solomon (TV Movie)
David
 1997 La principessa e il povero (TV Movie)
Epos
 1997 En frusen dröm (Documentary)
S.A. Andrée (voice)
 1997 Hostile Waters (TV Movie)
Admiral Chernavin
 1996 Truck Stop
 1996 Enskilda samtal (TV Movie)
Jacob
 1996 Samson and Delilah (TV Movie)
Narratore (voice, uncredited)
 1996 Jerusalem
Vicar
 1995 Dypets ensomhet (Short)
Narrator
 1995 Citizen X (TV Movie)
Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky
 1994 Onkel Vanja (TV Movie)
Professorn
 1994 Radetzkymarsch (TV Mini-Series)
Baron Franz von Trotta und Cipolje
 1994 A che punto è la notte (TV Movie)
Arcivescovo di Torino
 1994 Time Is Money
Joe Kaufman
 1993 Needful Things
Leland Gaunt (as Max Von Sydow)
 1993 Morfars resa
Simon S.L. Fromm
 1992 Dotkniecie reki
Henry Kesdi
 1992 Den goda viljan
Johan Åkerblom
 1991 Den goda viljan (TV Mini-Series)
Johan Åkerblom
- Episode #1.3 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom (credit only)
- Episode #1.2 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom
- Episode #1.1 (1991) ... Johan Åkerblom
 1991 Oxen
Vicar
 1991 Bis ans Ende der Welt
Henry Farber
 1991 Europa
Narrator (voice)
 1991 A Kiss Before Dying
Thor Carlsson
 1990 Awakenings
Dr. Peter Ingham (as Max Von Sydow)
 1990 Father
Joe Mueller
 1990 Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (TV Movie)
Father Siemes
 1990 Mio caro dottor Gräsler
Von Schleheim
 1989 Red King, White Knight (TV Movie)
Szaz
 1989 Ghostbusters II
Vigo (voice, uncredited)
 1988 Familjen Schedblad (TV Series)
Chefredaktör Lindström
- Murveln (1988) ... Chefredaktör Lindström
 1987 The Second Victory
Dr. Huber
 1986 Duet for One
Dr. Louis Feldman
 1986 Gösta Berlings saga (TV Mini-Series)
Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 3 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 2 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
- Del 1 (1986) ... Melchior Sinclaire
 1986 Hannah and Her Sisters
Frederick (as Max Von Sydow)
 1985 Il pentito
Spinola
 1985 Code Name: Emerald
Jurgen Brausch
 1985 Kojak: The Belarus File (TV Movie)
Peter Barak (as Max Von Sydow)
 1984 Dune
Doctor Kynes (as Max Von Sydow)
 1984 Le dernier civil (TV Movie)
Gérard Bauerle
 1984 Samson and Delilah (TV Movie)
Sidka (as Max Von Sydow)
 1984 The Ice Pirates (uncredited)
 1983 Never Say Never Again
Blofeld (as Max Von Sydow)
 1983 Le cercle des passions
Carlo di Vilalfratti
 1982 Jugando con la muerte
Colonel O'Donnell
 1982 Conan the Barbarian
King Osric (as Max Von Sydow)
 1981 Victory
Major Karl Von Steiner - The Germans (as Max Von Sydow)
 1980 Flash Gordon
The Emperor Ming (as Max Von Sydow)
 1980 La mort en direct
Gerald Mortenhoe (as Max Von Sydow)
 1979 Bugie bianche
Marcello Herrighe
 1979 Hurricane
Dr. Danielsson
 1978 Brass Target
Shelley Martin Webber
 1977 Gran bollito
Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri marshal
 1977 March or Die
Francois Marneau
 1976 Voyage of the Damned
Captain Schroeder (as Max Von Sydow)
 1976 Il deserto dei tartari
Captain Ortiz
 1976 Foxtrot
Larsen
 1976 Cadaveri eccellenti
Supreme Court's president
 1975 The Ultimate Warrior
Baron
 1975 Three Days of the Condor
G. Joubert (as Max Von Sydow)
 1975 Trompe l'oeil
Matthew Lawrence
 1974 Steppenwolf
Harry Haller
 1972 Embassy
Gorenko
 1971 I havsbandet (TV Series)
Narrator
 1971 Äppelkriget
Roy Lindberg
 1971 Beröringen
Andreas Vergerus
 1971 The Night Visitor
Salem
 1969 En passion
Andreas Winkelman
 1969 Made in Sweden
Magnus Rud
 1968 Skammen
Jan Rosenberg, Evas man
 1968 Svarta palmkronor
Gustav Olofsson
 1968 Vargtimmen
Johan Borg
 1966 Här har du ditt liv
Smålands-Pelle
 1966 The Quiller Memorandum
Oktober
 1966 Hawaii
Rev. Abner Hale
 1965 The Reward
Scott Swenson
 1965 4 x 4
Kvist (segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet")
 1962 Älskarinnan
The Man
 1960 Bröllopsdagen
Anders Frost
 1958 Ansiktet
Albert Emanuel Vogler
 1958 Rabies (TV Movie)
Bo Stensson Svenningson
 1958 Spion 503
Tysk topagent Horst
 1958 Nära livet
Harry Andersson
 1957 Prästen i Uddarbo
Gustaf Ömark
 1957 Smultronstället
Henrik Åkerman
 1957 Herr Sleeman kommer (TV Movie)
Jägaren
 1956 Rätten att älska
Bergman
 1953 Ingen mans kvinna
Olof
 1951 Fröken Julie
Hand
 1949 Bara en mor
Nils
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Other Works:

Swedish dubbing for Hercules (1997). See more »

Publicity Listings:

1 Biographical Movie | 1 Print Biography | 6 Interviews | 3 Articles | 1 Magazine Cover Photo | See more »

Alternate Names:

Max Von Sydow

Height:

6' 4" (1.93 m)
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The theater is more a medium for an actor than the cinema is. You are totally responsible for what you do on the stage; in a film, someone else can come in and edit you and do something totally different to what you had in mind originally, and they can cut you out, play around with the scenes or the chronology of the story. This happens always-more or less-in the cinema. On the stage, you deliver... See more »

Trivia:

Received French citizenship in 2002. See more »

Trademark:

Deep commanding voice See more »

Star Sign:

Aries

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