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Max von Sydow

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).

Filmography

2015
Star Wars: The Force Awakens

as Lor San Tekka

Movie
2010
Shutter Island

as Dr. Naehring

Movie
1984
Dune

as Doctor Kynes

Movie
1991
Until the End of the World

as Henry Farber

Movie
1984
Dreamscape

as Paul Novotny

Movie
1983
Never Say Never Again

as Ernst Stavro Blofeld

Movie
2002
Minority Report

as Director Lamar Burgess

Movie
1982
Conan the Barbarian

as King Osric

Movie
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Jesus

Movie