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Max von Sydow
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Max von Sydow (10 April 1929-8 March 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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Max von Sydow (10 April 1929-8 March 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
Game of Thrones
The Simpsons
Golden Globe Awards
The Young Indiana Jones Chronicles
Ghostbusters II
The Tudors
Dune
Wild Strawberries
Star Wars: The Force Awakens
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly
The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Awakenings
Judge Dredd
L'inchiesta - Anno Domini XXXIII
Solomon Kane
Intact
The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist
Shutter Island
The Exorcist
What Dreams May Come
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Three Days of the Condor
Rush Hour 3
Robin Hood
Escape to Victory
Conan the Barbarian
Never Say Never Again
Citizen X
Hostile Waters
Flash Gordon
Minority Report
Heidi
Red King, White Knight
Needful Things
The New Land
The Virgin Spring
The Emigrants
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