Max von Sydow

1929-

Biography: life and films

Max von Sydow is a Swedish actor and film director whose birth name is Max Carl Adolf von Sydow. He was born in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden on 10th April 1929.

His best films as an actor include Ingmar Bergman's The Magician (1958), The Virgin Spring (1960), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Shame (1968) and William Friedkin's thriller The Exorcist (1973).

Max von Sydow has so far appeared in 87 films.

He has most frequently worked with the following directors: Ingmar Bergman (10 films), Jan Troell (3), Paolo Barzman (2), John Huston (2) and Claude d'Anna (2).

His most frequent genres include: drama (63 films), Thriller (25), Horror (10), Fantasy (10), crime-thriller (8), War (8), Biography (8), romance (7), history (6), comedy-drama (3), Documentary (3) and comedy (2).

Our average rating for Max von Sydow over all films is: 3.2

Filmography

Key: a = actor

The Seventh Seal (1957) [a]

Wild Strawberries (1957) [a]

The Magician (1958) [a]

The Virgin Spring (1960) [a]

Through a Glass Darkly (1961) [a]

Winter Light (1962) [a]

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) [a]

The Reward (1965) [a]

Hawaii (1966) [a]

The Quiller Memorandum (1966) [a]

Hour of the Wolf (1968) [a]

Shame (1968) [a]

The Passion of Anna (1969) [a]

The Kremlin Letter (1970) [a]

The Night Visitor (1971) [a]

The Touch (1971) [a]

Embassy (1972) [a]

The Exorcist (1973) [a]

Steppenwolf (1974) [a]

The Ultimate Warrior (1975) [a]

Three Days of the Condor (1975) [a]

Trompe-l'oeil (1975) [a]

Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) [a]

Cuore di cane (1976) [a]

Foxtrot (1976) [a]

Le Désert des Tartares (1976) [a]

Voyage of the Damned (1976) [a]

Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) [a]

Gran bollito (1977) [a]

March or Die (1977) [a]

Brass Target (1978) [a]

A Look at Liv (1979) [a]

Bugie bianche (1979) [a]

Hurricane (1979) [a]

Flash Gordon (1980) [a]

La Mort en direct (1980) [a]

She Dances Alone (1981) [a]

Victory (1981) [a]

Conan the Barbarian (1982) [a]

Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982) [a]

Jugando con la muerte (1982) [a]

Le Cercle des passions (1983) [a]

Never Say Never Again (1983) [a]

Dreamscape (1984) [a]

Dune (1984) [a]

George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1984) [a]

Code Name: Emerald (1985) [a]

Il pentito (1985) [a]

Duet for One (1986) [a]

Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) [a]

Oviri (1986) [a]

The Second Victory (1986) [a]

Father (1990) [a]

Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1990) [a]

Una vita scellerata (1990) [a]

A Kiss Before Dying (1991) [a]

Europa (1991) [a]

Dotkniecie reki (1992) [a]

The Best Intentions (1992) [a]

Morfars resa (1993) [a]

Needful Things (1993) [a]

Time Is Money (1994) [a]

Judge Dredd (1995) [a]

Hamsun (1996) [a]

Truck Stop (1996) [a]

What Dreams May Come (1998) [a]

Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) [a]

Intact (2001) [a]

Non ho sonno (2001) [a]

Vercingétorix (2001) [a]

Minority Report (2002) [a]

Heidi (2005) [a]

The Inquiry (2006) [a]

Emotional Arithmetic (2007) [a]

Le Scaphandre et le papillon (2007) [a]

Religulous (2008) [a]

Oscar et la dame rose (2009) [a]

Shutter Island (2009) [a]

Solomon Kane (2009) [a]

Moomins and the Comet Chase (2010) [a]

Robin Hood (2010) [a]

The Wolfman (2010) [a]

Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) [a]

Branded (2012) [a]

The Letters (2013) [a]

Star Wars: Episode VII - The Force Awakens (2015) [a]

Les Premiers, les derniers (2016) [a]



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