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Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow

Total Box Office:
 $579.1M
Highest Rated:
100% Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions) (1992)
Lowest Rated:
10% Branded (2012)
Birthday:
Apr 10
Birthplace:
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Bio:
Standing over six feet-four inches tall, the bony Swedish actor Max von Sydow spent much of his acting career portraying stern, oppressive characters. Born to a family of academics in Lund, Sweden, von Sydow studied at the Royal Dramatic School in Stockholm, where he made his screen debut in Only a…

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Highest Rated Movies

Filmography

Movies | TV series

MOVIES   

Rating Title Credit Box Office Year
Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures - 2D/3D
  • Actor
-- 2013
65% Solomon Kane
  • Josiah Kane
-- 2012
47% Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
  • The Renter
$31.8M 2012
Hit Man
  • Actor
-- 2012
10% Branded
  • Marketing Guru
$0.4M 2012
Muumi ja punainen pyrstötähti (Moomins and the Comet Chase)
  • Actor
-- 2010
43% Robin Hood
  • Sir Walter Loxley
$105.2M 2010
38% Oscar and the Lady in Pink
  • Actor
-- 2010
68% Shutter Island
  • Dr. Naehring
$125.0M 2010
Man and His Dog (Un homme et son chien)
  • Le Commandant
-- 2009
Oscar Et La Dame Rose
  • Actor
-- 2009
The Final Inquiry
  • Tiberius
-- 2008
93% Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly)
  • Young Papinou
$5.9M 2007
Autumn Hearts: A New Beginning
  • Jakob Bronski
-- 2007
18% Rush Hour 3
  • Reynard
$140.1M 2007
Heidi
  • Actor
-- 2005
Ring of the Nibelungs (Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King)(Sword of Xanten)
  • Eyvind
-- 2004
Sleepless Nights
  • Actor
-- 2002
91% Minority Report
  • Director Lamar Burgess
$131.9M 2002
72% Intacto
  • Samuel
$0.1M 2001
50% Non ho sonno (Sleepless)
  • Ulisse Moretti
-- 2001
Druids (Vercingétorix)
  • Guttuart
-- 2001
Solomon: The Bible
  • David
-- 2000
88% Exorcist: The Version You've Never Seen
  • Actor
$38.7M 2000
Nuremberg
  • Samuel Rosenman
-- 2000
40% Snow Falling on Cedars
  • Nels Gudmundsson
-- 1999
36% Miss Julie
  • Hand
-- 1999
54% What Dreams May Come
  • The Tracker
-- 1998
Hostile Waters
  • Actor
-- 1997
Short #2: Dreams
  • Actor
-- 1997
82% Enskilda samtal (Private Confessions) (Private Conversations)
  • Jacob
-- 1997
100% Hamsun
  • Knut Hamsun
-- 1996
80% Jerusalem
  • Priest
-- 1996
18% Judge Dredd
  • Judge Fargo
-- 1995
86% Citizen X
  • Bukhanovsky
-- 1995
27% Needful Things
  • Leland Gaunt
-- 1993
100% Den Goda Viljan (The Best Intentions)
  • Johan Akerblom--Anna's Father
-- 1992
Silent Touch
  • Henry Keszdy
-- 1992
Bachelor
  • Von Schleheim
-- 1991
31% A Kiss Before Dying
  • Thor Carlsson
-- 1991
83% Until the End of the World (Bis ans Ende der Welt)
  • Henry Farber
-- 1991
Rabbit Ears - East of the Sun, West of the Moon
  • Storyteller
-- 1991
85% Europa (Zentropa)
  • Narrator
-- 1991
Oxen (The Ox)
  • The Vicar
-- 1991
87% Awakenings
  • Dr. Peter Ingham
-- 1990
Father
  • Joseph Mueller
-- 1990
Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes
  • Father Siemes
-- 1990
Red King, White Knight
  • Szaz
-- 1989
100% Pelle Erobreren (Pelle the Conqueror)
  • Pappa Lasse
-- 1988
71% Strange Brew
  • Brewmeister Smith
-- 1988
92% Salaam Bombay!
  • Krishna/Chaipau
-- 1988
Oviri (The Wolf at the Door)
  • August Strindberg
-- 1986
Duet for One
  • Dr. Louis Feldman
-- 1986
Second Victory
  • Dr. Huber
-- 1986
91% Hannah and Her Sisters
  • Frederick
-- 1986
Quo Vadis
  • Actor
-- 1985
Kojak: The Belarus File
  • Actor
-- 1985
Code Name: Emerald (Deep Cover)
  • Jurgen Brausch
-- 1985
Codename: Emerald
  • Actor
-- 1985
55% Dune
  • Dr. Kynes
-- 1984
George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey
  • Himself
-- 1984
78% Dreamscape
  • Dr. Paul Novotny
-- 1984
The Soldier's Tale
  • Actor
-- 1984
Samson and Delilah
  • Sidka
-- 1984
11% The Ice Pirates
  • Actor
-- 1984
60% Never Say Never Again
  • Blofeld
-- 1983
60% Death Watch
  • Actor
-- 1982
77% Conan the Barbarian
  • King Osric
-- 1982
Target Eagle
  • Col. O'Donnell
-- 1982
Ingenjör Andrées Luftfärd (The Flight of the Eagle)
  • S. A. Andree
-- 1982
67% Victory
  • Maj. Karl Von Steiner
-- 1981
She Dances Alone
  • Nijinsky
-- 1981
90% La Mort en direct (Death Watch) (Death in Full View)
  • Gerald Mortenhoe
-- 1980
81% Flash Gordon
  • Emperor Ming
-- 1980
50% Hurricane
  • Dr. Bascomb
-- 1979
Brass Target
  • Shelley/Webber
-- 1978
Black Journal (Gran Bollito)
  • Actor
-- 1977
A Look At Liv
  • Actor
-- 1977
22% Exorcist II - The Heretic
  • Father Merrin
-- 1977
March Or Die
  • Francois Marneau
-- 1977
Foxtrot
  • Larsen
-- 1976
89% Voyage of the Damned
  • Capt. Gustav Schroeder
-- 1976
Cadaveri eccellenti (The Context) (Illustrious Corpses)
  • Supreme Court's president
-- 1976
Il Deserto dei Tartari (The Desert of the Tartars)
  • Hortiz
-- 1976
The Ultimate Warrior
  • The Baron
-- 1975
86% Three Days of the Condor
  • Joubert
-- 1975
Steppenwolf
  • Harry
-- 1974
The Exorcist: Extended Director's Cut
  • Actor
-- 1973
87% The Exorcist
  • Father Merrin
-- 1973
Nybyggarna (The New Land)
  • Karl Oskar
-- 1973
Äppelkriget (The Apple War)
  • Roy Lindberg
-- 1972
50% Beröringen (The Touch)
  • Andreas Vergerus
-- 1971
86% The Emigrants
  • Karl Oskar
-- 1971
The Kremlin Letter
  • Kosnov
-- 1970
20% The Night Visitor
  • Salem
-- 1970
100% En Passion (A Passion) (The Passion of Anna)
  • Andreas
-- 1969
88% Hour of the Wolf (Vargtimmen)
  • Johan
-- 1968
73% Skammen (Shame)
  • Jan
-- 1968
71% Hawaii
  • Abner Hale
-- 1966
86% The Quiller Memorandum
  • Oktober
-- 1966
Här har du ditt liv (Here's Your Life)
  • Smalands-Pelle
-- 1966
37% The Greatest Story Ever Told
  • Jesus Christ
-- 1965
Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (Wonderful Adventures of Nils)
  • Father
-- 1963
80% Nattvardsgästerna (Winter Light)
  • Jonas Persson
-- 1962
100% Såsom i en Spegel (Through A Glass Darkly)
  • Martin Karin's husband
-- 1961
94% Jungfrukällan (The Virgin Spring)
  • Herr Tore
-- 1959
100% The Magician (Ansiktet) (The Face)
  • Albert Emanuel Vogler
-- 1958
Nära Livet (Brink of Life) (So Close to Life)
  • Harry Andersson
-- 1958
95% Smultronstället (Wild Strawberries)
  • Ã?kerman
-- 1957
94% The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet)
  • The Knight Antonius Block
-- 1957
Fröken Julie (Miss Julie)
  • Actor
-- 1952
Truth & Treason
  • Actor
--
4 x 4 (Aufenthalt im Marschland)
  • Actor
--

Movies | TV series

TV SERIES   

Rating Title Credit Year
The Tudors
  • Cardinal Von Waldburg
2007-2010

Max von Sydow Trivia

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Max Von Sydow plays Jesus Christ in 'The Greatest Story Ever Told' (1965), and Satan in 'Needful Things' (1993). He is the only actor to play both these opposite parts.
- submitted by F0xy H (3 years ago)

Quotes from Max von Sydow's Characters

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    1. Father Merrin: I cast you out! Unclean spirit!
    2. The Demon: Shove it up your ass, you faggot!
    From The Exorcist. Submitted by Lucas M (34 days ago)
    1. Director Lamar Burgess: Shh. Do you know what I hear? Nothing. No footsteps up the stairs, no hovercraft out the window, no clickety-click of little spiders. Do you know why I can't hear any of those things, Danny? Because right now, the precogs can't see a thing.
    From Minority Report. Submitted by Steven P (7 months ago)

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Max von Sydow News

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The Weekly Ketchup: New Iron Man Photo, Superman Comings And Goings, New Bond Femme Fatale Opens in new window
January 11, 2008

RT on DVD: Rush Hour 3, The Kingdom, and More! Opens in new window
December 24, 2007

Legendary Director Ingmar Bergman dies at 89 Opens in new window
July 30, 2007

First Pics of "Rush Hour 3" Hit the Scene Opens in new window
January 16, 2007

Plot Synopsis and a Love Interest for "Rush Hour 3" Opens in new window
September 25, 2006

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