On television, von Sydow played the Three-eyed Raven in Game of Thrones. Swedish actor Max von Sydow, who made his name in the films of Ingmar Bergman before featuring in international hits like Game of Thrones, has died at the age of 90.
Von Sydow was nominated for two Academy Awards, for his roles as Lassefar in Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and The Renter in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2012). Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929. Peter Ingham in Awakenings (1990) Lamar Burgess in Minority Report (2002) and Lor San Tekka in Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015). MaMax von Sydow, the tall, blond Swedish actor who cut a striking figure in American movies but was most identified with the signature work of a fellow Swede, the director Ingmar. Based on the true events of the 1943 Massacre of Kalavryta, Greece. Other roles include as Father Merrin in The Exorcist (1973) Joubert in Three Days of the Condor (1975) Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon (1980) the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983) Liet-Kynes in Dune (1984) Dr. Max von Sydow, the self-described 'shy boy'-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played the. Von Sydow started his cinematic career in his native country in 1949 and two of his most memorable roles include Knight Antonius Block in The Seventh Seal (1957), the first of his eleven films with director Ingmar Bergman, and the film that includes the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death and as Martin in Through a Glass Darkly (1961).īeginning in 1965, von Sydow starred in Hollywood films his debut was as Jesus Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry. Max Von Sydow Max Von Sydow Uploaded by user Saddened to learn of the passing of iconic actor, Max von Sydow. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. Max von Sydow (1929–2020) was a Swedish-French actor, active in both European and American cinema. Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on Apin Lund, Skne, Sweden, to a middle-class family.
Von Sydow at the 2013 Cannes Film Festival
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