Max von Sydow

Actor · Born 10 April 1929 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden · Died 8 March 2020 · 37 credits in the Movie Owl catalogue

35 of Max von Sydow’s films and series stream in Sweden right now — 19 on Cineasterna, 12 on TV4 Play, 7 on Tele2 Play, 5 on SVT Play and 6 more services. 1 more is not on any service at the moment. Highest rated available: Shutter Island (2010) ★ 8.2.

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).

Acting

• Shutter Island (2010)
• Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Conan the Barbarian (1982)
• The Seventh Seal (1957)
• Robin Hood (2010)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• What Dreams May Come (1998)
• Wild Strawberries (1957)
• Kursk (2018)
• The Magician (1958)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)

As self

• Ingmar Bergman (1972)

Not streaming in Sweden right now

• The Exorcist (1973)
• Rush Hour 3 (2007)
• Dune (1984)
• Awakenings (1990)
• Judge Dredd (1995)
• Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)
• Never Say Never Again (1983)
• Solomon Kane (2009)
• Three Days of the Condor (1975)
• The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Flash Gordon (1980)