Max von Sydow
Film

Max von Sydow

Section Title: Film
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Year	Title	Role	Director	Notes

1949	Only a Mother	Nils	Alf Sjöberg

1951	Miss Julie	Hand

1953	Ingen mans kvinna [sv]	Olaf	Lars-Eric Kjellgren

1956	Rätten att älska [sv]	Bergman	Mimi Pollak

1957	The Seventh Seal	Antonius Block	Ingmar Bergman

Wild Strawberries	Henrik Åkerman

Prästen i Uddarbo [sv]	Gustaf Ömark	Kenne Fant

1958	Brink of Life	Harry Andersson	Ingmar Bergman

Rabies	Bo Stensson Svenningson

The Magician	Albert Emanuel Vogler

Kvinnlig spion 503	Tysk topagent Horst	Jørn Jeppesen

1960	The Virgin Spring	Töre	Ingmar Bergman

The Wedding Day [sv]	Anders Frost	Kenne Fant

1961	Through a Glass Darkly	Martin	Ingmar Bergman

1962	Adventures of Nils Holgersson	The Father	Kenne Fant

The Mistress	Married Man	Vilgot Sjöman

1963	Winter Light	Jonas Persson	Ingmar Bergman

1965	4x4	Kvist	Jan Troell	Segment: "Uppehåll i myrlandet"

The Greatest Story Ever Told	Jesus Christ	George Stevens

The Reward	Scott Swenson	Serge Bourguignon

1966	Hawaii	Reverend Abner Hale	George Roy Hill	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Quiller Memorandum	Oktober	Michael Anderson

Here's Your Life	Smålands-Pelle	Jan Troell

1968	Hour of the Wolf	Johan Borg	Ingmar Bergman

Black Palm Trees [sv]	Gustav Olofsson	Lars-Magnus Lindgren

Shame	Jan Rosenberg	Ingmar Bergman

1969	Made in Sweden	Magnus Rud	Johan Bergenstråhle

The Passion of Anna	Andreas Winkelman	Ingmar Bergman

1970	The Kremlin Letter	Colonel Kosnov	John Huston

1971	The Night Visitor	Salem	László Benedek

The Emigrants	Karl Oskar	Jan Troell

The Touch	Andreas Vergerus	Ingmar Bergman

The Apple War	Roy Lindberg	Tage Danielsson

1972	Embassy	Gorenko	Gordon Hessler

The New Land	Karl Oskar	Jan Troell

1973	The Exorcist	Father Lankester Merrin	William Friedkin	Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor – Motion Picture

1974	Steppenwolf	Harry Haller	Fred Haines

1975	Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story	The Father	Hans Alfredson

Le miroir éclate	Matthew Lawrence	Claude d'Anna

Three Days of the Condor	G. Joubert	Sydney Pollack

The Ultimate Warrior	The Baron	Robert Clouse

1976	Cuore di cane	Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski	Alberto Lattuada

Illustrious Corpses	Supreme Court's President	Francesco Rosi

Foxtrot	Larsen	Arturo Ripstein

The Desert of the Tartars	Hortiz	Valerio Zurlini

Voyage of the Damned	Captain Schroeder	Stuart Rosenberg

1977	Exorcist II: The Heretic	Father Lankester Merrin	John Boorman

March or Die	François Marneau	Dick Richards

Black Journal	Lisa Carpi	Mauro Bolognini

1978	Brass Target	Shelley	John Hough

1979	Hurricane	Dr Danielsson	Jan Troell

Bugie bianche	Marcello Herrighe	Stefano Rolla [it]

1980	Death Watch	Gerald Mortenhoe	Bertrand Tavernier

Flash Gordon	Ming the Merciless	Mike Hodges	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

1981	Escape to Victory	Major Karl von Steiner	John Huston

1982	Conan the Barbarian	King Osric	John Milius

Flight of the Eagle	Salomon August Andrée	Jan Troell	Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Cup for Best Actor

Hit Man [fr]	Colonel O'Donnell	José Antonio de la Loma [es]

1983	Le Cercle des passions [fr]	Carlo di Vilalfratti	Claude d'Anna

Strange Brew	Brewmeister Smith	Rick Moranis Dave Thomas

Never Say Never Again	Ernst Stavro Blofeld	Irvin Kershner

1984	Dreamscape	Doctor Paul Novotny	Joseph Ruben

Dune	Doctor Kynes	David Lynch

1985	Code Name: Emerald	Jurgen Brausch	Jonathan Sanger

The Repenter	Spinola	Pasquale Squitieri

1986	Hannah and Her Sisters	Frederick	Woody Allen

The Second Victory	Dr Huber	Gerald Thomas

The Wolf at the Door	August Strindberg	Henning Carlsen

Duet for One	Dr Louis Feldman	Andrei Konchalovsky

1987	Pelle the Conqueror	Lassefar Karlsson	Bille August	Bodil Award Best Actor European Film Award for Best Actor Guldbagge Award Best Actor Robert Festival Best Actor National Society of Film Critics Award for Best Actor (3rd place) Nominated—Academy Award for Best Actor

1988	Katinka	Himself	Guldbagge Award for Best Film Guldbagge Award for Best Director

1989	Ghostbusters II	Vigo	Ivan Reitman	Voice

1990	The Bachelor	Von Schleheim	Roberto Faenza

A Violent Life	Pope Clement VII	Giacomo Battiato

Father	Joe Mueller	John Power	Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

Awakenings	Dr Peter Ingham	Penny Marshall

1991	A Kiss Before Dying	Thor Carlsson	James Dearden

Europa	Narrator	Lars von Trier	Voice

Until the End of the World	Henry Farber	Wim Wenders

The Ox	Vicar	Sven Nykvist

The Best Intentions	Johan Åkerblom	Bille August

1992	The Silent Touch	Henry Kesdi	Krzysztof Zanussi	Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actor Award

1993	Grandpa's Journey	Simon S.L. Fromm	Staffan Lamm [sv]

Needful Things	Leland Gaunt	Fraser C. Heston	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Actor

1994	Time is Money	Joe Kaufman	Paolo Barzman	Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actor

1995	Judge Dredd	Judge Fargo	Danny Cannon

1996	Hamsun	Knut Hamsun	Jan Troell	Guldbagge Award Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actor

Jerusalem	Vicar	Bille August

1997	Hercules	Zeus	Ron Clements John Musker	Swedish dub

1998	What Dreams May Come	The Tracker	Vincent Ward

1999	Snow Falling on Cedars	Nels Gudmundsson	Scott Hicks

2001	Sleepless	Ulisse Moretti	Dario Argento

Druids	Guttuart	Jacques Dorfmann

Intacto	Samuel	Juan Carlos Fresnadillo

2002	Minority Report	Director Lamar Burgess	Steven Spielberg	Nominated—Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor

Les amants de Mogador	Souheil Ben-Barka

2005	Heidi	Uncle Alp	Paul Marcus

2006	The Inquiry	Tiberius	Giulio Base

2007	Rush Hour 3	Varden Reynard	Brett Ratner

Emotional Arithmetic	Jakob Bronski	Paolo Barzman	Nominated—Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role

The Diving Bell and the Butterfly	Papinou	Julian Schnabel

2009	Solomon Kane	Josiah Kane	Michael J. Bassett

A Man and His Dog	The Commander	Francis Huster	Cameo

2010	Shutter Island	Dr Jeremiah Naehring	Martin Scorsese

Robin Hood	Sir Walter Loxley	Ridley Scott

Moomins and the Comet Chase	Narrator	Maria Lindberg	Voice

The Wolfman	Man on train with silver cane	Joe Johnston	Uncredited Deleted scene

2011	Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close	The Renter	Stephen Daldry	Nominated—Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated—San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor

2012	Truth & Treason	Frank Fikeis

Branded	Joseph Pascal	Jamie Bradshaw & Aleksandr Dulerayn

2013	Dragons 3D	Dr Alistair Conis	Marc Fafard

2015	The Letters	Father Celeste van Exem	William Riead

Star Wars: The Force Awakens	Lor San Tekka	J. J. Abrams

2016	The First, the Last	The undertaker	Bouli Lanners

2018	Kursk	Vladimir Petrenko	Thomas Vinterberg

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Max von Sydow made his screen debuts in Alf Sjöberg's films Only a Mother (1949) and Miss Julie (1951).

final_sentence: Max von Sydow made his screen debuts in Alf Sjöberg's films Only a Mother (1949) and Miss Julie (1951).