Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow (/vɒn ˈsiːdoʊ/;[1][a] born Carl Adolf von Sydow, 10 April 1929) is a Swedish actor. He has appeared in many European and American films in several languages, and he received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954, was made a 'Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres' in 2005, and was named a 'Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur' on 17 October 2012.
Von Sydow has appeared in more than 100 films and TV series.[2] Some of his most memorable film roles include Knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), the first of his 11 films with Bergman which includes the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death,[3] and Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). In 2016, he joined the cast of HBO's Game of Thrones as Three-eyed Raven, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.
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