Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow (April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) is a two-time Oscar-nominated Swedish actor. Despite credits including Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal, Wild Strawberries, and Through a Glass Darkly, and the role of Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told, von Sydow is perhaps best known for his role as the titular exorcist in the 1973 horror film, The Exorcist.
==Early life==
==Career==
==Filmography==
*The Seventh Seal (1957) as Antonius Block
*Wild Strawberries (1957) as Henrik Åkerman
*The Virgin Spring (1960) as Töre
*Through a Glass Darkly (1961) as Martin
*Winter Light (1963) as Jonas Persson
*The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Jesus Christ 
*Hawaii (1966) as Reverend Abner Hale
*The Emigrants (1971) as Karl Oskar
*The Exorcist (1973) as Father Lankester Merrin
*Three Days of the Condor (1975) as G. Joubert
*Flash Gordon (1980) as Ming the Merciless
*Conan the Barbarian (1982) as King Osric
*Never Say Never Again (1983) as Ernst Stavro Blofeld 
*Dune (1984) as Doctor Kynes
*Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Frederick
*Pelle the Conqueror (1987) as Lassefar Karlsson
*Needful Things (1993) as Leland Gaunt
*What Dream May Come (1998) as The Tracker
*Minority Report (2002) as Director Lamar Burgess
*Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Varden Reynard
*The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007) as Papinou
*Shutter Island (2010) Doctor Jeremiah Naehring
*Robin Hood (2010) as Sir Walter Loxley
*Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011) as The Renter
*Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Lor San Tekka
==Academy Award Nominations==
; 61st Academy Awards, 1988
: Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror
; 84th Academy Awards, 2012
: Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
==External links==
*Max von Sydow on Wikipedia 
Category:Swedish actors
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Category:2020 deaths
Category:Swedish male actors
Category:Film actors
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Category:Best Actor nominated individuals
Category:Best Supporting Actor nominated individuals
Category:1989 nominated individuals
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Category:Oscar nominated actors
Category:European Film Awards winners (people)