Von Sydow’s accomplishments earned him numerous awards-too many to list-and as recently as last year, he was honored for a lifetime of achievement at the prestigious Stockholm Film Festival.
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Von Sydow was a master of many genres and delighted newer audiences with his performances in the film Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) and the popular TV series “Game of Thrones” (2016). For fans worldwide, his roles in The Exorcist (1973) and Pelle the Conqueror (1987) stand out, and for Scandinavian Americans, his role in The Emigrants (1971) and The New Land (1972) together with Norwegian actress Liv Ullmann are unforgettable. His international breakthrough came with his portrayal of Jesus in the epic film The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). Shortly thereafter, he entered into a long collaboration with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman, with a series of leading roles in his films, including the classic The Seventh Seal in 1957, setting the stage for his international career.ĭuring his lifetime, von Sydow made 119 films and appeared in numerous television and stage productions.
He began his career in at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm already in 1948. Max von Sydow was born in Lund in southern Sweden on April 10, 1929. Max Von Sydow died in his adopted home of Provence, France on Maat the age of 90.Photo: Gunnar Lier / NTB scanpix A portrait of Swedish actor Max von Sydow taken in 1995, when it was announced he had been awarded the role of Knut Hamsun. He showed no signs of slowing down even into his 80s, appearing in Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" (2010), an episode of "The Simpsons" (Fox 1990- ), and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" (2015). His career spanned long after that triumph, including films ranging from medical drama "Awakenings" (1990) to science fiction thriller "Minority Report" (2002) to indie character study "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly" (2007). Following this, he was able to branch out and explore a variety of compelling roles, which culminated in an Academy Award nomination for his performance in "Pelle the Conqueror" (1988), which only confirmed the notion of von Sydow being Sweden's modern-day Laurence Olivier. He finally had a breakthrough playing the titular role in "The Exorcist" (1973), playing the immortal Father Merrin in a film that forever cemented von Sydow into cinema history. When von Sydow crossed the Atlantic to appear in Hollywood films, however, he was initially consigned to playing stern, unsympathetic characters. The actor and director continued their collaboration for the next several years, churning out complicated and often surreal films like "The Magician" (1958) and "The Virgin Spring" (1960) that earned international accolades and awards. Both von Sydow and Bergman triumphantly emerged onto the international film scene with "The Seventh Seal" (1957), an existential meditation on death that was long after considered to be one of the greatest foreign films ever made. After his training at Stockholm's Royal Dramatic Theatre School, actor Max von Sydow became recognized as his native Sweden's foremost film star, thanks to his long-running collaboration with acclaimed director Ingmar Bergman.
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