Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow (lahir Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 Maret 2020) adalah seorang aktor Swedia. Ia juga memegang kewarganegaraan Prancis sejak tahun 2002. Ia membintangi banyak film dan memiliki peran pendukung di banyak film lainnya. Dia tampil dalam film yang dibuat dalam banyak bahasa, termasuk Swedia, Norwegia, Inggris, Italia, Jerman, Denmark, Prancis, dan Spanyol. Beberapa peran filmnya yang paling berkesan termasuk ksatria Antonius Block dalam The Seventh Seal karya Ingmar Bergman (yang pertama dari sebelas filmnya bersama Bergman dan film yang menyertakan cuplikan ikonik karirnya dalam adegan di mana ia bermain catur dengan Death), Yesus dalam The Greatest Story Ever Told karya George Stevens, Pastor Merrin dalam The Exorcist karya Friedkin, Joubert si pembunuh dalam Three Days of the Condor, dan Ming the Merciless dalam Flash Gordon versi 1980. Dia dua kali dinominasikan untuk Academy Award - Aktor Utama Terbaik untuk Pelle sang Penakluk (1988) dan Aktor Pendukung Terbaik untuk Sangat Keras dan Sangat Dekat (2011).

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).