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 Bergmans 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 Stevenss The Greatest Story Ever Told Father Merrin in Friedkins 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
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