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Max von Sydow (1929-2020) was an Oscar®-nominated Swedish actor. He appeared in European and American films. Von Sydow featured in more than 100 films and TV series. His most memorable film roles include Knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), the earliest of 11 films he made with Bergman, which includes iconic scenes in which his character plays chess with Death. His IMDb page shows 163 acting credits between 1949 and 2018. This page will rank Max von Sydow movies from Best to Worst in six different sortable columns of information. Television shows, shorts, cameos, uncredited roles and movies that were not released in North American were not included in the rankings.
Max von Sydow Movies Ranked In Chronological Order With Ultimate Movie Rankings Score (1 to 5 UMR Tickets) *Best combo of box office, reviews and awards.
Max von Sydow Movies Can Be Ranked 6 Ways In This Table
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Best IMDb Trivia on Max von Sydow
1. Carl Adolf von Sydow was born on 10 April 1929 in Lund, Sweden.
2. Max von Sydow was offered the title role in the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962), which went to Joseph Wiseman.
3. Max von Sydow appeared in 13 films directed by Ingmar Bergman: The Seventh Seal (1957), Wild Strawberries (1957), Mr. Sleeman Is Coming (1957), Brink of Life (1958), The Magician (1958), Rabies (1958), The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1963), Hour of the Wolf (1968), Shame (1968), The Passion of Anna (1969) and The Touch (1971).
4. Max von Sydow appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar®: The Emigrants (1971), The Exorcist (1973), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Awakenings (1990) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011).
5. Max von Sydow is one of six Swedish actors to be nominated for an Academy Award®. The others are Greta Garbo, Ingrid Bergman, Ann-Margret, Lena Olin and Alicia Vikander. Max is the only male Swedish actor to be nominated for an Oscar.
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Max Von Sydow, is the # 4 most connected actor of the 1980’s, and the # 35 most connected of the 1970’s.
Bibi Andersson appeared in 11 films with Max.
Hey Dan. Bibi, Max and Ingmar made a ton of movies together. Sadly they are all gone now. Good stuff as always.
Sad news, he was a favorite of mine though I’ve only seen one of his Swedish films – The Seventh Seal. I remember first time I watched it disappointed that there was nary a seal in sight. 😉
RIP Max.
I’ve seen 28 of the 48 films on the chart. Favorites include – The Exorcist (my favorite modern horror movie, sorry Flora), Minority Report, Flash Gordon (Ming the Merciless), Never say Never Again (as Blofeld), The Greatest Story Ever Told (a bore but I’m a sucker for biblical epics, Max was a decent Jesus), Conan the Barbarian, Dune, Judge Dredd, Three Days of the Condor and Star Wars VII.
Looking at the chart – The Exorcist bigger than The Force Awakens in adjusted dollars. I still remember the lines round the block back in the 1970s. I was a kid but I still managed to sneak in.
A nice tribute Bruce. Vote Up!
Hey Steve….sad news indeed. I have only seen two of his Swedish movies. I have to admit….I thought of his chess playing scenes with the Grim Reaper many times while I was processing his passing. Sorry there were no seals in the Seventh Seal….maybe in reboot….lol.
We are tied at 28 movies when looking at the tally counts. Flora sits at 9. I really like your favorites…with Flash Gordon being near the top in my personal rankings. Loved him as Ming. I always wanted that movie to have a sequel. I guess we will have to be happy that we have Ted….lol.
Good memory of The Exorcist. I was only 6 when that movie came out…not thinking I could have gotten into that movie theater….so congrats to you. Good stuff as always. Rest in Peace.