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Max von Sydow (/ f ɒ n ˈ s iː d oʊ /, Swedish: [fɔn ˈsy̌ːdɔv] ⓘ; born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor. He had a 70-year career in European and American cinema, television, and theatre, appearing in more than 150 films and several television series in multiple languages.
Apr 10, 2024 · Interested in the theatre from childhood, von Sydow studied at the Royal Dramatic Theatre School in Stockholm (1948–51). He established his reputation as one of Sweden’s most promising young actors at the Norrköping-Linköping Municipal Theatre (1951–53).
- The Editors of Encyclopaedia Britannica
Actor: Flash Gordon. Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry.
- April 10, 1929
- March 8, 2020
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Aug 12, 2015 · This 19th century story of magic and illusion—two different things—gets a lot of mileage out of its metaphors, with Von Sydow as the titular showman/conjurer. A man of several faces, he swindles his way into wealthy drawing rooms until he’s challenged by a vengeful rationalist.
Mar 10, 2020 · And von Sydow brings the same knowledge that his training of a young charge will have an irreversible impact on the fate of the world to his arc as the mythical Three-Eyed Raven character in “Game of Thrones.”
Aug 13, 2015 · The Young Person’s Guide To Max Von Sydow, Part Two. Glenn Kenny August 13, 2015. Tweet. We begin our second installment of our recommended filmography ( read the first here) with the movie that DID make Swedish/French actor Max von Sydow a star in the United States.
Mar 9, 2020 · Actor Max von Sydow, whose career stretched across seven decades, died Sunday at the age of 90. The imposing Swedish star played the title character in The Exorcist and more than 100 other...
