Bio

Max von Sydow

Remarkable:

During the filming of The Exorcist, von Sydow kept having trouble with his lines during a crucial exorcism scene. He said, “I don't believe in God, and I don't believe in this! ”

Born:

April 10, 1929

Born as:

Carl Adolf von Sydow

Born to a family of academics in Lund, Sweden, von Sydow studied at the Royal Dramatic School in Stockholm.

After graduation he worked at city theatres. He appeared in a number of Bergman films in the late 1950s and 1960s. They made him well-known internationally, and he started to get offers from abroad.

Von Sydow's first American film success was his roles as Jesus Christ in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). In 1987 Max made his directing debut with Ved vejen (1988) . He has become one of Sweden's most admired and professional actors.

Academy awards:

1989 Nominated leading role for: Pelle erobreren (1987)

Selected Movies:

• Det sjunde inseglet (1957)
• Smultronstället (1957)
• Skammen (1968)
• The Exorcist (1973)
• Nattvardsgästerna (1963)
• Minority Report (2002)
• Hannah and Her Sisters (1986)
• Three days of the Condor