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| 6 | ->''"[A] legendary actor who needs no introduction. He may be the only guy in the world who could pull off appearing in both'' Film/TheSeventhSeal ''and'' Film/RushHour3.''"'' |
| 7 | -->--'''Website/TheAgonyBooth''' on ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' |
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| 9 | Carl Adolf "Max" von Sydow (10 April 1929 – 9 March 2020) was a UsefulNotes/{{Swed|en}}ish veteran character actor with a career spanning more than six decades. |
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| 11 | After getting his break in Swedish movies, notably in Creator/IngmarBergman's works such as ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'', ''Film/WildStrawberries'' and ''Film/ThroughAGlassDarkly'', he began working internationally in the mid-'60s. Through the decades, he played (among many others) [[Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold Jesus]], [[Film/TheExorcist a fairly badass servant of Jesus]], [[Film/NeedfulThings Satan]], [[Film/NeverSayNeverAgain Blofeld]], [[Film/FlashGordon1980 Ming the Merciless]], [[Film/Dune1984 Liet-Kynes]], and [[Film/RobinHood2010 Robin Hood's dad]], and all in half a dozen different languages. While he never won an UsefulNotes/AcademyAward, he was nominated twice, for ''Film/PelleTheConqueror'' in 1987 and for ''Literature/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose'' in 2012. He also received two UsefulNotes/GoldenGlobeAward nominations and two Primetime UsefulNotes/EmmyAward nominations during his career. |
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| 13 | Von Sydow spent his final years in France and held dual Swedish and French citizenship. Despite appearances he was, by his own admission, [[ChessWithDeath an awful chess player]]. |
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| 16 | !!Partial filmography: |
| 17 | |
| 18 | * ''Theatre/MissJulie'' (1951) |
| 19 | * ''Film/TheSeventhSeal'' (1957) |
| 20 | * ''Film/WildStrawberries'' (1957) |
| 21 | * ''Film/BrinkOfLife'' (1958) |
| 22 | * ''Film/TheVirginSpring'' (1960) |
| 23 | * ''Film/ThroughAGlassDarkly'' (1961) |
| 24 | * ''Film/WinterLight'' (1963) |
| 25 | * ''Film/TheGreatestStoryEverTold'' (1965) |
| 26 | * ''Film/HourOfTheWolf'' (1968) |
| 27 | * ''Film/{{Skammen}}'' (1968) |
| 28 | * ''Film/EnPassion'' (1969) |
| 29 | * ''Literature/TheEmigrants'' (1971) |
| 30 | * ''Film/{{The Touch|1971}}'' (1971) |
| 31 | * ''Film/TheNewLand'' (1972) |
| 32 | * ''Film/TheExorcist'' (1973) |
| 33 | * ''Film/ThreeDaysOfTheCondor'' (1975) |
| 34 | * ''Film/IllustriousCorpses'' (1976) |
| 35 | * ''Film/ExorcistIITheHeretic'' (1977) |
| 36 | * ''Film/BrassTarget'' (1978) |
| 37 | * ''Film/{{Flash Gordon|1980}}'' (1980) |
| 38 | * ''[[Film/Deathwatch1980 Death Watch]]'' (1980) |
| 39 | * ''Film/{{Conan the Barbarian|1982}}'' (1982) |
| 40 | * ''Film/FlightOfTheEagle'' (1982) |
| 41 | * ''Film/StrangeBrew'' (1983) |
| 42 | * ''Film/NeverSayNeverAgain'' (1983) |
| 43 | * ''Film/{{Dune|1984}}'' (1984) |
| 44 | * ''Series/TheLastPlaceOnEarth'' (1985) |
| 45 | * ''Film/HannahAndHerSisters'' (1986) |
| 46 | * ''Film/PelleTheConqueror'' (1987) |
| 47 | * ''Film/GhostbustersII'' (1989) |
| 48 | * ''Film/TheOx'' (1991) |
| 49 | * ''Film/TheBestIntentions'' (1992) |
| 50 | * ''Series/TheYoungIndianaJonesChronicles'' (1993) |
| 51 | * ''Film/NeedfulThings'' (1993) |
| 52 | * ''Film/CitizenX'' (1995) |
| 53 | * ''Film/JudgeDredd'' (1995) |
| 54 | * ''WesternAnimation/{{Hercules}}'' (1997) (the Swedish voice of Zeus) |
| 55 | * ''Film/WhatDreamsMayCome'' (1998) |
| 56 | * ''Film/MinorityReport'' (2002) |
| 57 | * ''Film/TheDivingBellAndTheButterfly'' (2007) |
| 58 | * ''Film/RushHour3'' (2007) |
| 59 | * ''Film/{{Robin Hood|2010}}'' (2010) |
| 60 | * ''Film/ShutterIsland'' (2010) |
| 61 | * ''VideoGame/TheElderScrollsVSkyrim'' (2011) |
| 62 | * ''Literature/ExtremelyLoudAndIncrediblyClose'' (2011) |
| 63 | * ''Film/TheForceAwakens'' (2015) |
| 64 | * ''Series/GameOfThrones'' (Season 6, 2016) |
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| 66 | !!Associated Tropes |
| 67 | |
| 68 | * TheBigGuy: He stood at 6'4 and usually towered over many of his co-stars. |
| 69 | * CoolOldGuy: Many of his later roles had him play parts like this. |
| 70 | * IcyBlueEyes: His striking blue eyes were a major part of his appeal. |
| 71 | * IronyAsSheIsCast: He is one of a select few actors ever to play both {{God}} and {{Satan}}. In RealLife, he was an agnostic. |
| 72 | * LargeAndInCharge: His naturally commanding presence was aided by his imposing stature. |
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