Max von Sydow

Actor. Born 10 April 1929 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden. Died 8 March 2020.

Titles on Fi1m

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 23 titles

Oscar nominations

Born

10 April 1929, Lund, Skåne län, Sweden

Died

8 March 2020

Active

1957–2015

Frequently works with

Ingmar Bergman, Allan Ekelund, Gunnar Björnstrand, Lorenzo Semple Jr., Dino De Laurentiis, Linda Blair, Liv Ullmann, Walter F. Parkes

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The arc

Average Fi1m score of the work we have reviewed, by decade.

Fi1m against the critics

70Fi1m

66Critics

We rate Max’s work 4 points above the press, across 20 titles with a critics’ score.

The spread

80 and above11

60 to 797

Under 605

Of 23 reviewed titles as actor.

In numbers

Lead roles: 2 of 21 billed first or second
Reviewed: 22 films, 1 series
Screen time: 43 hours of reviewed films
Box office: $4.2bn across 18 films with figures
Academy Awards: 2 Oscar nominations
Active: 1957–2015

Genres

Drama13
Action7
Adventure5
Thriller5
History3
Horror3

Best and worst on Fi1m

89BestThe Exorcist1973

38WorstRush Hour 32007

Credits by decade

Everything credited, reviewed or not.

11940s

111950s

191960s

241970s

351980s

421990s

192000s

142010s

22020s

Max von Sydow

Max von Sydow in numbers