![]() ![]() He appeared in eleven films directed by Bergman, including Wild Strawberries (1957), The Virgin Spring (1960), Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1963), Shame (1968), and The Touch (1971). He was first noticed internationally for playing the 14th-century knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (1957), which features iconic scenes of his character challenging Death to a game of chess. He was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and for Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011). Capable in roles ranging from stolid, contemplative protagonists to sardonic artists and menacing, often gleeful villains, he received numerous accolades including honors from the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. 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. Max von Sydow ( / f ɒ n ˈ s iː d oʊ/, Swedish: ⓘ born Carl Adolf von Sydow 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish-French actor.
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