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Max von Sydow
Swedish actor (1929–2020)
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Von Sydow in 2016 | |
| Born | Carl Adolf von Sydow (1929-04-10)10 April 1929 Lund, Sweden |
| Died | 8 March 2020(2020-03-08) (aged 90) Marseille, France |
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| Alma mater | Royal Dramatic Theatre |
| Occupation | Actor |
| Years active | 1949–2020 |
| Spouses | Christina Olin (m. 1951; div. 1979)Catherine Brelet (m. 1997) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent | Carl Wilhelm von Sydow (father) |
| Awards | Full list |
Max von Sydow (,;[1] born Carl Adolf von Sydow; 10 April 1929 – 8 March 2020) was a Swedish 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.[2][3] Capable in roles ranging from stolid, contemplative protagonists to sardonic artists and menacing, often gleeful villains, von Sydow received numerous accolades including honors from the Cannes Film Festival and the Venice Film Festival. He was nominated for two Academy Awards: for Best Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and for
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Max von Sydow
About von Sydow
Born Carl Adolf von Sydow on 10 April 1929 in Lund in southern Sweden, he was the only child in father Carl Wilhelm von Sydow's second marriage. His father was a professor of ethnography at Lund University and his mother was a grammar school teacher.
At the age of 15, von Sydow attended a performance of William Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream at the newly opened Malmö City Theatre. Being inspired by this experience, he started amateur theatre company Scenia with a few of his friends, and they staged plays by August Strindberg, Pär Lagerkvist and Hjalmar Bergman.
After completing military service, where he adopted the name Max after a flea in a flea circus, von Sydow attended the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school from 1948 to 1951, where he studied alongside the likes of Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook and Ingrid Thulin.
Royal Dramatic Theatre director Alf Sjöberg cast von Sydow in his first film role in 1949's Only a Mother. Von Sydow had already sought out a film role during his first year in Stockholm, upon hearing that Ingmar Bergman was looking for an extra to play the part of a policeman in Prison. When von Sydow rang the director and asked if he could play the part, Bergman brushed him aside with a brusque no.
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Max von Sydow attends picture 2016 Nifty Arts Accolade Awards held at Microsoft Theater fancy September 10, 2016 layer Los Angeles, California. (Photo by Tommaso Boddi/WireImage)
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