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Max von Sydow portrayed Father Lankester Merrin in The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic.

Filmography[]

Film[]

Year Title Role Notes
1949 Only a Mother Nils
1951 Miss Julie Hand
1953 No Man's Woman Olaf
1956 Rätten att älska Bergman
1957 The Seventh Seal Antonius Block
The Minister of Uddarbo Gustaf Ömark
Wild Strawberries Henrik Åkerman
1958 Brink of Life Harry Andersson
Kvinnlig spion 503 Tysk topagent Horst
The Magician Albert Emanuel Vogler
1960 The Virgin Spring Töre
The Wedding Day Anders Frost
1961 Through a Glass Darkly Martin
1962 Adventures of Nils Holgersson The Father
The Mistress Married Man
1963 Winter Light Jonas Persson
1965 4x4 Kvist
The Greatest Story Ever Told Jesus Christ
The Reward Scott Swenson
1966 Hawaii Reverend Abner Hale
The Quiller Memorandum Oktober
Here's Your Life Smålands-Pelle
1968 Hour of the Wolf Johan Borg
Black Palm Trees Gustav Olofsson
Shame Jan Rosenberg
1969 Made in Sweden Magnus Rud
The Passion of Anna Andreas Winkelman
1970 The Kremlin Letter Colonel Kosnov
1971 The Night Visitor Salem
The Emigrants Karl Oskar
The Touch Andreas Vergerus
The Apple War Roy Lindberg
1972 Embassy Gorenko
The New Land Karl Oskar
1973 The Exorcist Father Lankester Merrin
1974 Steppenwolf Harry Haller
1975 Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story The Father
Le miroir éclate Matthew Lawrence
Three Days of the Condor G. Joubert
The Ultimate Warrior The Baron
1976 Dog's Heart Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski
Illustrious Corpses Supreme Court's President
Foxtrot Larsen
The Desert of the Tartars Hortiz
Voyage of the Damned Captain Schroeder
1977 Exorcist II: The Heretic Father Lankester Merrin
March or Die François Marneau
Black Journal Lisa Carpi
1978 Brass Target Shelley
1979 Hurricane Dr Danielsson
Bugie bianche Marcello Herrighe Stefano Rolla
1980 Death Watch Gerald Mortenhoe
Flash Gordon Ming the Merciless
1981 Escape to Victory Major Karl von Steiner
She Dances Alone Himself / Nijinsky Voice
1982 Conan the Barbarian King Osric
Flight of the Eagle Salomon August Andrée
Hit Man Colonel O'Donnell
1983 Le Cercle des passions Carlo di Vilalfratti
Strange Brew Brewmeister Smith
Never Say Never Again Ernst Stavro Blofeld
1984 Dreamscape Doctor Paul Novotny
Dune Doctor Kynes
1985 Code Name: Emerald Jurgen Brausch
The Repenter Spinola
1986 Hannah and Her Sisters Frederick
The Second Victory Dr Huber
The Wolf at the Door August Strindberg
Duet for One Dr Louis Feldman
1987 Pelle the Conqueror Lassefar Karlsson
1988 Katinka Himself
1989 Ghostbusters II Vigo Voice
1990 The Bachelor Von Schleheim
A Violent Life Pope Clement VII
Father Joe Mueller
Awakenings Dr Peter Ingham
1991 A Kiss Before Dying Thor Carlsson
Europa Narrator Voice
Until the End of the World Henry Farber
The Ox Vicar
The Best Intentions Johan Åkerblom
1992 The Silent Touch Henry Kesdi
1993 Grandpa's Journey Simon S.L. Fromm Staffan Lamm
Needful Things Leland Gaunt
1994 Time is Money Joe Kaufman
1995 Judge Dredd Judge Fargo
1996 Hamsun Knut Hamsun
Jerusalem Vicar
1997 Hercules Zeus Swedish dub
1998 What Dreams May Come The Tracker
1999 Snow Falling on Cedars Nels Gudmundsson
2001 Sleepless Ulisse Moretti
Druids Guttuart
Intacto Samuel
2002 Minority Report Director Lamar Burgess
Les amants de Mogador
2005 Heidi Uncle Alp
2006 The Inquiry Tiberius
2007 Rush Hour 3 Varden Reynard
Emotional Arithmetic Jakob Bronski
The Diving Bell and the Butterfly Papinou
2009 Solomon Kane Josiah Kane
A Man and His Dog The Commander Cameo
2010 Shutter Island Dr Jeremiah Naehring
Robin Hood Sir Walter Loxley
Moomins and the Comet Chase Narrator Voice
The Wolfman Passenger on train Uncredited, Director's cut
2011 Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close The Renter
2012 Truth & Treason Frank Fikeis
Branded Joseph Pascal
2013 Dragons 3D Dr Alistair Conis
2015 The Letters Father Celeste van Exem
Star Wars: The Force Awakens Lor San Tekka
2016 The First, the Last The Undertaker
2018 Kursk Vladimir Petrenko
2021 Echoes of the Past (Greek Title: Kalavryta 1943) Nikolas Andreou (aged) Posthumous release

Notes and Trivia[]

  • Max von Sydow voiced Esbern in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.
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