Swedish film actor Max von Sydow is a two-time nominee for an Academy Award and an Emmy Award. He became famous back in the fifties of the last century, playing the main character in the black and white film by Ingmar Bergman "The Seventh Seal". And among his recent works - the role of the Three-eyed raven in the popular series "Game of Thrones."
The early years and collaboration with Bergman
Max von Sydow was born in Sweden in 1929. Even in high school, he began to get involved in theatrical art and became one of the co-founders of the teenage theater club.
After school, Max studied in a creative studio at the Royal Drama Theater (Stockholm). And just in the years of his student years he first appeared on the movie screen - in the Alfa Schöberg film "Only Mother".
Max von Sydow graduated from the studio in 1951. And in the same year, August 1, he married the artist Kristina Olin, who later gave birth to two sons from him - Klas and Henrik.
In 1955, in the Swedish city of Malmo, the young Max von Sjudov met the legendary film director Ingmar Bergman. Two years later, Bergman created the film-parable "The Seventh Seal" about how the medieval knight Agnelius Blok (and von Syudov played his role) plays a chess game with Death, trying to delay the death of his companions. The film made a splash in Europe and America. Both the director and the leading actor instantly became recognizable persons.
Then Mark von Syudov starred in two more cult films of Bergman (Strawberry Glade and Maiden Spring), and this strengthened his status as a high-level actor.
The first works of Max von Syudov in Hollywood
In the USA, Max von Sydow began working in 1965. The first Hollywood film with his participation had a very intricate title - "The Greatest Story Ever Told." In this tape, the Swedish actor played Jesus Christ. The role turned out to be quite successful, after the release of the film, Syudov began to receive many business offers from Hollywood filmmakers. Over the next few years, he starred in such American films as Qwilleran's Memorandum, Wolf Hour, Three Days of Condor, Passion, and Letter from the Kremlin.
In 1971, the Swedish actor played the role of clergyman of Lancaster Merrin in the famous horror film "Exorcist", and this was another important milestone in his career. For this role, the Swedish actor was nominated for a Golden Globe.
Quite quickly, Max von Syudov became a real star in the States and even at some point moved his family here from Scandinavia. However, already in 1979, he divorced his first wife Christina and became a bachelor.
The work of the actor in the eighties and nineties
In the 80s, von Syudov took part in the filming of such Hollywood films as Flash Gordon (1980), Conan the Barbarian (1982), Dune (1984), and Duet for the Soloist (1986).
In parallel, he continued to work in European cinema. And in the end, it was for the role in the Danish film in 1987, "Pelle the Conqueror" that the artist was nominated for an Oscar for the second time.
In 1988, Max von Syudov made the film Katinka, the script of which was based on the novel by Danish prose classic Herman Bang. This is his only directorial work, and for it, by the way, he was awarded the Scandinavian film award Guldbagge.
In 1993, von Syudov received the Tokyo Festival award in the category "Best Actor" for his role in the film "Touch of the Hand" (director - Pole Krzysztof Zanussi).
In 1996, the actor brilliantly played the famous Norwegian novelist Knut Hamsun in the biography film "Hamsun." For this work, he again received the Guldbagge Award. Many film critics believe that Gamsun is one of von Syudov's most impressive roles.
In 1997, in the French province of Provence, von Sydou married a woman named Catherine Brele, who is a film producer by profession. Now von Syudov is constantly living with Catherine in Paris.
In 1998, he played the Carrier in Vincent Ward's film "Where Dreams May Come." Here, Robin Williams became his shooting partner.
