Birthname: Max Carl Adolf von Sydow
| Sign | Aries |
| Born | Apr 10, 1929 Lund, Sweden |
| Died | Mar 8, 2020 Provence, France |
| Age | Died at 90 |
Max von Sydow | |
| Job | Actor |
| Years active | 1949-present |
| Top Roles | Antonius Block, Johan Borg, Henrik Åkerman, Rev. Abner Hale, The Emperor Ming |
| Top Genres | Drama, Film Adaptation, Biographical, Crime, Horror, Mystery |
| Top Topics | Spies, Period Piece, Book-Based |
| Top Collaborators | Ingmar Bergman (Director), Bibi Andersson, Ingrid Thulin, John Huston (Director) |
| Shares birthday with | George Arliss, Omar Sharif, Harry Morgan see more.. |
Max von Sydow Overview:
Legendary actor, Max von Sydow, was born Max Carl Adolf von Sydow on Apr 10, 1929 in Lund, Sweden. von Sydow died at the age of 90 on Mar 8, 2020 in Provence, France .
HONORS and AWARDS:
.Although von Sydow was nominated for two Oscars, he never won a competitive Academy Award.
Academy Awards
| Year | Award | Film name | Role | Result |
| 1988 | Best Actor | Pelle the Conqueror (1987) | Lasse Karlsson | Nominated |
| 2011 | Best Supporting Actor | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | Nominated |
Max von Sydow BlogHub Articles:
Classic Music Legend Tribute: Max von Sydow
By minooallen on Apr 10, 2013 From Classic Movie Hub BlogHappy Birthday to Classic Movie Legend Max von Sydow, born April 10th, 1929! Fate has an interesting way of creating legends. One way (although I am in no way advocating this) is to go out while you?re on top — as in ‘live fast, die young, and leave a beautiful corpse’ for us all t... Read full article
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Max von Sydow Quotes:
Andreas Winkelman:
I'm dead. No, that's too melodramatic. I'm not dead. But I live without self-respect. I know it sounds silly and pretentious. Most people live without self-esteem. Humiliated at heart, stifled, and spat upon. They're alive and that's all they know. They know of no alternative. Even if they did, they would never reach out for it. Can one be sick with humiliation? Is this a disease we have to live with? We talk so much about freedom. Isn't freedom a poison for the humiliated? Or is it merely a drug the humiliated use in order to endure? I can't live like this. I've given up. I can't stand it anymore. The days drag by. I'm choked by the food I swallow, the shit I get rid of, the words I say. The daylight screams at me every morning to get up. Sleep is only dreams that chase me. The darkness rustles with ghosts and memories. Has is ever occurred to you that the worse off people are, the less they complain? Finally, they're silent even if they're living creatures with nerves, eyes, and hands. Vast armies of victims and hangmen. The sun rises and falls, heavily. The cold approaches. The darkness. The heat. The smell. They're all silent. We can never leave. It's too late. Everything's too late.
Antonius Block: I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
Death: But He remains silent.
Antonius Block: I call out to Him in the darkness. But it's as if no one was there.
Death: Perhaps there isn't anyone.
Antonius Block: Then life is a preposterous horror. No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.
Death: Most people think neither of death nor nothingness.
Antonius Block: But one day you stand at the edge of life and face darkness.
Death: That day.
Antonius Block: I understand what you mean.
Antonius Block: Have you met the devil? I want to meet him too.
Witch: Why do you want to do that?
Antonius Block: I want to ask him about God. He must know. He, if anyone.
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Antonius Block: I want knowledge! Not faith, not assumptions, but knowledge. I want God to stretch out His hand, uncover His face and speak to me.
Death: But He remains silent.
Antonius Block: I call out to Him in the darkness. But it's as if no one was there.
Death: Perhaps there isn't anyone.
Antonius Block: Then life is a preposterous horror. No man can live faced with Death, knowing everything's nothingness.
Death: Most people think neither of death nor nothingness.
Antonius Block: But one day you stand at the edge of life and face darkness.
Death: That day.
Antonius Block: I understand what you mean.
Antonius Block: Have you met the devil? I want to meet him too.
Witch: Why do you want to do that?
Antonius Block: I want to ask him about God. He must know. He, if anyone.
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