The Franco-Swedish actor passed away yesterday, his wife Catherine announced.Max von Sydow played The Three Eyed Raven in Game of ThronesCatherine von Sydow said: "It is with a broken heart and with infinite sadness that we have the extreme pain to announce the departure of Max Von Sydow on March 8, 2020."Born Carl Adolf von Sydow in Lund, Sweden, in 1929.
He is the son of Baroness Maria Margareta, a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor.Von Sydow first became interested in acting in high school when he started a theatre club with his friends.He is best known for his roles as the Three Eyed Raven in Game of Thrones, for which he got a Primetime Emmy, and as Father Lankester Merrin, the priest in the Exorcist, and the baddy, Ming, in Flash Gordon.
Von Sydow built his career on masterpieces such as "The Seventh Seal", "The Wild Strawberries", "The Source", "The Communicators". As one of Sweden's most admired and professional actors he is the only male Swedish actor to receive an Oscar nomination, nominated for Pelle the Conqueror in 1988 and again for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close in 2012.3
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