FILE - In this Friday, Oct. 16, 2015 file photo, actor Max Von Sydow attends the Lumiere Award ceremony of the 7th Lumiere Festival in Lyon, central France. Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor who played the priest in the horror classic “The Exorcist,” has died. He was 90, it was reported on Monday, March 9, 2020. He was known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman.
His agent Jean Diamond said Monday the actor, who was born in Sweden but became a French citizen in 2002, died the previous day in France. The tall Swede was a mainstay of nearly a dozen classic, angst-ridden films by Bergman, including “Wild Strawberries,” “Shame” and the 1957 release “The Seventh Seal,” in which he featured in one of Bergman’s most memorable scenes, as the medieval knight who plays a game of chess against the grim reaper.
“What I as an actor look for is a variety of parts. It is very boring to be stuck in more or less one type of character,” he once said in an interview. While his characters were often sinister, tormented or evil, the soft-spoken von Sydow said he became an actor to overcome his own shyness. He studied at the Royal Dramatic Theater in Stockholm and acted in small municipality theaters in Sweden for eight years — an experience he later described as crucial for his career.
The demon is a liar. He will lie to confuse us; but he will also mix lies with the truth to attack us. His attack is psychological, Damien. And powerful. William Peter Blatty, The Exorcist. The best line in a movie ever..
He was very good as the missionary Abner Hale in Michener’s “Hawaii”.
Wasn’t he in strange brew?
'The power of.....oh never mind.
He was the three eyed raven.
May you rest in peace Sir Max von Sydow 🕯🕯🕯
So Ramsey has struck again :(. Rip to this great actor
Such a great actor. He played in many Ingmar Bergman classics too, such as The Seventh Seal & Wild Strawberries. RIP
Oh that’s so sad. He was iconic.
Jag beklagar..😭
R.i.p.
Legend vars shackspel nu nått sitt slut
BoertjePummel 🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
Rest In Peace Brewmeister Smith. StrangeBrew
AnAthenianToLDN RIP Great Actor Max von Sydow
😢😢😢😢😢 such a great actor
RIP
😢
rip von sydow
Fair thee well King Osric
Max was a quintessential movie star! From the silver screen to streaming service stardom, via VHS, and let's not forget the stage! His excellent work delivered so much joy! We will miss him dearly! 🖤
Shai-Hulud has called Liet Kynes.
He was awesome at The seventh Seal. 😔
A terrific man who had a terrific career. My heart goes out to his family and friends :(
3 Days of the Condor is one of my favourite of his
drawandstrike Many MANY Films over the years featured his talent. Once of his most recent roles was as a voice actor in Skyrim as Esbern. Listen to that amazing voice!
Sooner or later we all lose that chess match
Excellent film!
bs, theres more evidence against yoiu than you ever had that you killed von sydow
'I met death today. We are playing chess.' maxvonsydow RIP
RIP
There were two main priests in the film he played the elder Father Lankester Merrin. A very distinguished performer, may he rest in peace.
elfadell Oh no!
The exorcist
🙏🏽🙏🏽🙏🏽
aaronramseyeffect
toa_freak Didn’t he play Esbern in Skyrim
RIP. Great actor...
That's a shame. He lived a long successful life, but still a shame. Great actor
A splendid and honored actor, a great loss for us. But imagine the films maxvonsydow will now make in Heaven! Condolences to his family and friends.
Max von Sydow as Joubert in ‘Three Days of the Condor’ (1975) from Paramount Pictures. Wow! Just wow!
A beautiful actor. Unfortunate he always had to play Nazis-being Swedish.
R.I.P
Thanks for the movies! RIP sir sydow
Of all the movies to be remembered for AP picks that one?
One of the best.
Sad
I have to hear this he was one of the greats may he rest in peace.
Max von Sydow R.I.P. 😢
RIP MaxVonSydow🕊
Devastated to hear the news. May his soul rest in peace.
RIP Esbern. 😢
TY Max 4 Decades of Effortless Thespianic Perfection ❤😥
Great actor. RIP
Oddly remember him most from the masterpiece Hannah and Her Sisters.
Rest in peace, sir.
Crap. 😢 His work was fantastic
Falleció un gran actor... Nació la Leyenda...
Day of the condor
RIP. Great actor.
He was a great actor .... And not to forget the Classic film Hawaii .....
I read the book when I was in my teens, wilfully chosing to read it only on extremely sunny days - slept with the lights on for months. 😁
Long Live Ming the Merciless! An actor's actor. R.I.P Mr. Sydow
Peace
RIP. Based on The Exorcist I’d have thought he was around 127 by now
Rip Ming the merciless 😰
RIP 😞🌹
Rest in Peace🙏
He was great in 3 days of the condor with Robert Redford
A great character actor of yester years.
Rip
jongraywb RIPMaxVonSydow
Noooooo
Another REAL actor gone.
Incapable of mediocrity.
He will always be Ming the Merciless to me. (I was 9 when that movie came out, so that is the first role I remember him in) RIP
roybelly MING THE MERCILESS!!!! RIP...he was a great actor...Hannah and Her Sisters is a classic MVS movie...
RIP MAX von SYDOW
RIP 😢
subcurious76 A great actor and will be sorely missed.
Legend! RIP!
spunkph0ne 😭😭😭😭😭
His greatest role...Strange Brew
Phenomenal actor. RIP
Sad to hear that, I like his acting. May his soul and all the souls of the faithful Departed rest in peace. Amen.
Loved him in Stephen Kings 'Needful Things'
RIPMaxVonSydow you were a great actor. Go rest high on that Mountain.
Aww Ming the Merciless died 😞
😥
That movie still gives me the chills.
We lost another great talent. Godspeed sir.
RIP Three Eyed Raven
RIP maxvonsydow
RIP! Great actor.
Great actor. Will be missed
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RIP
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