Remembering Actor Max Von Sydow, From Bergman To 'Game Of Thrones'

Max von Sydow's deep voice and stern aspect often led to him being cast in severe roles. He's pictured here at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.Max von Sydow's deep voice and stern aspect often led to him being cast in severe roles. He's pictured here at the 2016 Cannes Film Festival.Actor Max von Sydow, whose career stretched across seven decades, died Sunday at the age of 90.

In real life, von Sydow kept the game going for decades, through a plethora of onscreen lives. Ten other Bergman features cemented his stature on the art house circuit, and dozens of roles helped make him into an international star. Two of those films also helped make his career in English:, in which he played a prim and proper missionary who is all but undone by Julie Andrews before he even embarks on his journey.

Though tall and handsome, von Sydow wasn't often viewed by directors as a leading man, and especially not as a romantic lead. His deep voice and stern aspect often led to his being cast in more severe roles. In his mid-40s, for instance, he played Father Merrin, the frail, elderly title character in

GRRMspeaking His watch has ended - may he rest in peace!

GRRMspeaking 🥺Ming the Merciless.... no

GRRMspeaking He was a great king in Conan the Barbarian. RIP

GRRMspeaking RIP he was born for the Game of Thrones role.

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Personal favorite: NeedfulThings RiP

GRRMspeaking Huge fan Max. You will be missed!!!

Max was amazing.

No. He still alive with us

A true master

The Three-Eyed raven, his watch has ended🥺 RIP dbdanieljnr

Loved, loved, loved Max- in everything he did. Sad...

May his gentle soul rest in peace. Amen

Rip 😭🙏

joesteel

RIP!

valar morghulis..Rip

Baptized Carl Adolf von Sydow in 1929, later changed 1st name to Max, saying his given name was 'not a good name' after WWII. Legendary Swedish actor was fluent in Swedish, Danish, English, Italian, French. Do they make them like this anymore?

No! Not Brewmeister Smith!

GRRMspeaking Rest in Paradise 🙏🏼

Snow Falling on Cedars and dare we forget Hannah and Her Sisters

Amazing actor. May he rest well.

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GRRMspeaking this will begin to make things... SAD AF.

GRRMspeaking rip :(((

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Great actor, he will be missed.

R.I.P. the great actor Max Von Sydow, subtle in his art, showed that over-action is not necessary

Incredible actor. RIP.

Samantha0630

GRRMspeaking RIPMaxVonSydow 🙏

GRRMspeaking rip three eyed raven

GRRMspeaking And if GRRM doesnt publish the 2 remaining books soon we will go the same way without getting a closure about all the wonderful characters from the books.

GRRMspeaking Also Esbern from Skyrim 😭

GRRMspeaking RIP King Osric.

GRRMspeaking Such a great actor! Rest In Peace!

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GRRMspeaking R. I. P

RIP MING THE MERCILESS

whyy WHYY TV IS HARD TO GET OVER THE AIR ON A CONVERTER BOX BECAUSE OF THE MOUNTAIN

Damn. Great actor!!

My favorite Max von Sydow role was Dr. Keynes in Dune. May he RIP.

No one, and I mean no one could have played Emperor Ming better. RIP sir.

Rest in peace. You'll be missed

Another legend gone. 😞

RIP 😥

Eykis He will be missed. An Actor who possessed much Talent. His role as the Psychiatrist in the Film 'Citizen X' is memorable 👏

It’s a toss up between The Seventh Seal or Strange Brew as which was his greatest role.

Rest easy.

Bless the coming and going of him. May his passing cleanse the world.

Seven. Decade. Career. Wow. Thanks for the memories...

Stor spansk, internationalist och jag kommer att sakna hans ansikte på skärmen. Jag växte upp med att min mamma tog mig till varje skandinavisk film som hon såg och han verkade vara i dem så han var verkligen en del av mitt liv.

A just was watching Needful Things.

REST IN PEACE 🙏 Mr. Max von Sydow. Take your bow for the final curtain.👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏👏

RIP. A true legend. 😢

RIP

Did the Academy If Motion Pictures ever give him a Lifetime Achievement Award?

Amazing actor RIPMaxVonSydow 💐

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