R.I.P. Max von Sydow 1929-2020

The world was saddened to learn of the death of Max von Sydow today at age 90. The Swedish acting legend had a 70-year career in film, television, and theatre, first gaining international recognition in director Ingmar Bergman's 1957 classic "The Seventh Seal". The 6'4" Sydow would star in ten more Bergman films, before moving on to perhaps his most enduring and cherished role, as Christ-compelling priest Father Merrin in 1973's "The Exorcist". Max's booming voice and quiet authority was found in many popular movies over the next four decades- "Three Days of the Condor", "Victory", "Conan the Barbarian", "Never Say Never Again", "Hannah and Her Sisters", "Ghostbusters II", "Awakenings", "Minority Report", "Shutter Island", and "Star Wars: The Force Awakens". He received Academy Award nominations for 1987's "Pelle the Conqueror" and 2011's "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close". His talent and class will be sorely missed.

Complete filmography- "Only a Mother"(1949), "Miss Julie"(1951), "No Man's Woman"(1953), "Ratten att alska"(1956), "The Seventh Seal"(1957), "The Minister of Uddarbo"(1957), "Wild Strawberries"(1957), "Brink of Life"(1958), "The Magician"(1958), "The Virgin Spring"(1960), "The Wedding Day"(1960), "Through a Glass Darkly"(1961), "Adventures of Nils Holgersson"(1962), "The Mistress"(1962), "Winter Light"(1963), "4x4"(1965), "The Greatest Story Ever Told"(1965), "The Reward"(1965), "Hawaii"(1966), "The Quiller Memorandum"(1966), "Here's Your Life"(1966), "Hour of the Wolf"(1968), "Shame"(1968), "Made in Sweden"(1969), "The Passion of Anna"(1969), "The Kremlin Letter"(1970), "The Night Visitor"(1971), "The Emigrants"(1971), "The Touch"(1971), "The Apple War"(1971), "Embassy"(1972), "The New Land"(1972), "The Exorcist"(1973), "Steppenwolf"(1974), "Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story"(1975), Three Days of the Condor"(1975), "The Ultimate Warrior"(1975), "Dog's Heart"(1976), "Illustrious Corpses"(1976), "Foxtrot"(1976), "The Desert of the Tartars"(1976) "Voyage of the Damned"(1976), "Exorcist II: The Heretic"(1977), "March or Die"(1977), "Black Journal"(1977), "Brass Target"(1978), "Hurricane"(1979), "Death Watch"(1980), "Flash Gordon"(1980), "Victory"(1981), "Conan the Barbarian"(1982), "Flight of the Eagle"(1982), "Strange Brew"(1983), "Never Say Never Again"(1983), "Dreamscape"(1984), "Dune"(1984), "Code Name: Emerald"(1985), "The Repenter"(1985), "Hannah and Her Sisters"(1986), "The Second Victory"(1986), "The Wolf at the Door"(1986), "Duet for One"(1986), "Pelle the Conqueror"(1987), "Katinka"(1988)-director, "Ghostbusters II"(1989)-voice role, "The Bachelor"(1990), "A Violent Life"(1990), "Father"(1990), "Awakenings"(1990), "A Kiss Before Dying"(1991), "Europa"(1991), "Until the End of the World"(1991), "The Ox"(1991), "The Best Intentions"(1991), "Grandpa's Journey"(1993), "Needful Things"(1993), "Judge Dredd"(1995), "Hamsun"(1996), "Jerusalem"(1996), "Hercules"(1997)-voice role, "What Dreams May Come"(1998), "Snow Falling On Cedars"(1999), "Sleepless"(2001), "Druids"(2001), "Intacto"(2001), Minority Report"(2002), "Heidi"(2005), "The Inquiry"(2006), "Rush Hour 3"(2007), "Emotional Arithmetic"(2007), "The Diving Bell and the Butterfly"(2007), "Solomon Kane"(2009), "A Man and His Dog"(2009), "Shutter Island"(2010), "The Wolfman"(2010), "Robin Hood"(2010), "Moomins and the Comet Chase"(2010), "Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close"(2011), "Branded"(2012), "Dragons 3D"(2013), "The Letters"(2015), "Star Wars: The Force Awakens"(2015), "The First, the Last"(2016), "Kursk"(2018), "Echoes of the Past"(2021)