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| Born | Max Carl Adolf von Sydow April 10, 1929 Lund, Skåne, Sweden |
| Spouse(s) | Christina Olin (1951-1996) Cathrine Brelet (1997-) |
Max Carl Adolf von Sydow , (born April 10, 1929) is a well-known Swedish actor, known in particular for his collaboration with filmmaker Ingmar Bergman and acknowledged as the greatest Swedish actor of the 20th century. The San Sebastián International Film Festival is an annual FIAPF A category Film festival which originated in 1953 and is held in the Spanish city of Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. (lɵnd is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. The town has 76188 inhabitants out of a muncipal total of 105000 Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. Events 879 - Louis III becomes King of the Western Franks. 1407 - the lama Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. An actor, actress, player or thespian (see terminology) is a person who Acts in a Dramatic production and who works Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage He has been nominated for the Academy Award, the Emmy, and the Golden Globe, and has won the Pasinetti Award, the European Film Award, and the Honorary Cannes Award. "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner The European Film Awards are presented annually by the European Film Academy to recognize excellence in European cinematic achievements Cannes (kan in Occitan Canas) is a city in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur
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Biography
Early life
Von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow to a wealthy family in Lund, Skåne, Sweden. (lɵnd is a city in the province of Scania, southern Sweden. The town has 76188 inhabitants out of a muncipal total of 105000 Scania ( in Swedish and Danish) is a geographical region on the southernmost tip of the Scandinavian peninsula, a traditional province ( "Sverige" redirects here For other uses see Sweden (disambiguation and Sverige (disambiguation. His father, Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, was an ethnologist and professor of Irish, Scandinavian, and comparative folklore at the University of Lund. Ethnology (from the Greek ἔθνος, ethnos meaning "habit custom convention" is the branch of Anthropology that compares and Lund University (Lunds universitet located in Lund in southernmost Sweden is one of Sweden 's most prestigious Universities and one of Scandinavia His mother, Baroness Greta (née Rappe), was a school teacher. [1] Von Sydow was raised Lutheran and later became an agnostic. Lutheranism is a major branch of Western Christianity that identifies with the teachings of the sixteenth-century German reformer Martin Luther Agnosticism ( Greek: α- a-, without + γνώσις gnōsis, knowledge after Gnosticism) is the philosophical view that the [2][3] Little material is available on his childhood, except that he was apparently a shy, quiet child with no siblings.
He attended the Cathedral School of Lund, and learned German and English starting at the age of nine. Katedralskolan Lund (Lund Cathedral School is a school in Lund, Sweden. The German language (de ''Deutsch'') is a West Germanic language and one of the world's major languages. English is a West Germanic language originating in England and is the First language for most people in the United Kingdom, the United States At school, he and some friends founded an amateur theatre company, where his acting career began. He completed National Service before going on to study at The Royal Dramatic Theatre ("Dramaten") in Stockholm, where he trained between 1948 and 1951 with the likes of Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook and Ingrid Thulin. The Royal Dramatic Theatre or in Swedish Kungliga Dramatiska Teatern, colloquially known in Sweden as Dramaten, is Sweden's national Year 1948 ( MCMXLVIII) was a Leap year starting on Thursday (link will display the 1948 calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January Lars Ekborg, born June 6 1926 in Uppsala, dead October 7 1969, was a Swedish actor. Ingrid Thulin (ˈɪŋrɪd tɵˈliːn in Swedish ( 27 January 1926 &ndash 7 January 2004) was a Swedish actress During his time at Dramaten, he made his screen debut in Alf Sjöberg's films Only a Mother (Bara en Mor, 1949), and Miss Julie (Fröken Julie, 1951), a screen version of Swedish playwright August Strindberg's well known play. Alf Sjöberg ( 21 June 1903 &ndash 16 April 1980) was a Swedish Theatre and Film director. Year 1949 ( MCMXLIX) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. This article is about the play by Strindberg for other works see Miss Julie (disambiguation. Year 1951 ( MCMLI) was a Common year starting on Monday. Events of 1951 January ( January 22, 1849 &ndash May 14, 1912) was a Swedish Writer, Playwright, and painter.
Career
In 1955, von Sydow moved to Malmö, where he met his mentor Ingmar Bergman. Ernst Ingmar Bergman ( pronounced) (14 July 1918 – 30 July 2007 was a nine-time Academy Award -nominated Swedish film, stage His first work with Bergman occurred on stage at the Malmö Municipal Theatre. Von Sydow later would work with Bergman on films such as The Seventh Seal (Det Sjunde inseglet, 1957), Wild Strawberries (Smultronstället, 1957) and The Virgin Spring (Jungfrukällan, 1960). For the Biblical concept see Seven seals. For the Rakim album see The Seventh Seal (Rakim album. Year 1957 ( MCMLVII) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link displays the 1957 Gregorian calendar) Wild Strawberries is a 1957 Film written and directed by Ingmar Bergman, about an old man recalling his past The Virgin Spring ( Jungfrukällan) is a 1960 Swedish film directed by Ingmar Bergman. Year 1960 ( MCMLX) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. In The Seventh Seal, von Sydow is the knight who plays a chess game with Death to buy time for his companions -- a scene and a film which were both breakthroughs for the director. For the Biblical concept see Seven seals. For the Rakim album see The Seventh Seal (Rakim album. Chess is a recreational and competitive Game played between two players.
It was in these films that von Sydow perfected his craft, beginning to display the great talent that enabled a 53-year screen career. Von Sydow came to dominate the screen as he did on stage, becoming an idol of the international arthouse. Critical recognition came as early as 1954 when he was awarded the Royal Foundation Culture Award. Von Sydow worked profusely on stage and screen in Scandinavia and resisted increasing calls from the United States to go to Hollywood. Terminology and usage As a cultural term "Scandinavia" has no official definition and is subject to usage by those who identify with the culture in question as well The United States of America —commonly referred to as the After being seen in Bergman's Academy Award-winning films and having been first choice for the title role of Dr. No, von Sydow finally went to America after agreeing to star in the film which was to lead to much greater recognition, in the role of Jesus in George Stevens' grandly titled, all-star epic The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965). "The Oscar" redirects here for the film see The Oscar (film. Dr No (1962 is the first Film in the James Bond series, and the first to star Sean Connery as British Secret Service agent Jesus of Nazareth (7–2 BC / BCE —26–36 AD / CE) George Stevens ( December 18, 1904 - March 8, 1975) was an Academy Award -winning American motion picture The Greatest Story Ever Told is a United Artists 1965 film about the life of Jesus, directed by George Stevens (with some scenes Because his talents were soon in demand in other American productions, von Sydow and his family eventually moved to Los Angeles. Los Angeles (lɑˈsændʒələs los ˈaŋxeles in Spanish) is the largest City in the state of California and the American West
From 1965, von Sydow became a regular on the American screen while maintaining a presence in his native Sweden. Though perhaps typecast as a villain, he was rewarded in the United States with two Golden Globe nominations for Hawaii and The Exorcist in 1973. The Golden Globe Awards are American awards for motion pictures and Television programs given out each year during a formal dinner Hawaii is a 1966 American film based on the novel of the same name by James A The Exorcist is a 1973 American Horror film, adapted from the 1971 novel of the same name by William Peter Blatty, In the mid 1970s, von Sydow moved to Rome and appeared in a number of Italian films, becoming friendly with another screen legend, Marcello Mastroianni. Rome ( Roma ˈroma Roma is the capital city of Italy and Lazio, and is Italy's largest and most populous city with more than 2 Italy (Italia officially the Italian Republic, (Repubblica Italiana is located on the Italian Peninsula in Southern Europe, and on the two largest Marcello Vincenzo Domenico Mastroianni (September 28 1924 &ndash December 19 1996 was an Italian film actor In the U. S. , he played a memorably professional Alsatian assassin in Three Days of the Condor (1975). Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Three Days of the Condor is a 1975 American Thriller film produced by Stanley Schneider and directed by Sydney Pollack. In the late 1970s and early 1980s, von Sydow appeared in both serious films, such as Woody Allen's Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) and David Lynch's Dune (1984), and less serious ones, like Flash Gordon (1980) and Strange Brew (1983). Woody Allen (born Allan Stewart Konigsberg; December 1 1935 is an American Film director, Writer, Actor, Comedian, and Hannah and Her Sisters is a 1986 Comedy film which tells the intertwined stories of an extended family told mostly during a year that begins and ends with David Keith Lynch (born January 20 1946 is an American director, Screenwriter, producer, painter, Cartoonist, Composer This article is about the 1984 film See Frank Herbert's Dune for the 2000 television adaptation Flash Gordon is a 1980 Science fiction film, based on the Eponymous Comic strip character Flash Gordon (Gordon Ferrao The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie Strange Brew is a 1983 film starring the popular SCTV characters Bob & Doug McKenzie, played
Von Sydow has since won The Australian Film Institute Best Actor Award for his title role in Father (1989), the Guldbagge Best Director Award for his only directorial foray Katinka (Ved vejen, 1988), based on a novel by Herman Bang, and the Best Actor Award at The Tokyo International Film Festival for The Silent Touch (Dotknięcie ręki, 1993). The Australian Film Institute (AFI established in 1958 is an organisation that promotes Australian film and television through the annual AFI Awards, a membership Father is a 1990 film about a retired German immigrant living in Australia Joe Muller ( Max von Sydow) who is accused of being a former Nazi who committed Year 1989 ( MCMLXXXIX) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays 1989 Gregorian calendar) Year 1988 ( MCMLXXXVIII) was a Leap year starting on Friday (link displays 1988 Gregorian calendar) Herman Joachim Bang ( April 20, 1857 in Asserballe, Schleswig - January 29, 1912 in Ogden Utah) was a Danish Year 1993 ( MCMXCIII) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full 1993 Gregorian calendar)
He received international acclaim for his performance as Nobel Prize-winning novelist Knut Hamsun in Jan Troell's biopic Hamsun . The Nobel Prize (Nobelpriset (Nobelprisen is a Swedish prize established in the 1895 will of Swedish chemist Alfred Nobel; it was first awarded in Peace, Literature Knut Hamsun, born Knud Pedersen ( August 4, 1859 - February 19, 1952) was a Norwegian author. Jan Troell (born July 23 1931 in Limhamn outside Malmö, Sweden) is an Academy Award -nomiated Swedish film He received his third Swedish Guldbagge and his second Danish Bodil for his depiction of a character often described as his King Lear. King Lear is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1603 and 1606 and is considered one of his greatest works In 1996, von Sydow starred in Liv Ullmann's Private Confessions (Enskilda samtal). Liv Johanne Ullmann (born December 16 1938 in Tokyo Japan is a Norwegian actress and was the beloved muse of Swedish Academy Award winning director Ingmar Back in Hollywood, he appeared in What Dreams May Come in a role which was something of a tip of the hat to his performance in The Exorcist. What Dreams May Come is a 1998 dramatic film, starring Robin Williams, Cuba Gooding Jr
He was acclaimed for his role as an elderly lawyer in Scott Hicks' Snow Falling on Cedars. Robert Scott Hicks (b 4 March 1953 in Uganda) is an Academy Award nominated Film director from South Australia. Snow Falling on Cedars is a film directed by Scott Hicks. It is based on David Guterson 's novel of the same title. In 2002, von Sydow had one of his largest commercial successes, co-starring with Tom Cruise in Steven Spielberg's widely popular sci-fi thriller Minority Report. Thomas Cruise Mapother IV ( born July 3 1962 better known by his screen name Tom Cruise, is an American Actor and Film producer Steven Allan Spielberg, KBE (Hon (born December 18 1946 is an American Film director, Screenwriter and producer. The thriller is a broad Genre of Literature, Film, Gaming and Television. Minority Report is a 2002 Science fiction film directed by Steven Spielberg, loosely based on the Philip K In 2003, he played mentor character Eyvind in the European TV adaptation of the "Ring of the Nibelungs" saga. The show set ratings records and was released in the USA as Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King. Dark Kingdom The Dragon King (also known as Ring of the Nibelungs, Die Nibelungen, Curse of the Ring, and Sword of Xanten) is a In 2007, von Sydow starred in the box-office hit Rush Hour 3. Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Rush Hour 3 is a 2007 martial arts / action - comedy Film, and the third installment in the Rush Hour He followed that with Julian Schnabel's award-winning foreign film The Diving Bell and the Butterfly, based on the memoir by Jean-Dominique Bauby. Julian Schnabel (born 26 October 1951) is a American Artist and Filmmaker. The Diving Bell and the Butterfly is a translation of the French Memoir Le scaphandre et le papillon by journalist Jean-Dominique Bauby. Jean-Dominique Bauby ( April 23 1952 – March 16, 1997) was a well-known French Journalist and Author and editor
Von Sydow will next star in Truth & Treason, opposite Haley Joel Osment. Helmuth Hübener ( 8 January 1925 &ndash 27 October 1942) was the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be sentenced Haley Joel Osment (born April 10, 1988) is an Academy Award -nominated American Actor. The film will be based on Helmuth Hübener's life during World War II. Helmuth Hübener ( 8 January 1925 &ndash 27 October 1942) was the youngest opponent of the Third Reich to be sentenced World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including He has also been recently casted as Josiah Kane in Soloman Kane, based on the story and characters by Robert E. Howard. Stories Most of the Solomon Kane stories were first published in Weird Tales. Robert Ervin Howard ( January 22 1906 &ndash June 11 1936) was an American pulp writer of Fantasy, In February of 2008, von Sydow was casted in Martin Scorsese's film adaptation of Shutter Island. 2008 ( MMVIII) is the current year in accordance with the Gregorian calendar, a Leap year that started on Tuesday of the Common Shutter Island, also known as "Ashecliffe" is an upcoming American thriller film directed by Martin Scorsese and starring Leonardo
Personal life
In 1951, von Sydow married actress Kerstin Olin, with whom he had two sons, Claes and Henrik. His children appeared with him in the film Hawaii, playing his son at different ages. Hawaii is a 1966 American film based on the novel of the same name by James A Von Sydow was divorced in 1996 and subsequently married French filmmaker Catherine Brelet in April 1997 in Provence, France. Provence ( Provençal Occitan: Provença in classical norm or Prouvènço in Mistralian norm is a region of southeastern France This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. He has two stepsons, Yvan and Cedric, with his second wife. Von Sydow currently lives with his wife in Paris, where he enjoys reading, listening to music and gardening. Paris (ˈpærɨs in English; in French) is the Capital of France and the country's largest city He has stated that he has no intentions of retiring as long as he gets decent roles.
Filmography
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References
External links
- Max von Sydow at the Internet Movie Database
- Max von Sydow at the TCM Movie Database
- A Max von Sydow home page
- Dark Kingdom trailer site
- A swedish biography
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| NAME | Sydow, Max von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Sydow, Max Carl Adolf von |
| SHORT DESCRIPTION | Actor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 10, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Lund, Skåne, Sweden |
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