The great Swedish actor Max Von Sydow passed away today at the age of 90. He appeared in more than 100 films since the 1950’s, most notably as a favorite collaborator of Swedish director ingmar Bergman, starring in 1957’s The Seventh Seal, as the knight who plays a game of chess with Death. He also famously co-starred in 1972’s The Exorcist, as the priest who battles Satan, and was nominated for the Best Actor Oscar for 1987’s Pelle the Conqueror. Most recently he’d been known for appearing on Game of Thrones as the Three-Eyed Raven (for which he was nominated for an Emmy) and in the opening scene of Star Wars: The Force Awakens. Other notable films of his included Bergman’s Wild Strawberries (1957), The Virgin Spring (1960) Through a Glass Darkly (1961), Winter Light (1963) and Shame (1968), as well as the long post-Bergman era, which included The Emigrants (1971), Awakenings (1990), Minority Report (2005), and The Diving Bell and the Butterfly (2007), among others far too many to name in his prolific career.
Trailer for The Seventh Seal:
