Max von Sydow Death
Max passed away on March 8, 2020 at the age of 90 in Paris, France.
When did Max von Sydow die?
March 8, 2020How old was Max von Sydow when died?
90Where did Max von Sydow die? What was the location of death?
Paris, France
Max von Sydow Birthday and Date of Death
Max von Sydow was born on April 10, 1929 and died on March 8, 2020. Max was 90 years old at the time of death.
Birthday: April 10, 1929
Date of Death: March 8, 2020
Age at Death: 90
Max von Sydow - Biography
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow Swedish: born 10 April 1929) is a Swedish actor who became a French citizen in 2002. He has appeared in many films in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, Danish, German, English, French, Italian and Spanish. He received the Royal Foundation of Sweden's Cultural Award in 1954, was made a Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres in 2005, and was named a Chevalier de la Légion d'honneur on 17 October 2012.
Critical recognition came as early as 1954 when he was awarded the Royal Foundation Culture Award. He worked profusely on both stage and screen while in Scandinavia, resisting the increasing calls from the United States to go to Hollywood. After being seen in Bergman's Academy Award-winning films and having been first choice for the title role of Dr. No (1962), von Sydow finally traveled to America after agreeing to star in the film which led to much greater recognition, in the role of Jesus in George Stevens's all-star epic The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965).
As his talents were soon in demand for other American productions, von Sydow and his family relocated for some time to Los Angeles. From 1965, he became a regular on the American screen while maintaining a presence in his native Sweden. He appeared in John Huston's The Kremlin Letter (1969), and gave a powerful, quiet performance in Jan Troell's acclaimed The Emigrants (1971), one of several films in which von Sydow acted alongside Liv Ullmann. Though often typecast as a villain, he was rewarded in the United States with two Golden Globe nominations, for Hawaii (1966) and The Exorcist (1973). In the mid-1970s, he moved to Rome and appeared in a number of Italian films, becoming friendly with another screen legend, Marcello Mastroianni. In the U.S., von Sydow played a memorably professional Alsatian assassin in Three Days of the Condor (1975), a role which won him the KCFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor.
On 1 August 1951, von Sydow married actress Christina Inga Britta Olin (1926–1998); the couple had two sons, Clas and Henrik, who appeared with him in the film Hawaii, playing his son at different ages. They divorced on 26 February 1979.
He later married Catherine Brelet on 30 April 1997 in Provence, France. In 2002, he became a citizen of France, at which time he had to relinquish his Swedish citizenship.
