Max von Sydow portrayed Father Lankester Merrin in The Exorcist and Exorcist II: The Heretic.
Filmography[]
Film[]
| Year | Title | Role | Notes | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Only a Mother | Nils | ||
| 1951 | Miss Julie | Hand | ||
| 1953 | No Man's Woman | Olaf | ||
| 1956 | Rätten att älska | Bergman | ||
| 1957 | The Seventh Seal | Antonius Block | ||
| The Minister of Uddarbo | Gustaf Ömark | |||
| Wild Strawberries | Henrik Åkerman | |||
| 1958 | Brink of Life | Harry Andersson | ||
| Kvinnlig spion 503 | Tysk topagent Horst | |||
| The Magician | Albert Emanuel Vogler | |||
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring | Töre | ||
| The Wedding Day | Anders Frost | |||
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly | Martin | ||
| 1962 | Adventures of Nils Holgersson | The Father | ||
| The Mistress | Married Man | |||
| 1963 | Winter Light | Jonas Persson | ||
| 1965 | 4x4 | Kvist | ||
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Jesus Christ | |||
| The Reward | Scott Swenson | |||
| 1966 | Hawaii | Reverend Abner Hale | ||
| The Quiller Memorandum | Oktober | |||
| Here's Your Life | Smålands-Pelle | |||
| 1968 | Hour of the Wolf | Johan Borg | ||
| Black Palm Trees | Gustav Olofsson | |||
| Shame | Jan Rosenberg | |||
| 1969 | Made in Sweden | Magnus Rud | ||
| The Passion of Anna | Andreas Winkelman | |||
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Colonel Kosnov | ||
| 1971 | The Night Visitor | Salem | ||
| The Emigrants | Karl Oskar | |||
| The Touch | Andreas Vergerus | |||
| The Apple War | Roy Lindberg | |||
| 1972 | Embassy | Gorenko | ||
| The New Land | Karl Oskar | |||
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Father Lankester Merrin | ||
| 1974 | Steppenwolf | Harry Haller | ||
| 1975 | Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story | The Father | ||
| Le miroir éclate | Matthew Lawrence | |||
| Three Days of the Condor | G. Joubert | |||
| The Ultimate Warrior | The Baron | |||
| 1976 | Dog's Heart | Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | ||
| Illustrious Corpses | Supreme Court's President | |||
| Foxtrot | Larsen | |||
| The Desert of the Tartars | Hortiz | |||
| Voyage of the Damned | Captain Schroeder | |||
| 1977 | Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Lankester Merrin | ||
| March or Die | François Marneau | |||
| Black Journal | Lisa Carpi | |||
| 1978 | Brass Target | Shelley | ||
| 1979 | Hurricane | Dr Danielsson | ||
| Bugie bianche | Marcello Herrighe | Stefano Rolla | ||
| 1980 | Death Watch | Gerald Mortenhoe | ||
| Flash Gordon | Ming the Merciless | |||
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Major Karl von Steiner | ||
| She Dances Alone | Himself / Nijinsky | Voice | ||
| 1982 | Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | ||
| Flight of the Eagle | Salomon August Andrée | |||
| Hit Man | Colonel O'Donnell | |||
| 1983 | Le Cercle des passions | Carlo di Vilalfratti | ||
| Strange Brew | Brewmeister Smith | |||
| Never Say Never Again | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | |||
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Doctor Paul Novotny | ||
| Dune | Doctor Kynes | |||
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Jurgen Brausch | ||
| The Repenter | Spinola | |||
| 1986 | Hannah and Her Sisters | Frederick | ||
| The Second Victory | Dr Huber | |||
| The Wolf at the Door | August Strindberg | |||
| Duet for One | Dr Louis Feldman | |||
| 1987 | Pelle the Conqueror | Lassefar Karlsson | ||
| 1988 | Katinka | Himself | ||
| 1989 | Ghostbusters II | Vigo | Voice | |
| 1990 | The Bachelor | Von Schleheim | ||
| A Violent Life | Pope Clement VII | |||
| Father | Joe Mueller | |||
| Awakenings | Dr Peter Ingham | |||
| 1991 | A Kiss Before Dying | Thor Carlsson | ||
| Europa | Narrator | Voice | ||
| Until the End of the World | Henry Farber | |||
| The Ox | Vicar | |||
| The Best Intentions | Johan Åkerblom | |||
| 1992 | The Silent Touch | Henry Kesdi | ||
| 1993 | Grandpa's Journey | Simon S.L. Fromm | Staffan Lamm | |
| Needful Things | Leland Gaunt | |||
| 1994 | Time is Money | Joe Kaufman | ||
| 1995 | Judge Dredd | Judge Fargo | ||
| 1996 | Hamsun | Knut Hamsun | ||
| Jerusalem | Vicar | |||
| 1997 | Hercules | Zeus | Swedish dub | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | The Tracker | ||
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | ||
| 2001 | Sleepless | Ulisse Moretti | ||
| Druids | Guttuart | |||
| Intacto | Samuel | |||
| 2002 | Minority Report | Director Lamar Burgess | ||
| Les amants de Mogador | ||||
| 2005 | Heidi | Uncle Alp | ||
| 2006 | The Inquiry | Tiberius | ||
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Varden Reynard | ||
| Emotional Arithmetic | Jakob Bronski | |||
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Papinou | |||
| 2009 | Solomon Kane | Josiah Kane | ||
| A Man and His Dog | The Commander | Cameo | ||
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Dr Jeremiah Naehring | ||
| Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | |||
| Moomins and the Comet Chase | Narrator | Voice | ||
| The Wolfman | Passenger on train | Uncredited, Director's cut | ||
| 2011 | Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close | The Renter | ||
| 2012 | Truth & Treason | Frank Fikeis | ||
| Branded | Joseph Pascal | |||
| 2013 | Dragons 3D | Dr Alistair Conis | ||
| 2015 | The Letters | Father Celeste van Exem | ||
| Star Wars: The Force Awakens | Lor San Tekka | |||
| 2016 | The First, the Last | The Undertaker | ||
| 2018 | Kursk | Vladimir Petrenko | ||
| 2021 | Echoes of the Past (Greek Title: Kalavryta 1943) | Nikolas Andreou (aged) | Posthumous release |
Notes and Trivia[]
- Max von Sydow voiced Esbern in the video game The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim.