{"id":19519,"date":"2020-03-09T21:07:01","date_gmt":"2020-03-10T04:07:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/?p=19519"},"modified":"2020-03-09T21:09:49","modified_gmt":"2020-03-10T04:09:49","slug":"max-von-sydow-legendary-seventh-seal-star-wars-actor-dies-90","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dailyovation.com\/2020\/03\/09\/max-von-sydow-legendary-seventh-seal-star-wars-actor-dies-90\/","title":{"rendered":"Max von Sydow: Legendary \u2018Seventh Seal,\u2019 \u2018Star Wars\u2019 Actor Dies at 90"},"content":{"rendered":"

Max von Sydow<\/strong>, the mountainous, sorrow-faced actor whose name became forever-connected with Ingmar Bergman films, has died. He was 90.<\/p>\n

Von Sydow, who became Bergman\u2019s symbol for the modern man<\/strong> in such films as \u201cThe Passion of Anna\u201d and \u201cShame\u201d after making his Bergman debut as the errant knight in \u201cThe Seventh Seal,\u201d also had an unusually prolific career in Hollywood and international films.<\/p>\n

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He made his American debut in the role of Jesus Christ in George Stevens\u2019 turgid 1965 epic \u201cThe Greatest Story Ever Told\u201d and went on to make strong impressions with audiences in \u201cThe Exorcist,\u201d Woody Allen\u2019s \u201cHannah and Her Sisters,\u201d David Lynch\u2019s \u201cDune,\u201d \u201cThree Days of the Condor,\u201d \u201cHawaii,\u201d \u201cConan the Barbarian\u201d and \u201cAwakenings.\u201d<\/p>\n

Most recently, the actor starred in \u201cGame of Thrones\u201d as the Three-Eyed Raven. He also appeared in \u201cKursk: The Last Mission\u201d (2018) and \u201cLego Star Wars: The Force Awakens\u201d (2017). In 2014 he was cast in J.J. Abrams\u2019 continuation of the \u201cStar Wars\u201d saga, \u201cEpisode VII \u2014 The Force Awakens\u201d as Lor San Tekka.<\/p>\n

He was the central figure in William Friedkin\u2019s 1973 blockbuster \u201cThe Exorcist\u201d and would reprise the role of Father Merrin in \u201cExorcist II: The Heretic,\u201d directed by John Boorman in 1977.<\/p>\n

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He also played the title role in the philosophical but bizarre film adaptation of Herman Hesse\u2019s \u201cSteppenwolf,\u201d in 1974, and he racked up more bad-guy roles in \u201cThree Days of the Condor\u201d (menacing assassin), \u201cFlash Gordon\u201d (comicbook supervillain) and the James Bond film \u201cNever Say Never Again\u201d (it is said von Sydow had been offered the role of Dr. No, which he turned down in favor of the Christ role in \u201cThe Greatest Story Ever Told\u201d). He even played Satan in 1993\u2019s Stephen King adaptation \u201cNeedful Things.\u201d<\/p>\n

During the 2000s, as the actor headed into his 70s, he was somewhat less busy, with roles in the high-profile \u201cMinority Report,\u201d \u201cRush Hour 3,\u201d \u201cShutter Island\u201d and \u201cRobin Hood\u201d; he also recurred as Cardinal Von Waldburg on Showtime\u2019s \u201cThe Tudors.\u201d<\/p>\n

Von Sydow had a small role in 2007\u2019s critically acclaimed \u201cThe Diving Bell and the Butterfly\u201d and was so grateful for the excellent script that he wrote a thank-you letter to screenwriter Ronald Harwood. The actor told the New York Times that, in his late 70s, he was working less only because of the dearth of quality material.<\/p>\n

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In 2011 von Sydow appeared in Stephen Daldry\u2019s post-9\/11 drama \u201cIncredibly Loud and Incredibly Close\u201d as a grandfatherly but mute figure. The Village Voice said, \u201cThe standout performance, unsurprisingly, is from 82-year-old von Sydow who, communicating with brief notes on tearaway notebook pages and \u2018Yes\u2019 and \u2018No\u2019 tattoos on his palms, puts a profound amount of nuanced inflection behind every accompanying expression.\u201d<\/p>\n

Von Sydow was married twice, to actress Kerstin Olin in 1951 and to French filmmaker Catherine Brelet in 1997. He is survived by Brelet; his two sons by Olin, Claes and Henrik, who appeared with the actor in the film \u201cHawaii\u201d; and two sons, Cedric and Yvan, by Brelet.<\/p>\n

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Max von Sydow, the mountainous, sorrow-faced actor whose name became forever-connected with Ingmar Bergman films, has died. He was 90. 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