2/18/2023 0 Comments Max.von sydow force awakens![]() Max von Sydow was a cinema treasure, working tirelessly and ambitiously into his later years, and we were lucky to have him. That role, like many in a galaxy far, far away, gained him even more fan immortality: he reprised the role in the Lego Star Wars: The Force Awakens video game, and the character has appeared in comics as well. Most recently, he played the Three Eyed Raven on Game of Thrones, and cameoed as Lor San Tekka in The Force Awakens. He showed no signs of slowing down even into his 80s, appearing in Martin Scorseses 'Shutter Island' (2010), an episode of 'The Simpsons' (Fox 1990- ), and 'Star Wars: The Force Awakens' (2015). ![]() Though his workload decreased in the 21st century, von Sydow still remained a highly sought after actor, leading instant gravitas to any role and production he participated in. Von Sydow was nominated for an Emmy in 1990 for his role in the HBO thriller Red King, White Knight. Photo: HBO The man who played chess with Death, helped the Resistance, and led Brandon Stark on the path to the Iron Throne has died. He worked regularly for over sixty years, in American, Swedish, Italian and French cinema. Max von Sydow as the Three-Eyed Raven in Game of Thrones. Von Sydow played a determined, if beleaguered Catholic priest Father Merrin in The Exorcist, a role positively staid in comparison to the gaudy, campy turn he took as Ming the Merciless in Flash Gordon a few years later. He appeared in David Lynch’s feature film adaptation of Dune, Conan the Barbarian and in perhaps his greatest role – in this writer’s humble opinion – the villain in the 1983 film Strange Brew. Despite his talent and pedigree, no role was too small or silly for von Sydow. Fortunately for genre fans, von Sydow featured in some of the biggest franchises of sci-fi and fantasy. ![]() His perennially serious features and distinctive voice made him synonymous with the idiosyncratic director, and Swedish cinema. Sydow continued to work with Bergman in many other films, including Shame, The Touch and The Passion of Anna. Swedish actor Max von Sydow, a consummate performer whose career spanned the black and white films of Ingmar Bergman and the digital wizardry of Star Wars, has passed away at the age of 90.Ī stage actor in his native Sweden, von Sydow came to international prominence in 1955 when Bergman cast him as a wayward knight in The Seventh Seal. ![]()
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