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Max von Sydow (Carl Adolf von Sydow) was born on 10 April, 1929 in Lund, Skåne län, Sweden, is an actor,soundtrack,director. Discover Max von Sydow's Biography, Age, Height, Physical Stats, Dating/Affairs, Family and career updates. Learn How rich is he in this year and how he spends money? Also learn how he earned most of networth at the age of 91 years old?

Popular As Carl Adolf von Sydow
Occupation actor,soundtrack,director
Age 91 years old
Zodiac Sign Aries
Born 10 April 1929
Birthday 10 April
Birthplace Lund, Skåne län, Sweden
Date of death 8 March, 2020
Died Place Seillans, Var, France
Nationality Sweden

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Max von Sydow Height, Weight & Measurements

At 91 years old, Max von Sydow height is 6' 3¼" (1.91 m) .

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Height 6' 3¼" (1.91 m)
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Who Is Max von Sydow's Wife?

His wife is Catherine Brelet (30 April 1997 - 8 March 2020) ( his death) ( 2 children), Christina Olin (1 August 1951 - 1979) ( divorced) ( 2 children)

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Wife Catherine Brelet (30 April 1997 - 8 March 2020) ( his death) ( 2 children), Christina Olin (1 August 1951 - 1979) ( divorced) ( 2 children)
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Max von Sydow Net Worth

His net worth has been growing significantly in 2023-2024. So, how much is Max von Sydow worth at the age of 91 years old? Max von Sydow’s income source is mostly from being a successful Actor. He is from Sweden. We have estimated Max von Sydow's net worth, money, salary, income, and assets.

Net Worth in 2024 $1 Million - $5 Million
Salary in 2024 Under Review
Net Worth in 2023 Pending
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1929

Max von Sydow was born Carl Adolf von Sydow on April 10, 1929 in Lund, Skåne, Sweden, to a middle-class family. He was the son of Baroness Maria Margareta (Rappe), a teacher, and Carl Wilhelm von Sydow, an ethnologist and folklore professor. His surname traces back to his partial German ancestry. When he was in high school, he and a few fellow students, including Yvonne Lombard, started a theatre club which encouraged his interest in acting.

1948

After conscription, he began to study at the Royal Dramatic Theatre's acting school (1948-1951), together with Lars Ekborg, Margaretha Krook and Ingrid Thulin.

1949

His first role was as Nils the crofter in Alf Sjöberg's Bara en mor (1949). After graduation, he worked at the city theatres in Norrköping and Malmö.

1957

His work in the movies by Ingmar Bergman (especially The Seventh Seal (1957), including the iconic scenes in which he plays chess with Death) made him well-known internationally, and he started to get offers from abroad.

1962

He was offered the title role in the first James Bond film Dr. No (1962), which went to Joseph Wiseman.

1965

His career abroad began with him playing Jesus in The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965); Hawaii (1966) and The Quiller Memorandum (1966).

1971

Since then, his career includes very different kind of characters, like Karl Oskar Nilsson in The Emigrants (1971); Father Lankester Merrin in The Exorcist--The Version You've Never Seen Before (1973); Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor (1975), Emperor Ming in Flash Gordon (1980); the villain Ernst Stavro Blofeld in the Never Say Never Again (1983); Liet-Kynes in Dune (1984) the artist Frederick in Hannah and Her Sisters (1986); Lassefar in Pelle the Conqueror (1987), for which he received his first Academy Award nomination; Dr.

1973

In his career, he had played Jesus, Satan, and was also the title character in the horror classic The Exorcist--The Version You've Never Seen Before (1973).

1979

Had four sons, Clas S. von Sydow and Henrik von Sydow with his first wife; and Cédric and Yvan with his second wife. In 1951, von Sydow married actress Christina Olin with whom he had two sons, Claes and Henrik. His children appeared with him in the film Hawaii (1966), playing his son at different ages. He and Olin divorced on 26 February 1979 then he married French filmmaker Catherine Brelet in April 1997 in the Provence, France. He had two sons, Yvan and Cedric, with his second wife. Cédric has appeared and has worked with him since 1994. von Sydow resided in Paris, France with his second wife.

1980

He was considered for the role of William Fawcett Robinson in Somewhere in Time (1980) before Christopher Plummer was cast.

1983

Had appeared in two films as a leading villain, in which plots include the use of eye replacement surgery as a means of fooling security eye scanners; as Blofeld in Never Say Never Again (1983) and Lamar Burgess in Minority Report (2002).

1985

He was co-head of the jury at the Berlin International Film Festival in 1985.

1987

He was nominated twice: for Pelle the Conqueror (1987) in 1988 and for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) in 2012.

1988

He received the Guldbagge Award for Best Director in his directing debut, the drama film Ved vejen (1988).

1990

Peter Ingham in Awakenings (1990); Lamar Burgess in Minority Report (2002) and The Renter in Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011), which earned him his second Academy Award nomination. He became one of Sweden's most admired and professional actors, and is the only male Swedish actor to receive an Oscar nomination.

2002

In 2002, he received his French citizenship, at which time he had to renounce his Swedish citizenship.

2011

His second Oscar nomination (Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011)) came at age 82, which was the same age as front-runner Christopher Plummer who was competing with him in the category (also in a second nomination). Plummer won the Oscar for Beginners (2010), in a role previously turned down by von Sydow.

2015

As of 2015, had appeared in five films that were nominated for the Best Picture Oscar: The Emigrants (1971), The Exorcist--The Version You've Never Seen Before (1973), Hannah and Her Sisters (1986), Awakenings (1990) and Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011).

2016

In 2016, he joined the sixth season of the HBO series Game of Thrones (2011) as the Three-eyed Raven, which earned him his Primetime Emmy Award nomination.

2020

Max von Sydow passed away on March 8, 2020, one month away from what would have been his 91st birthday on April 10. He never retired from acting.