04/10/1929
Lund, Skåne län, Sweden:
Max von Sydow (born Carl Adolf von Sydow; April 10, 1929 – March 8, 2020) was a Swedish actor. He also held French citizenship since 2002. He starred in many films and had supporting roles in dozens more. He performed in films filmed in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish. Some of his most memorable film roles include knight Antonius Block in Ingmar Bergman's The Seventh Seal (the first of his eleven films with Bergman and the film that includes the iconic shot of his career in the scene where he plays chess with Death), Jesus in George Stevens's The Greatest Story Ever Told, Father Merrin in Friedkin's The Exorcist, Joubert the assassin in Three Days of the Condor, and Ming the Merciless in the 1980 version of Flash Gordon. He was twice nominated for the Academy Award - Best Leading Actor for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) and Best Supporting Actor for Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2011).
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A Ressureição de Cristo (2026) as |
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Καλάβρυτα 1943 (2021) as Nikolas Andreou (Aged) |
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Kursk (2018) as Admiral Vladimir Petrenko |
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Rêve au Tuschinski (2017) as |
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Max von Sydow (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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Les Premiers, les Derniers (2016) as Le croque-mort |
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Star Wars: The Force Awakens (2015) as Lor San Tekka |
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The Letters (2014) as Celeste van Exem |
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Dragons: Real Myths and Unreal Creatures (2013) as Dr. Alistair Conis |
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Starring Sigmund Freud (2012) as |
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Palme (2012) as Self (archive footage) |
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Branded (2012) as Marketing Guru |
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Max Von Sydow: Dialogues with The Renter (2012) as Self |
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Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011) as The Renter |
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Belmondo, il était une fois le beau monde (2011) as Self |
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Det siste norske trollet (2010) as The Last Norweigian Troll (voice) |
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Behind the Moomins (2010) as Narrator (voice) |
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Robin Hood (2010) as Sir Walter Loxley |
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Shutter Island (2010) as Dr. Naehring |
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The Wolfman (2010) as Passenger on Train (Director's Cut) (uncredited) |
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Solomon Kane (2009) as Josiah Kane |
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Oscar et la dame rose (2009) as Le docteur Dusseldorf |
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Un homme et son chien (2009) as Le commandant |
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Emotional Arithmetic (2008) as Jakob Bronski |
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Rush Hour 3 (2007) as Varden Reynard |
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Le Scaphandre et le Papillon (2007) as Papinou |
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L'inchiesta (2007) as Tiberius |
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Heidi (2005) as Uncle Alp |
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Ring of the Nibelungs (2004) as Eyvind |
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La fuga degli innocenti (2004) as Valobra |
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Minority Report (2002) as Director Lamar Burgess |
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Intacto (2001) as Samuel |
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Vercingétorix : La Légende du druide roi (2001) as Guttuart |
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Non ho sonno (2001) as Moretti |
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The Adventures of Young Indiana Jones: The Perils of Cupid (2000) as Freud |
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Ljuset håller mig sällskap (2000) as Self |
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Conan Unchained: The Making of 'Conan' (2000) as Self |
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Snow Falling on Cedars (1999) as Nels Gudmundsson |
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What Dreams May Come (1998) as The Tracker |
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The Fear of God: 25 Years of The Exorcist (1998) as Self - Father Merrin |
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Solomon (1997) as Davide |
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La principessa e il povero (1997) as Epos |
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Hostile Waters (1997) as Admiral Chernavin |
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En frusen dröm (1997) as S.A. Andrée (voice) |
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Enskilda samtal (1996) as Jacob |
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Jerusalem (1996) as Vicar |
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Hamsun (1996) as Knut Hamsun |
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Delblanc (1996) as Narrator (voice) |
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Lumière et Compagnie (1995) as Jacob (segment "Liv Ullman") |
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Captured: Meet Robert A. Robinson Photographer (1995) as Narrator (voice) |
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Stjärnbilder (1995) as (archive footage) |
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Judge Dredd (1995) as Chief Justice Fargo |
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Atlanten (1995) as Narrator (voice) |
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Citizen X (1995) as Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky |
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Dypets ensomhet (1995) as Narrator (voice) |
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Onkel Vanja (1994) as The Professor |
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Time is Money (1994) as Joe Kaufman |
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Minns ni? (1993) as (archive footage) |
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Needful Things (1993) as Leland Gaunt |
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Morfars resa (1993) as Simon S.L. Fromm |
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Och ge oss skuggorna (1993) as Eugene O'Neill |
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The Silent Touch (1992) as Henry Kesdi |
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Den goda viljan (1992) as Johan Åkerblom |
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Oxen (1991) as Vicar |
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Bis ans Ende der Welt (1991) as Henry Farber |
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East of the Sun, West of the Moon (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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Europa (1991) as Narrator (voice) |
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A Kiss Before Dying (1991) as Thor Carlsson |
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Awakenings (1990) as Peter Ingham |
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Father (1990) as Joe Mueller |
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Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes (1990) as Father Siemes |
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Una vita scellerata (1990) as Pope Clement VII |
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Mio caro dottor Gräsler (1990) as Von Schleheim |
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Red King, White Knight (1989) as Szaz |
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Ghostbusters II (1989) as Vigo (voice) (uncredited) |
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Foreign Filmmakers in Hollywood (1989) as Self |
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Ingmar Bergman: The Magic Lantern (1988) as Voice |
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Den mänskliga faktorn (1988) as |
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Pelle Erobreren (1987) as Lasse Karlsson - Farmhand |
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The Second Victory (1987) as Dr. Huber |
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Duet for One (1986) as Dr. Louis Feldman |
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Oviri (1986) as August Strindberg |
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Hannah and Her Sisters (1986) as Frederick |
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Il Pentito (1985) as Spinola |
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Code Name: Emerald (1985) as Jürgen Brausch |
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George Stevens: A Filmmaker's Journey (1985) as Self |
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Kojak The Belarus File (1985) as Peter Barak |
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Dune (1984) as Doctor Kynes |
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The Soldier's Tale (1984) as The Devil (voice) |
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Le dernier civil (1984) as Gérard Bauerle |
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Dreamscape (1984) as Paul Novotny |
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Samson and Delilah (1984) as Sidka |
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Never Say Never Again (1983) as Ernst Stavro Blofeld |
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Strange Brew (1983) as Brewmeister Smith |
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Le Cercle des passions (1983) as Carlo di Vilalfratti |
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Destination Dune (1983) as Self |
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Jugando con la muerte (1982) as Coronel O'Donnell |
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Ingenjör Andrées luftfärd (1982) as Salomon August Andrée |
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The Cinema of Carl Th. Dreyer (1982) as |
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Conan the Barbarian (1982) as King Osric |
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Let Poland Be Poland (1982) as Self - Co-Host |
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Bugie bianche (1981) as Marcello Herrighe |
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Escape to Victory (1981) as Major Karl von Steiner |
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She Dances Alone (1981) as Nijinsky (voice) |
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Flash Gordon (1980) as The Emperor Ming |
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La Mort en direct (1980) as Gerald Mortenhoe |
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Hurricane (1979) as Dr. Danielsson |
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A Look at Liv (1979) as Self |
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Brass Target (1978) as Shelley Martin Webber |
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Gran bollito (1977) as Lisa Carpi / Carabinieri Marshal |
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March or Die (1977) as François Marneau |
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Exorcist II: The Heretic (1977) as Father Lankester Merrin |
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Voyage of the Damned (1976) as Captain Schroeder |
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Il deserto dei Tartari (1976) as Cap. Ortiz |
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Foxtrot (1976) as Larsen |
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Cadaveri eccellenti (1976) as Supreme Court President |
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Cuore di cane (1976) as Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski |
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975) as Baron |
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Three Days of the Condor (1975) as G. Joubert |
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Trompe l'œil (1975) as Matthew Lawrence |
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Ägget är löst! (1975) as The Father |
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Steppenwolf (1974) as Harry Haller |
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The Horror Hall of Fame: A Monster Salute (1974) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Exorcist (1973) as Father Lankester Merrin |
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Ingmar Bergman (1972) as Self |
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Embassy (1972) as Gorenko |
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Nybyggarna (1972) as Karl Oskar |
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Äppelkriget (1971) as Roy Lindberg |
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Beröringen (1971) as Andreas Vergerus |
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Utvandrarna (1971) as Karl Oskar |
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The Night Visitor (1971) as Salem |
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The Kremlin Letter (1970) as Colonel Kosnov |
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En passion (1969) as Andreas Winkelman |
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Made in Sweden (1969) as Magnus Rud |
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Skammen (1968) as Jan Rosenberg |
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Svarta palmkronor (1968) as Gustav Olofsson |
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An Introduction to Ingmar Bergman (1968) as Self |
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Vargtimmen (1968) as Johan Borg |
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The Diary of Anne Frank (1967) as Otto Frank |
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Här har du ditt liv (1966) as Smålands-Pelle |
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The Quiller Memorandum (1966) as Oktober |
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Hawaii (1966) as Abner Hale |
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The Reward (1965) as Scott Swenson |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Jesus |
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4 x 4 (1965) as Kvist |
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Uppehåll i myrlandet (1965) as Alex Kvist |
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Dansen kring Guldbaggen (1964) as Self |
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Nattvardsgästerna (1963) as Jonas Persson |
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Nils Holgerssons underbara resa (1962) as The Father |
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Älskarinnan (1962) as The Man |
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Såsom i en spegel (1961) as Martin |
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Bröllopsdagen (1960) as Anders Frost |
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Jungfrukällan (1960) as Töre |
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Ansiktet (1958) as Albert Emanuel Vogler |
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Rabies (1958) as Bo Stensson Svenningson |
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Spion 503 (1958) as Horst, Gestapo-mand |
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Nära livet (1958) as Harry Andersson |
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Prästen i Uddarbo (1957) as Gustaf Ömark |
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Smultronstället (1957) as Åkerman |
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Herr Sleeman kommer (1957) as Hunter |
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Det sjunde inseglet (1957) as Antonius Block |
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Rätten att älska (1956) as Bergman |
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Ingen mans kvinna (1953) as Olof |
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Fröken Julie (1951) as Groom |
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Bara en mor (1949) as Nils |
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Ved Vejen (1988) Director |