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Actor · 1929 to 2020

Max von Sydow

Best rated (acting): Shutter Island (8.2)

Acting films
91
Acting avg
6.60
Peak run
1957’60
Oscar noms
2
CompareBacon number
Acting films, by TMDB rating

The career

Max von Sydow, acting career by TMDB rating5-film averagePeak eraLongest 7+ run
Peak 1957 to 1960, 7.7634567819501960197019801990200020102020Shutter Island 8.2Exorcist II: The Heretic 4.5Career avg 6.60

Dot size shows audience votes. Films below the source vote floor sit on the baseline.

Max von Sydow's career barcodecoolhot
194994 films2021
Current formLast 5: 6.51 vs career 6.60 (−0.09)
  1. LThe Letters2014 · 5.7−0.9
  2. WStar Wars: The Force Awakens2015 · 7.2+0.6
  3. LThe First, the Last2016 · 6.4−0.2
  4. WKursk2018 · 6.60.0
  5. WEchoes of the Past2021 · 6.60.0
As an actor, films with 25+ votes

Max by the numbers

Average
6.60
75 rated films
Vote weighted
6.71
bigger films count more
Median
6.6
half are better
Consistency
±0.91
rating spread
Career
73y
1949 to 2021
Total votes
123K
across every film
Best
8.2
Shutter Island
Worst
4.5
Exorcist II: The Heretic
Newest first

Filmography

Acting filmography
2021Echoes of the Past posterEchoes of the PastNikolas Andreou (Aged)6.626
2018Kursk posterKurskAdmiral Vladimir Petrenko6.6734
2016The First, the Last posterThe First, the LastLe croque-mort6.469
2015Star Wars: The Force Awakens posterStar Wars: The Force AwakensLor San Tekka7.221,003
2014The Letters posterThe LettersCeleste van Exem5.728
2014I Am Divine posterI Am DivineSelf (archive)7.396
2012Branded posterBrandedMarketing Guru4.7203
2011Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close posterExtremely Loud & Incredibly CloseThe Renter7.02,191
2010Robin Hood posterRobin HoodSir Walter Loxley6.45,178
2010Shutter Island posterShutter IslandDr. Naehring8.226,575
2009Solomon Kane posterSolomon KaneJosiah Kane6.11,600
2009Oscar and the Lady in Pink posterOscar and the Lady in PinkLe docteur Dusseldorf6.585
2009A Man and His Dog posterA Man and His DogLe commandant5.826
2008Emotional Arithmetic posterEmotional ArithmeticJakob Bronski·17
2007The Diving Bell and the Butterfly posterThe Diving Bell and the ButterflyPapinou7.61,326
2007Rush Hour 3 posterRush Hour 3Varden Reynard6.53,887
2007The Final Inquiry posterThe Final InquiryTiberius4.845
2005Heidi posterHeidiUncle Alp7.8142
2002Minority Report posterMinority ReportDirector Lamar Burgess7.410,005
2001Intacto posterIntactoSamuel6.6214
Better together?

Max von Sydow's regulars

The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers. Acting pairs here count billed roles (an actor in a director's top six, co-stars both in the top five); each duo page counts every film they made together in those roles.

Films together: Ingmar Bergman and Max von Sydow movies · Max von Sydow and Liv Ullmann movies · Max von Sydow and Gunnar Björnstrand movies · Jan Troell and Max von Sydow movies

Takes

On Max von Sydow

2 nominations, 0 wins

Awards record

  • Best Supporting Actor · Academy Awards 2012
    Max von Sydow
    Nominated
  • Best Actor · Academy Awards 1989
    Max von Sydow
    Nominated

Career statistics use TMDB ratings and 25+ votes per film.

Sources: TMDB (TMDB API terms and product-specific authorization, as of 2026-10-12T23:47:04.021Z), Wikidata (CC0).

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