Died at 97
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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).
When brilliant billionaire weapons inventor Tony Stark is gravely injured and captured by mercenaries in Afghanistan, his only chance of survival is a powerful chest-mounted reactor built by fellow captive Ho Yinsen. Together, they forge a crude suit of armor that allows Stark to escape captivity—but at the cost of Yinsen’s life. Haunted by his role in fueling global conflict, Stark returns home determined to use his genius to protect rather than destroy. But standing in his way is ruthless industrialist Obadiah Stane, who seeks to seize Stark Industries for himself and unleash his own armored weapon. To stop Stane’s reign of terror, Stark must perfect his invention, embrace his destiny as the Armored Avenger, and reveal to the world the hero he has become: Iron Man.
