von Sydow has appeared in many films, in many languages, including Swedish, Norwegian, English, Italian, German, Danish, French and Spanish.
His first professional role was in the film, Only a Mother in 1949. After graduation, he worked at the city theatres in Norrköping and Malmö. Since then, he has appeared in over 100 films and TV shows. Some of his most notable film roles include Ingmar Bergman’s The Seventh Seal (1957), the first of his eleven films with Bergman,;The Quiller Memorandum (1966); The Emigrants (1971); The Exorcist (1973); Three Days of the Condor (1975); a role in the James Bond film Never Say Never Again (1983); Awakenings (1990) and Robin Hood (2010).
In 1987, he made his directing debut with his film Katina (1988).
He received his first Academy Award nomination for his role in Pelle the Conqueror in 1987 and earned his second (and third) Academy Award nomination for his appearance in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close (2012).
von Sydow joined the cast of HBO’s hit series Game of Thrones, in April 2016 in its eleventh series, playing the role of the Three-eyed Raven.

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