It also provided one of the most endearing screen images of his chess match with death. In that one scene, von Sydow and Bergman, not only tamed complexity but transcended it.

Max von Sydow, the self-described “shy boy”-turned-actor known to art house audiences through his work with Swedish director Ingmar Bergman and later to moviegoers everywhere when he played ...

The late Max von Sydow battled the devil in America in "The Exorcist" and entered the royal nest of backstabbers on HBO's "Games of Thrones," but it was his collaboration with the legendary ...

Max von Sydow, who played the priest in the horror classic "The Exorcist," has died. He was 90. Monday, March 9th 2020, 6:07 am. By: CBS News.