How old was Max von Sydow in the movie The Exorcist?
Max von Sydow was 43 in The Exorcist when he played the character 'Father Lankester Merrin'.
That was over 50 years ago in 1973.
In 2020 he died aged 90, starring in 157 films in his career, 115 of those after The Exorcist was first released. If he were alive today he would be 95.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In The Exorcist, I think Max von Sydow looks:
Did you know?
- Director William Friedkin has worked with Max von Sydow a total of 2 times in his career.
- Max von Sydow's first movie was as 'Nils' in Only a Mother, released in 1949 when he was 19
- The Exorcist scores 7.71 out of 10 on TMDB.
