Max Von Sydow is born in 1929. The versatile, two-time Oscar-nominated Swedish actor’s career stretched seven decades and included TV, film and theater in multiple languages. He is best known for The Exorcist, The Seventh Seal, The Night Visitor, Shutter Island, Hour of the Wolf, Flash Gordon, Star Wars: The Force Awakens and Game of Thrones. He died in 2020.
This Day in Halloween: Versatile, two-time Oscar-nominated Swedish actor -- and star of "The Exorcist" -- Max Von Sydow is born in 1929. / Illustration by Paige Garcia