Filmography
| Year | Film | Role | Notes |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1949 | Only a Mother | Nils | |
| 1951 | Miss Julie | Hand | |
| 1953 | Ingen mans kvinna | Olaf | |
| 1956 | Rätten att älska | Bergman | |
| 1957 | Herr Sleeman kommer | The Hunter | (TV) |
| The Seventh Seal | Antonius Block | ||
| Wild Strawberries | Henrik Åkerman | ||
| 1958 | Brink of Life | Harry Andersson | |
| Rabies | Bo Stensson Svenningson | ||
| The Magician | Albert Emanuel Vogler | ||
| 1960 | The Virgin Spring | Töre | |
| The Wedding Day | Anders Frost | ||
| 1961 | Through a Glass Darkly | Martin | |
| 1962 | Adventures of Nils Holgersson | The Father | |
| The Mistress | Married Man | ||
| 1963 | Winter Light | Jonas Persson | |
| 1965 | 4 x 4 | Kvist | (segment "Uppehåll i myrlandet") |
| The Reward | Scott Swenson | ||
| The Greatest Story Ever Told | Jesus Christ | ||
| 1966 | The Quiller Memorandum | Oktober | |
| Hawaii | Reverend Abner Hale | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Motion Picture Actor - Drama | |
| Here's Your Life | Smålands-Pelle | ||
| 1967 | The Diary of Anne Frank | Otto Frank | (TV) |
| 1968 | Hour of the Wolf | Johan Borg | |
| Black Palm Trees | Gustav Olofsson | ||
| Shame | Jan Rosenberg | ||
| 1969 | Made in Sweden | Magnus Rud | |
| The Passion of Anna | Andreas Winkelman | ||
| 1970 | The Kremlin Letter | Colonel Kosnov | |
| 1971 | The Night Visitor | Salem | |
| The Emigrants | Karl Oskar | ||
| The Apple War | Roy Lindberg | ||
| The Touch | Andreas Vergerus | ||
| 1972 | Embassy | Gorenko | |
| The New Land | Karl Oskar | ||
| 1973 | The Exorcist | Father Lankester Merrin | Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor - Motion Picture |
| 1974 | Steppenwolf | Harry Haller | |
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior | Baron | |
| Egg! Egg! A Hardboiled Story | The Father | ||
| Three Days of the Condor | G. Joubert | KCFCC Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1976 | Cuore di cane | Professor Filipp Filippovich Preobrazenski | |
| Voyage of the Damned | Captain Schroeder | ||
| The Desert of the Tartars | Hortiz | ||
| Foxtrot | Larsen | ||
| Illustrious Corpses | Supreme Court's President | ||
| 1977 | March or Die | François Marneau | |
| Black Journal | Lisa Carpi | ||
| Exorcist II: The Heretic | Father Lankester Merrin | ||
| 1978 | Brass Target | Shelley | |
| 1979 | Hurricane | Dr. Danielsson | |
| 1980 | Death Watch | Gerald Mortenhoe | |
| Flash Gordon | Ming the Merciless | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor | |
| 1981 | Escape to Victory | Major Karl von Steiner—The Germans | aka: "Victory" |
| 1982 | Flight of the Eagle | Salomon August Andrée | Venice Film Festival Pasinetti Cup for Best Actor |
| Conan the Barbarian | King Osric | ||
| 1983 | Strange Brew | Brewmeister Smith | aka: "The Adventures of Bob & Doug McKenzie: Strange Brew" |
| Never Say Never Again | Ernst Stavro Blofeld | Unofficial James Bond film | |
| 1984 | Dreamscape | Doctor Paul Novotny | |
| Samson and Delilah | Sidka | (TV) | |
| The Soldier's Tale | The Devil | ||
| Dune | Doctor Kynes | ||
| 1985 | Code Name: Emerald | Jurgen Brausch | |
| Christopher Colombus | King John of Portugal | TV Mini-series | |
| The Last Place on Earth | Fridtjof Nansen | TV Mini-series | |
| Kojak: The Belarus File | Peter Barak | (TV) | |
| Quo Vadis? | The Apostle Peter | TV Mini-series | |
| The Repenter | Spinola | ||
| 1986 | Duet for One | Dr. Louis Feldman | |
| Hannah and Her Sisters | Frederick | ||
| The Second Victory | Dr. Huber | ||
| The Wolf at the Door | August Strindberg | aka: "Oviri" | |
| 1987 | Pelle the Conqueror | Lassefar | Bodil Award Best Actor European Film Award for Best Actor Guldbagge Award Best Actor Robert Festival Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor |
| 1988 | Katinka | First and only film as director | |
| 1989 | Red King, White Knight | Szaz | Nominated – Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actor - Miniseries or a Movie |
| Ghostbusters II | Vigo the Carpathian | Voice, dubbed voice | |
| 1990 | A Violent Life | Pope Clement VII | |
| Hiroshima: Out of the Ashes | Father Siemes | (TV) | |
| Father | Joe Mueller | Australian Film Institute Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role | |
| Awakenings | Dr. Peter Ingham | ||
| 1991 | The Ox | Vicar | |
| Until the End of the World | Henry Farber | ||
| Europa | Narrator | (voice) | |
| A Kiss Before Dying | Thor Carlsson | ||
| The Bachelor | Von Schleheim | ||
| 1992 | The Best Intentions | Johan Åkerblom, Anna's father | Tokyo International Film Festival Best Actor |
| 1993 | Och ge oss skuggorna | Eugene O'Neill | (TV) |
| Needful Things | Leland Gaunt | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Actor | |
| 1994 | Time Is Money | Joe Kaufman | Karlovy Vary International Film Festival Best Actor |
| 1995 | Citizen X | Dr. Alexandr Bukhanovsky | (TV) Nominated – CableACE Award for Supporting Actor in a Movie or a Miniseries |
| Judge Dredd | Judge Fargo | ||
| 1996 | Private Confessions | Jacob | (TV) |
| Samson and Delilah | Narrator | (TV) (voice) | |
| Hamsun | Knut Hamsun | Guldbagge Award Best Actor Valladolid International Film Festival Best Actor |
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| 1997 | Solomon | David | (TV) |
| The Princess and the Pauper | Epos | (TV) | |
| Hostile Waters | Admiral Chernavin | (TV) | |
| 1998 | What Dreams May Come | The Tracker | |
| 1999 | Snow Falling on Cedars | Nels Gudmundsson | |
| 2000 | Nuremberg | Samuel Irving Rosenman | TV Mini-series |
| 2001 | Intacto | Samuel | |
| Druids | Guttuart | ||
| Sleepless | Ulisse Moretti | ||
| 2002 | Minority Report | Director Lamar Burgess | Nominated – Saturn Award for Best Supporting Actor |
| 2004 | Dark Kingdom: The Dragon King | Eyvind | (TV) |
| 2005 | Heidi | Uncle Alp | |
| 2006 | The Inquiry | Tiberius | |
| 2007 | Rush Hour 3 | Reynard | |
| Emotional Arithmetic | Jakob Bronski | Nominated – Genie Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Supporting Role | |
| The Diving Bell and the Butterfly | Papinou | ||
| 2009 | The Tudors | Cardinal von Walburg | (TV series) (4 episodes) |
| Ghostbusters: The Video Game | Vigo the Carpathian | Video Game Voice-over | |
| Solomon Kane | Josiah Kane | ||
| A Man and His Dog | The Commander | Cameo | |
| 2010 | Shutter Island | Dr. Jeremiah Naehring | |
| Robin Hood | Sir Walter Loxley | ||
| The Wolfman (Extended Cut) | Man on train with silver cane (uncredited) | Even though his part was removed from the theatrical cut, there is still a credit for "Assistant to Mr. von Sydow." | |
| 2011 | The Elder Scrolls V: Skyrim | Esbern | Video Game Voice-over |
| 2012 | Truth & Treason | Frank Fikeis | |
| Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close | The Renter | Nominated - Academy Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Boston Society of Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Dallas-Fort Worth Film Critics Association Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - Georgia Film Critics Award for Best Supporting Actor Nominated - San Diego Film Critics Society Award for Best Supporting Actor |
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