him that there was a life after death. When Rose asked von Sydow if he had heard from Bergman, he replied that he had but chose not to elaborate further on the exact meaning of this statement. In the same interview, he described himself as a doubter in his youth but stated this doubt was gone and indicated he came to agree with Bergman's belief in the afterlife. Von Sydow died on 8 March 2020 at his home in Provence, France at age 90. He was survived by his wife and his four sons. Filmography Awards and nominations He has been nominated for two Academy Awards for his performances in Bille August's Pelle the Conqueror (1987) and Stephen Daldry's Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close (2011). At the age of 82, von Sydow was one of the oldest nominees for an Academy Award. Sydow also received two Golden Globe Awards nominations as well as two Primetime Emmy Awards nominations. In 1982 he received the Best Actor prize at the Venice International Film Festival for his performance in Flight of the Eagle. He is also the winner of 3 Guldbagge Awards and received a festival trophy from the Cannes Film Festival in 2004. See also List of actors with two or more Academy Award nominations in acting categories List of oldest and youngest Academy Award winners and nominees List of Academy Award records – first Nordic actor to be nominated for acting, for Pelle the Conqueror (1988) List of actors nominated for Academy Awards for non-English performances Notes References External links 1929 births 2020 deaths 20th-century Swedish male actors 21st-century French male actors 21st-century Swedish male actors Best Actor AACTA Award winners Best Actor Bodil Award winners Best Actor Guldbagge Award winners Best Actor Robert Award winners Best Director Guldbagge Award winners Chevaliers of the Légion d'honneur European Film Award for Best Actor winners Former Lutherans French expatriate male actors in the United States French male film actors French male television actors French male video game actors French male voice actors French people of German descent Naturalized citizens of France People from Lund People from Provence Swedish agnostics Swedish Army soldiers Swedish emigrants to France Swedish expatriate male actors in the United States Swedish expatriates in Spain Swedish male film actors Swedish male stage actors Swedish male television actors Swedish male voice actors Swedish nobility Swedish people of German descent