<P> For The Greatest Story Ever Told , Stevens cast Swedish actor Max von Sydow as Jesus . Von Sydow had never appeared in an English - language film and was best known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman 's dramatic films . Stevens wanted an actor unknown to international audiences , free of secular and unseemly associations in the mind of the public . </P>
<P> For The Greatest Story Ever Told , Stevens cast Swedish actor Max von Sydow as Jesus . Von Sydow had never appeared in an English - language film and was best known for his performances in Ingmar Bergman 's dramatic films . Stevens wanted an actor unknown to international audiences , free of secular and unseemly associations in the mind of the public . </P>
who played jesus in the greatest story ever told
who played jesus in the greatest story ever told
Max von Sydow
Max von Sydow