Von Sydow made his American film debut as Jesus Christ in George Stevens' biblical epic film "The Greatest Story Ever Told" (1965) and went on to star in films such as William Friedkin's "The Exorcist" (1973), the science fiction film "Flash Gordon" (1980), David Lynch's "Dune" (1984), Woody Allen's "Hannah and Her Sisters" (1986), Steven Spielberg's "Minority Report" (2002), Martin Scorsese's "Shutter Island" (2010), Ridley Scott's "Robin Hood" (2010), and J.J. Abrams' "" (2015). He also had a supporting role in HBO's "Game of Thrones" as the Three-eyed Raven, for which he received a Primetime Emmy Award nomination.