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The most multi-lingual major actor?

posted 5 years ago by rudeboymurray (3270)
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As well as English and his native Swedish, I have seen a Max von Sydow act in Danish (his magnificent performance in Pelle the Conqueror) and French (The Diving Bell and the Butterfly). He was also fluent in German (thanks to his German father) and, apparently, could speak Spanish and Italian.

Is there another well-known actor who speaks or spoke as many languages as Max?

[–] guardianreader (11) 5 years ago

Viggo Mortensen

[–] Ace_Spade (9544) 5 years ago

Haha! I came here to say the exact same thing!

[–] [deleted] 5 years ago

Me too! 😂

[–] rudeboymurray (3270) 5 years ago

Good call!

[–] Jennie_Portrait (804) 5 years ago

Audrey Hepburn could speak 5 languages (Dutch, English, Italian, French, Spanish)

[–] rudeboymurray (3270) 5 years ago

That I did not know! Thanks for sharing!

[–] rudeboymurray (3270) 4 years ago

I have just learnt that Natalie Portman speaks English, German, Spanish, Japanese and Hebrew - quite impressive.

[–] christomacin (4655) 4 years ago

Christopher Lee could fluently speak English, Italian, Spanish, French and German. He had moderate proficiency in the Greek, Russian, and Swedish languages. That's eight languages.

[–] Roguemail (1614) 4 years ago

Christophe Waltz speaks multiple languages.