Sydney Pollack
Known for Directing · 100 credits
- Born
- 1934-07-01
- Died
- 2008-05-26
- Place of birth
- Lafayette, Indiana, USA
- Also known as
- Sidney Pollack · Sydney Irwin Pollack
Biography
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards.
Pollack won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985). He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Pollack's other notable films include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), The Yakuza (1974), Three Days of the Condor (1975), Absence of Malice (1981), The Firm (1993), and Sabrina (1995).
Pollack produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007), and he produced numerous films including The Fabulous Baker Boys (1989), Sense and Sensibility (1995), The Talented Mr. Ripley (1999), Iris (2001), Cold Mountain (2003) and The Reader (2008). Pollack acted in Robert Altman's The Player (1992), Woody Allen's Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's Eyes Wide Shut (1999).
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Known For
TV Shows (23)
The Sopranos
1999
as Warren Feldman
Frasier
1993
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
King of the Hill
1997
as Grant Trimble (voice)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee / Self - Nominee / Nominee
Will & Grace
1998
as George Truman
Entourage
2004
as Sydney Pollack
Great Performances
1971
as Self
Mad About You
1992
as Dr. Sydney Warren
The Twilight Zone
1959
as Arthur Willis
Have Gun, Will Travel
1957
as Joe Culp
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Just Shoot Me!
1997
as Sydney Pollack
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
1975
as Self
Pebble Mill
1991
as Self
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1955
as Bernie Samuelson
Le Grand Échiquier
1972
as Self
Playhouse 90
1956
as Andres
Startime
1959
as Harry
The Directors
1999
as Self
The New Breed
1961
as Austin Rogers / Bert Masters
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
2008
as Self
American Cinema
1994
as Self
Inside the Actors Studio
1994
as Self
Movies (77)
Eyes Wide Shut
1999
as Victor Ziegler
Death Becomes Her
1992
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
The Majestic
2001
as Studio Executive (voice)
The Interpreter
2005
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
The Player
1992
as Dick Mellen
Tootsie
1982
as George Fields
Made of Honor
2008
as Thomas Sr.
Michael Clayton
2007
as Marty Bach
Changing Lanes
2002
as Stephen Delano
A Civil Action
1998
as Al Eustis
Random Hearts
1999
as Carl Broman
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
2020
as Self (archive footage)
John Candy: I Like Me
2025
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
1989
as Self (voice)
Husbands and Wives
1992
as Jack
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
2002
as Self
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
2003
as Narrator
Amazing Grace
2018
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
2014
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
A Decade Under the Influence
2003
as Self
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
2006
as Self
War Hunt
1962
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
1990
as Self
Hello Actors Studio
1988
as Self
Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
2001
as Self
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
2000
as Self
The Electric Horseman
1979
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
1991
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
1973
as Narrator (voice)
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
1973
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
2006
as Self
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
2004
as Self
Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
2001
as Self
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
2005
as Narrator (voice)
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
2007
as Self
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
2001
as self
Avenue Montaigne
2006
as Brian Sobinski
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
2005
as Self
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
1993
as Self
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1959
as Andres
Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
2004
as Self
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
1999
as Self
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
1986
as Self
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
1990
as Self
Love in Hollywood
1996
as Self
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
2007
as Self
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
2000
as Self
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
2001
as Self
Filmmakers in Action
2006
as Self
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
1996
as Self
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
2008
as Self
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
2007
as Self
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
2009
as Self
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
2007
as Self
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
2007
as Self
Independent's Day
1998
as Self
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
1982
Char·ac·ter
2012
as Self
Now Is Tomorrow
as Capt. Stein
The Last Mogul
2005
as Self
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
2004
as Self
Sketches of Frank Gehry
2006
as Self
One Six Right
2005
as Self
Something About Sydney Pollack
2004
as Self
The Way We Were: Looking Back
1999
as Self
The Making of 'Tootsie'
1982
as Self
More About the Condor
2003
as Self
Adapting Austen
2009
as Self
The Story of The Swimmer
2014
as Self (archive footage)
A Very Quiet Man
2009
as Self
A Song of Africa
2000
as Self
In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
2004
as Self
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
1997
as Self
About Sydney Pollack
Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer, and actor. Pollack is known for directing commercially and critically acclaimed studio films. During his forty-year career, he received numerous accolades, including two Academy Awards and two Primetime Emmy Awards, in addition to nominations for three Golden Globe Awards and six BAFTA Awards. Pollack won the Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Picture for Out of Africa (1985). He was also nominated for Academy Awards for Best Director for They Sh… With 100 credits spanning from 1944 to 2025, Sydney Pollack has appeared in 77 films and 23 TV shows.
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Most Popular Sydney Pollack Movies
- Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — as Victor Ziegler
- Death Becomes Her (1992) — as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
- The Majestic (2001) — as Studio Executive (voice)
- The Interpreter (2005) — as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
- The Player (1992) — as Dick Mellen
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