Sydney 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Sopranos

Frasier

King of the Hill

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Entourage

Will & Grace

Great Performances

All Movies (77)

• John Candy: I Like Me2025 · as Self - Director (archive footage)
• Babenco: Tell Me When I Die2020 · as Self (archive footage)
• Citizen Jane Fonda2020
• Amazing Grace2018 · as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
• Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles2014 · as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
• The Story of The Swimmer2014 · as Self (archive footage)
• Char·ac·ter2012 · as Self
• Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood2009 · as Self
• Adapting Austen2009 · as Self
• A Very Quiet Man2009 · as Self
• Made of Honor2008 · as Thomas Sr.
• A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'2008 · as Self
• Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'2007 · as Self
• View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'2007 · as Self
• The Visions of Stanley Kubrick2007 · as Self
• Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 20012007 · as Self
• Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick2007 · as Self
• Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 20012007 · as Self
• Michael Clayton2007 · as Marty Bach
• Filmmakers in Action2006 · as Self
• Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light2006 · as Self
• Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters2006 · as Self
• Sketches of Frank Gehry2006 · as Self
• Avenue Montaigne2006 · as Brian Sobinski
• The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz2005 · as Narrator (voice)
• One Six Right2005 · as Self
• Filmmakers vs. Tycoons2005 · as Self
• The Last Mogul2005 · as Self
• The Interpreter2005 · as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
• Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz2004 · as Self
• In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema2004 · as Self
• Something About Sydney Pollack2004 · as Self
• A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'2004 · as Self
• Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand2004 · as Self
• Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin2003 · as Narrator
• A Decade Under the Influence2003 · as Self
• More About the Condor2003 · as Self
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller2002 · as Narrator (voice)
• AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories2002 · as Self
• Changing Lanes2002 · as Stephen Delano
• The Majestic2001 · as Studio Executive (voice)
• The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"2001 · as Self
• AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand2001 · as self
• Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul2001 · as Self
• Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures2001 · as Self
• Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'2000 · as Self
• A Song of Africa2000 · as Self
• Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma2000 · as Self
• Random Hearts1999 · as Carl Broman
• The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'1999 · as Self
• Eyes Wide Shut1999 · as Victor Ziegler
• The Way We Were: Looking Back1999 · as Self
• A Civil Action1998 · as Al Eustis
• Independent's Day1998 · as Self
• The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson1997 · as Self
• Love in Hollywood1996 · as Self
• Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach1996 · as Self
• Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O1993 · as Self
• Husbands and Wives1992 · as Jack
• Death Becomes Her1992 · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
• The Player1992 · as Dick Mellen
• Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star1991 · as Self
• Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies1990 · as Self
• Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret1990 · as Self
• Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre1989 · as Self (voice)
• Hello Actors Studio1988 · as Self
• Barbra Streisand: One Voice1986 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
• Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album1986 · as Self
• Tootsie1982 · as George Fields
• Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady1982
• The Making of 'Tootsie'1982 · as Self
• The Electric Horseman1979 · as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor1973 · as Self - Narrator (voice)
• The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks1973 · as Narrator (voice)
• War Hunt1962 · as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
• For Whom the Bell Tolls1959 · as Andres
• Now Is Tomorrow— · as Capt. Stein

All TV Shows (25)

• Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence2008 · as Self
• Entourage2004 · as Sydney Pollack
• The Sopranos1999 · as Warren Feldman
• The Directors1999 · as Self
• Will & Grace1998 · as George Truman
• Just Shoot Me!1997 · as Sydney Pollack
• King of the Hill1997 · as Grant Trimble (voice)
• Inside the Actors Studio1994 · as Self
• American Cinema1994 · as Self
• Frasier1993 · as Holden Thorpe (voice)
• Mad About You1992 · as Dr. Sydney Warren
• Pebble Mill1991 · as Self
• Les Rendez-vous du dimanche1975 · as Self
• Le Grand Échiquier1972 · as Self
• Great Performances1971 · as Self
• The Dick Cavett Show1968 · as Self - Guest
• The New Breed1961 · as Austin Rogers
• The New Breed1961 · as Bert Masters
• Startime1959 · as Harry
• The Twilight Zone1959 · as Arthur Willis
• Have Gun, Will Travel1957 · as Joe Culp
• Playhouse 901956 · as Andres
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents1955 · as Bernie Samuelson
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee
• Golden Globe Awards1944 · as Self - Nominee / Nominee