Sydney Pollack
DirectingAlso 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). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Movies
(73 total)
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
Tootsie
as George Fields
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
The Player
as Dick Mellen
The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
Husbands and Wives
as Jack
A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director (archive footage)
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
TV Shows
(24 total)
The Sopranos
as Warren Feldman
The Twilight Zone
as Arthur Willis
Frasier
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
King of the Hill
as Grant Trimble (voice)
Entourage
as Sydney Pollack
Will & Grace
as George Truman
Mad About You
as Dr. Sydney Warren
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bernie Samuelson
Just Shoot Me!
as Sydney Pollack
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Joe Culp
Great Performances
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Nominee
The Directors
as Self
Playhouse 90
as Andres
The New Breed
as Austin Rogers
The New Breed
as Bert Masters