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Known For

Directing

Known Credits

177

Gender

Male

Birthday

1934-07-01

Day of Death

2008-05-26 (74 years old)

Place of Birth

Lafayette, Indiana, USA

Also Known As

Sidney Pollack

Sydney Pollack

Biography

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama 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

Acting

Eyes Wide Shut

1999

Eyes Wide Shut

as

Victor Ziegler

Changing Lanes

2002

Changing Lanes

as

Stephen Delano

Avenue Montaigne

2006

Avenue Montaigne

as

Brian Sobinski

The Player

1992

The Player

as

Dick Mellen

Made of Honor

2008

Made of Honor

as

Thomas Sr.

Michael Clayton

2007

Michael Clayton

as

Marty Bach

War Hunt

1962

War Hunt

as

Sgt. Owen Van Horn

A Civil Action

1998

A Civil Action

as

Al Eustis

Random Hearts

1999

Random Hearts

as

Carl Broman

Tootsie

1982

Tootsie

as

George Fields

One Six Right

2005

One Six Right

as

Himself

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

as

Self - Narrator (voice)

Char·ac·ter

2012

Char·ac·ter

as

Self

Death Becomes Her

1992

Death Becomes Her

as

Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

The Electric Horseman

1979

The Electric Horseman

as

Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

1986

Barbra Streisand: One Voice

as

Self - Audience Member (uncredited)

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

as

Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)

The Majestic

2001

The Majestic

as

Studio Executive (voice)

Amazing Grace

2018

Amazing Grace

as

Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)

And the Oscar Goes To...

2014

And the Oscar Goes To...

as

Self (archive footage)

The Interpreter

2005

The Interpreter

as

Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

2020

Babenco: Tell Me When I Die

as

Self (archive footage)

The Last Mogul

2005

The Last Mogul

as

Self

The Story of The Swimmer

2014

The Story of The Swimmer

as

Self (archive footage)

Mad About You

Mad About You

as

Dr. Sydney Warren

The Sopranos

The Sopranos

as

Warren Feldman

King of the Hill

King of the Hill

as

Grant Trimble (voice)

Entourage

Entourage

as

Sydney Pollack

Frasier

Frasier

as

Holden Thorpe (voice)

Will & Grace

Will & Grace

as

George Truman

The Twilight Zone

The Twilight Zone

as

Arthur Willis

Just Shoot Me!

Just Shoot Me!

as

Sydney Pollack

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Alfred Hitchcock Presents

as

Bernie Samuelson

The New Breed

The New Breed

as

Austin Rogers

The New Breed

The New Breed

as

Bert Masters

Playhouse 90

Playhouse 90

as

Andres

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

as

Self - Guest

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Winner

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

as

Self - Winner/Nominee

Production

Crew

Directing