Sydney Pollack
Birthday
1934/07/01
Day of death
2008/05/26 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Also know as
Sidney 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 Hav...Read more
Acting
(1999) Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
(1959) For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Andres
(2002) Changing Lanes
as Stephen Delano
(2006) Avenue Montaigne
as Brian Sobinski
(1992) The Player
as Dick Mellen
(2008) Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
(2007) Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
(1962) War Hunt
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
(1998) A Civil Action
as Al Eustis
(1999) Random Hearts
as Carl Broman
(1982) Tootsie
as George Fields
(2000) Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
as Self
(2009) Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
(2004) Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
as Self
(1992) Husbands and Wives
as Jack
(1996) Love in Hollywood
as Self
(2005) One Six Right
as Himself
(2003) Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
as Narrator
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
as Self - Narrator (voice)
(1973) The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
as Narrator (voice)
(2000) Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
as Self
(2007) Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
(2012) Char·ac·ter
as Self
(1988) Hello Actors Studio
as Self
(2002) The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
as Narrator (voice)
(1992) Death Becomes Her
as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
(1979) The Electric Horseman
as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
(1990) Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
as Self
(1990) Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
as Self
(2001) Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
as Self
(2004) Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
as Self
(2006) Sketches of Frank Gehry
as Self
(1986) Barbra Streisand: One Voice
as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
(2007) View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
(2007) The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
(2014) Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
(1956) The Army Game
as Pvt. Shuber
(2004) Something About Sydney Pollack
as Self
(1991) Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
as Self
(2003) A Decade Under the Influence
as Self
(1998) Independent's Day
as Self
(2008) A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
(2001) The Majestic
as Studio Executive (voice)
(2005) The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
as Narrator (voice)
(1999) The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
as Self
(1986) Putting it Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
as Himself
(2001) Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures
as Self
(2007) Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
(2006) Filmmakers in Action
as Self
(2005) Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
as Self
(2018) Amazing Grace
as Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
(2007) Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
(2006) Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
as Self
(2004) A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
as Self
(2001) The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
as Self
(2014) And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2005) The Interpreter
as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
(2000) A Song of Africa
as Self
(1993) Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
as Self
(1999) The Way We Were: Looking Back
as Self
(2020) Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
(1996) Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
as Self
(2005) The Last Mogul
as Self
(2014) The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
(2007) Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
(2006) Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
as Self
(2003) More About the Condor
as ---
(2002) AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
as Self
(1989) Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
as Himself
(1992) Mad About You
as Dr. Sydney Warren
(1994) Inside the Actors Studio
as Self
(1999) The Sopranos
as Warren Feldman
(1997) King of the Hill
as Grant Trimble (voice)
(2004) Entourage
as Sydney Pollack
(1993) Frasier
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
(1998) Will & Grace
as George Truman
(1959) The Twilight Zone
as Arthur Willis
(1997) Just Shoot Me!
as Sydney Pollack
(1955) Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bernie Samuelson
(1961) The New Breed
as Austin Rogers
(1999) The Directors
as Self
(1991) Pebble Mill
as Self
(2008) Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self
(1961) The New Breed
as Bert Masters
(1956) Playhouse 90
as Andres
(1972) Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
(1975) Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
(1968) The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
(1971) Great Performances
as Self
(1957) Have Gun, Will Travel
as Joe Culp
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner
(1944) Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Winner/Nominee