Sydney Pollack

Directing · Born 1934-07-01 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA

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…

Filmography

• Eyes Wide Shut as Victor Ziegler
• The Player as Dick Mellen
• Tootsie as George Fields
• Husbands and Wives as Jack
• Changing Lanes as Stephen Delano
• Avenue Montaigne as Brian Sobinski
• Made of Honor as Thomas Sr.
• Michael Clayton as Marty Bach
• War Hunt as Sgt. Owen Van Horn
• A Civil Action as Al Eustis

TV

• The Sopranos as Warren Feldman
• Frasier as Holden Thorpe (voice)
• The Twilight Zone as Arthur Willis
• Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Bernie Samuelson
• Mad About You as Dr. Sydney Warren
• Inside the Actors Studio as Self
• King of the Hill as Grant Trimble (voice)
• Entourage as Sydney Pollack
• Will & Grace as George Truman
• Just Shoot Me! as Sydney Pollack