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…
Directed
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The Firm (1993) — Director
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Tootsie (1982) — Director
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The Interpreter (2005) — Director
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Out of Africa (1985) — Director
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Three Days of the Condor (1975) — Director
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Sabrina (1995) — Director
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Jeremiah Johnson (1972) — Director
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The Way We Were (1973) — Director
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Random Hearts (1999) — Director
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They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) — Director
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Absence of Malice (1981) — Director
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The Yakuza (1974) — Director
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The Electric Horseman (1979) — Director
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Havana (1990) — Director
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The Scalphunters (1968) — Director
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Amazing Grace (2018) — Director
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Bobby Deerfield (1977) — Director
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This Property Is Condemned (1966) — Director
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The Alfred Hitchcock Hour (1962) — Director
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Castle Keep (1969) — Director
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The Fugitive (1963) — Director
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The Slender Thread (1965) — Director
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) — Director
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Ben Casey (1961) — Director
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The Defenders (1961) — Director
- Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre (1963) — Director
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The Tall Man (1960) — Director
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Breaking Point (1963) — Director
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Cain's Hundred (1961) — Director
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Arrest and Trial (1963) — Director
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Frontier Circus (1961) — Director
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Target: The Corruptors! (1961) — Director
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Slattery's People (1964) — Director
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Sanford Meisner Master Class (1990) — Director
Also appeared in
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Eyes Wide Shut (1999) — Victor Ziegler
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The Sopranos (1999) — Warren Feldman
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Death Becomes Her (1992) — Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
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Michael Clayton (2007) — Marty Bach
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Tootsie (1982) — George Fields
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Made of Honor (2008) — Thomas Sr.
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The Interpreter (2005) — Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
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Changing Lanes (2002) — Stephen Delano
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The Twilight Zone (1959) — Arthur Willis
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The Player (1992) — Dick Mellen
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Frasier (1993) — Holden Thorpe (voice)
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The Majestic (2001) — Studio Executive (voice)
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King of the Hill (1997) — Grant Trimble (voice)
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Entourage (2004) — Sydney Pollack
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Will & Grace (1998) — George Truman
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A Civil Action (1998) — Al Eustis
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Husbands and Wives (1992) — Jack
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Random Hearts (1999) — Carl Broman
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Mad About You (1992) — Dr. Sydney Warren
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Alfred Hitchcock Presents (1955) — Bernie Samuelson
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Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures (2001) — Self
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Just Shoot Me! (1997) — Sydney Pollack
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The Electric Horseman (1979) — Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
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Avenue Montaigne (2006) — Brian Sobinski
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John Candy: I Like Me (2025) — Self - Director (archive footage)
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Amazing Grace (2018) — Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
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Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin (2003) — Narrator
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Inside the Actors Studio (1994) — Self
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A Decade Under the Influence (2003) — Self
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Have Gun, Will Travel (1957) — Joe Culp
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Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles (2014) — Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
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War Hunt (1962) — Sgt. Owen Van Horn
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Great Performances (1971) — Self
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Sketches of Frank Gehry (2006) — Self
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The Dick Cavett Show (1968) — Self - Guest
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Golden Globe Awards (1944) — Self - Nominee
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Babenco: Tell Me When I Die (2020) — Self (archive footage)
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Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick (2007) — Self
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Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light (2006) — Self
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The Last Mogul (2005) — Self