Sydney Pollack
Known For
Directing
Born
1934-07-01 in Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Died
2008-05-26
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.
Most Known For
The Sopranos
as Warren Feldman
Frasier
as Holden Thorpe (voice)
King of the Hill
as Grant Trimble (voice)
Great Performances
as Self
Mad About You
as Dr. Sydney Warren
The Twilight Zone
as Arthur Willis
Will & Grace
as George Truman
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee / Nominee
Entourage
as Sydney Pollack
Eyes Wide Shut
as Victor Ziegler
Have Gun, Will Travel
as Joe Culp
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self
Just Shoot Me!
as Sydney Pollack
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Bernie Samuelson
Pebble Mill
as Self
The Player
as Dick Mellen
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self
The New Breed
as Austin Rogers