Cast & creator
Sydney Pollack
Best known for The Sopranos, King of the Hill, Frasier
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.
Also known as: Sidney Pollack, Sydney Irwin Pollack
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film credits
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television credits
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1944–2025 · acting roles
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Filmography (195)
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The Sopranos
Warren Feldman
1999
King of the Hill
Grant Trimble (voice)
1997
Frasier
Holden Thorpe (voice)
1993
Great Performances
Self
1971
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee
1944Golden Globe Awards
Self - Nominee / Nominee
1944
The South Bank Show
1978
Will & Grace
George Truman
1998
Entourage
Sydney Pollack
2004
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest
1968
The Fugitive
Director
1963
Mad About You
Dr. Sydney Warren
1992
Have Gun, Will Travel
Joe Culp
1957Bob Hope Presents the Chrysler Theatre
Director
1963
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director
1962
The Twilight Zone
Arthur Willis
1959
The Defenders
Director
1961
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
Self
1975
Ben Casey
Director
1961
Le Grand Échiquier
Self
1972
Just Shoot Me!
Sydney Pollack
1997Pebble Mill
Self
1991
Eyes Wide Shut
Victor Ziegler
1999
Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bernie Samuelson
1955
The Tall Man
Director
1960
Playhouse 90
Andres
1956
Arrest and Trial
Director
1963
The New Breed
Austin Rogers
1961The New Breed
Bert Masters
1961
Startime
Harry
1959Startime
Dialogue
1959
Fallen Angels
Executive Producer
1993
Target: The Corruptors!
Director
1961
Sense and Sensibility
Executive Producer
1995
Cain's Hundred
Director
1961
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks
2012
The Talented Mr. Ripley
Executive Producer
1999
Death Becomes Her
Hospital Doctor (uncredited)
1992
Made of Honor
Thomas Sr.
2008
The Reader
Producer
2008
The Interpreter
Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)
2005The Interpreter
Director
2005The Interpreter
Executive Producer
2005
The Firm
Director
1993The Firm
Producer
1993
Cold Mountain
Producer
2003
The Directors
Self
1999
Nine 1/2 Weeks
Other
1986
Breaking Point
Director
1963
John Candy: I Like Me
Self - Director (archive footage)
2025
Slattery's People
Director
1964
Presumed Innocent
Producer
1990
The Player
Dick Mellen
1992
Michael Clayton
Marty Bach
2007Michael Clayton
Producer
2007
Out of Africa
Producer
1985Out of Africa
Director
1985
The Way We Were
Director
1973
Changing Lanes
Stephen Delano
2002
Three Days of the Condor
Director
1975Three Days of the Condor
Producer
1975
The Majestic
Studio Executive (voice)
2001
Random Hearts
Carl Broman
1999Random Hearts
Director
1999Random Hearts
Producer
1999
Sliding Doors
Producer
1998
Sabrina
Director
1995Sabrina
Producer
1995
Birthday Girl
Executive Producer
2001
Jeremiah Johnson
Director
1972
Tootsie
George Fields
1982Tootsie
Producer
1982Tootsie
Director
1982
Flesh and Bone
Executive Producer
1993
A Civil Action
Al Eustis
1998
White Palace
Executive Producer
1990
Dead Again
Executive Producer
1991
The Quiet American
Executive Producer
2002
Stanley Kubrick - Ein Leben für den Film
Self
2001
They Shoot Horses, Don't They?
Director
1969
Husbands and Wives
Jack
1992
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
2008
Searching for Bobby Fischer
Executive Producer
1993
Iris
Executive Producer
2001
The Yakuza
Director
1974The Yakuza
Producer
1974
Frontier Circus
Director
1961
The Fabulous Baker Boys
Executive Producer
1989
American Cinema
Self
1994
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
Self
2008
Heaven
Executive Producer
2002
Breaking and Entering
Producer
2006
The Electric Horseman
Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)
1979The Electric Horseman
Director
1979
Bright Lights, Big City
Producer
1988
This Property Is Condemned
Director
1966
The Swimmer
Co-Director
1968
Margaret
Producer
2011
Absence of Malice
Director
1981Absence of Malice
Producer
1981
King Ralph
Executive Producer
1991
The Scalphunters
Director
1968
Bobby Deerfield
Director
1977Bobby Deerfield
Producer
1977
Poodle Springs
Executive Producer
1998
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
2006
Inside the Actors Studio
Self
1994
AFI's 100 Years... 100 Passions: America's Greatest Love Stories
Self
2002
A Decade Under the Influence
Self
2003
Amazing Grace
Self - Director (archive footage) (uncredited)
2018Amazing Grace
Director
2018
Up at the Villa
Executive Producer
2000
Castle Keep
Director
1969
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
Self
2007
The Slender Thread
Director
1965
Barbra Streisand: One Voice
Self - Audience Member (uncredited)
1986
Recount
Executive Producer
2008
Natalie - A Tribute to a Very Special Lady
Self
1982Broadway's Dreamers: The Legacy of the Group Theatre
Self (voice)
1989
The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller
Narrator (voice)
2002
Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light
Self
2006
Havana
Director
1990Havana
Producer
1990
Blow Dry
Executive Producer
2001
Hello Actors Studio
Self
1988
Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin
Narrator
2003Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Self
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Executive Producer
1990Sanford Meisner: The American Theatre's Best Kept Secret
Other
1990
The Young Savages
Dialect Coach
1961
The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks
Narrator (voice)
1973
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
self
2001
Citizen Jane Fonda
Self (archive footage)
2020
Avenue Montaigne
Brian Sobinski
2006
Willie Nelson: The Big Six-O
Self
1993
Sketches of Frank Gehry
Self
2006Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director
2006Sketches of Frank Gehry
Director of Photography
2006Sketches of Frank Gehry
Executive Producer
2006
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
Self (archive footage)
2020Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul
Self
2001
The Turn of the Screw
Dialogue Coach
1959
Forty Shades of Blue
Executive Producer
2005
The Story of The Swimmer
Self (archive footage)
2014
Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star
Self
1991
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
Filmmakers vs. Tycoons
Self
2005
Boffo! Tinseltown's Bombs and Blockbusters
Self
2006
A Tiger's Tale
Thanks
1988
The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz
Narrator (voice)
2005
Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'
Self
2000
A Song of Africa
Self
2000
War Hunt
Sgt. Owen Van Horn
1962
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
Self
2007
The Last Movie: Stanley Kubrick and 'Eyes Wide Shut'
Self
1999A Very Quiet Man
Self
2009
Songwriter
Producer
1984
Barbra Streisand: The Concert - Live at the MGM Grand
Self
2004
The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
1982
Nobody's Perfect: The Making of Some Like It Hot
Self
2001
Independent's Day
Self
1998
Leaving Normal
Executive Producer
1992
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
Self
2007
Char·ac·ter
Self
2012
The Saga of Jeremiah Johnson
Self
1997
One Six Right
Self
2005
A Private Matter
Executive Producer
1992
Filmmakers in Action
Self
2006
Robert Redford & Sydney Pollack: The Men and Their Movies
Self
1990
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
Self
2007
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
Self
2009
Putting It Together: The Making of the Broadway Album
Self
1986
The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"
Self
2001
For Whom the Bell Tolls
Andres
1959Adapting Austen
Self
2009
Love in Hollywood
Self
1996
The Way We Were: Looking Back
Self
1999
The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor
Self - Narrator (voice)
1973
Honeysuckle Rose
Executive Producer
1980
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
Self
2008
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
2007
A Dying Breed: The Making of 'The Leopard'
Self
2004More About the Condor
Self
2003
Red Wind
Executive Producer
1995
Now Is Tomorrow
Capt. Stein
1958
Burt Lancaster: Daring to Reach
Self
1996
Something About Sydney Pollack
Self
2004Lost Angeles - Eine Stadt zwischen Traum und Trauma
Self
2000In Free Fall - Tom Tykwer and the Cinema
Self
2004
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
Self
2007Männer im Trenchcoat, Frauen im Pelz
Self
2004
The Last Mogul
Self
2005
In the Name of Love
Executive Producer
2003
Sanford Meisner Master Class
Director
1990