Acting credits
86
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sydney Pollack
Directing
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 119Series: 33Crew credits: 72
TMDB ID: 2226
IMDb ID: nm0001628
Known for: Directing
Born: July 1, 1934
Died: May 26, 2008
Age: 73
Place of birth: Lafayette, Indiana, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2025
Years active: 82
Average TMDB rating: 6.66
Wikidata: Q51522
Also known as
Sidney Pollack • Sydney Irwin Pollack
Other jobs
Director (32)Executive Producer (26)Producer (9)Thanks (2)Dialect Coach (1)Dialogue Coach (1)Other (1)
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).
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sydney Pollack.
7.8
John Candy: I Like Me
as Self - Director (archive footage)
2025 Movie
7.1
Babenco: Tell Me When I Die
as Self (archive footage)
2020 Movie
7.8
Citizen Jane Fonda
2020 Movie
6.5
Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles
as Self - Filmmaker (archive footage)
2014 Movie
The Story of The Swimmer
as Self (archive footage)
2014 Movie
4.0
Char·ac·ter
as Self
2012 Movie
7.1
Silver Linings Playbook
Thanks
2012 Movie
6.3
Margaret
Producer
2011 Movie
Glanz und Elend in Hollywood: Natalie Wood
as Self
2009 Movie
7.5
The Reader
Producer
2008 Movie
6.8
Recount
Executive Producer
2008 Movie
6.4
Made of Honor
as Thomas Sr.
2008 Movie
5.9
Leatherheads
Executive Producer
2008 Movie
6.0
A Better Man: The Making of 'Tootsie'
as Self
2008 Movie
James Taylor | One Man Band
Executive Producer
2007 Movie
6.9
Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007 Movie
6.9
The Visions of Stanley Kubrick
as Self
2007 Movie
6.1
Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making 'A Clockwork Orange'
as Self
2007 Movie
7.4
View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'
as Self
2007 Movie
6.1
Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001
as Self
2007 Movie
6.0
Vision of a Future Passed: The Prophecy of 2001
as Self
2007 Movie
6.8
Michael Clayton
as Marty Bach
2007 Movie
6.1
Breaking and Entering
Producer
2006 Movie
6.2
Catch a Fire
Executive Producer
2006 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sydney Pollack.
7.5
Elvis Mitchell: Under the Influence
as Self • 1 eps
2008 Series
7.4
Entourage
as Sydney Pollack • 1 eps
2004 Series
8.7
The Sopranos
as Warren Feldman • 1 eps
1999 Series
5.8
The Directors
as Self • 2 eps
1999 Series
6.8
Will & Grace
as George Truman • 5 eps
1998 Series
6.6
Just Shoot Me!
as Sydney Pollack • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.4
King of the Hill
as Grant Trimble (voice) • 1 eps
1997 Series
7.5
Inside the Actors Studio
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
8.0
American Cinema
as Self • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.7
Frasier
as Holden Thorpe (voice) • 1 eps
1993 Series
5.9
Fallen Angels
Executive Producer • 15 eps
1993 Series
6.7
Mad About You
as Dr. Sydney Warren • 1 eps
1992 Series
6.0
Les Rendez-vous du dimanche
as Self • 2 eps
1975 Series
8.0
Le Grand Échiquier
as Self • 1 eps
1972 Series
5.8
Great Performances
as Self • 1 eps
1971 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
5.0
Slattery's People
Director • 1 eps
1964 Series
7.2
The Fugitive
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.2
Breaking Point
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.7
Arrest and Trial
Director • 1 eps
1963 Series
7.8
The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Director • 2 eps
1962 Series
4.7
Frontier Circus
Director • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.0
The New Breed
as Austin Rogers • 1 eps
1961 Series
5.6
Ben Casey
Director • 9 eps
1961 Series