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Sydney Pollack

Prolific director, producer and sometime actor Sydney Irwin Pollack will be remembered for directing films such as Out of Africa, Tootsie, The Way We Were, Absence of Malice and They Shoot Horses, Don't They? and also for his many memorable supporting roles

Aliases
  • Sidney Pollack
English
Filmography

Made of Honor

2008
as Thomas Bailey Sr.

Eyes Wide Shut

1999
as Victor Ziegler

Michael Clayton

2007
as Marty Bach

Tootsie

1982
as George Fields

Death Becomes Her

1992
as Hospital Doctor

Dino De Laurentiis: The Last Movie Mogul

2001
as Sydney Pollack

A Decade Under the Influence

2003
as Himself

The Player

1992
as Dick Mellon

View from the Overlook: Crafting 'The Shining'

2007
as Sydney Pollack

Charlie: The Life and Art of Charles Chaplin

2003
as Narrator

Filmmakers in Action

2006
as Himself

The Visions of Stanley Kubrick

2007
as Sydney Pollack

A Better Man: The Making of Tootsie

2008
as Self / George Fields

Random Hearts

1999
as Carl Broman

A Song of Africa

2000
as Sydney Pollack

Film Noir: Bringing Darkness to Light

2006
as Himself

The Men Who Made the Movies: King Vidor

1973
as Narrator

Standing on the Shoulders of Kubrick: The Legacy of 2001

2007
as Sydney Pollack

John Ford/John Wayne: The Filmmaker and the Legend

2006
as Narrator

The Men Who Made the Movies: Samuel Fuller

2002
as Narrator

Robert Mitchum: The Reluctant Star

1991
as Sydney Pollack

Sketches of Frank Gehry

2006
as Himself

Something About Sydney Pollack

2004
as Sydney Pollack

Inside 'The Talented Mr. Ripley'

2000
as Sydney Pollack

The Majestic

2001
as Studio Executive

The Story Behind "Absence of Malice"

2001
as Sydney Pollack

Changing Lanes

2002
as Stephen Delano

Stanley Kubrick: A Life in Pictures

2001
as Himself

A Dying Breed

2004
as Sydney Pollack

War Hunt

1962
as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

The Men Who Made the Movies: Howard Hawks

1973
as Narrator

Char·ac·ter

2012

Independent's Day

as Interviewee

Great Bolshy Yarblockos!: Making A Clockwork Orange

2007
as Sydney Pollack

Amazing Grace

2019

Husbands and Wives

1992
as Jack

A Civil Action

1998
as Al Eustis

Lost Kubrick: The Unfinished Films of Stanley Kubrick

2007
as Himself

Fauteuils d'orchestre

2006
as Brian Sobinski

The Art of Imagination: A Tribute to Oz

2005
as Narrator

One Six Right

2005
as Himself

Magician: The Astonishing Life and Work of Orson Welles

2014
as Himself

Director

Movie Tootsie 1982
Movie Out of Africa 1985
Episode The Fugitive
Man on a String 		1964
Movie Three Days of the Condor 1975
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
The Black Curtain 		1962
Movie This Property Is Condemned 1966
Episode Ben Casey
The Big Trouble with Charlie 		1962
Episode Breaking Point
Solo for B-Flat Clarinet 		1963
Episode Arrest and Trial
The Quality of Justice 		1963
Episode The Alfred Hitchcock Hour
Diagnosis: Danger 		1963
Episode Ben Casey
Suffer the Little Children 		1963
Episode Ben Casey
For the Ladybug, One Dozen Roses 		1962
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Name of the Game 		1963
Episode American Masters
Sketches of Frank Gehry 		2006
Episode Ben Casey
Monument to an Aged Hunter 		1962
Movie Random Hearts 1999
Episode Ben Casey
A Cardinal Act of Mercy (2) 		1963
Movie Bobby Deerfield 1977
Episode Cain's Hundred
King of the Mountain 		1961
Episode Ben Casey
Mrs. McBroom and the Cloud Watcher 		1962
Episode Ben Casey
For This Relief, Much Thanks 		1963
Movie Sketches of Frank Gehry 2006
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Something About Lee Wiley 		1963
Movie Havana 1990
Movie The Scalphunters 1968
Episode Ben Casey
When You See an Evil Man 		1962
Episode Ben Casey
The Night That Nothing Happened 		1962
Movie The Yakuza 1974
Episode Kraft Suspense Theatre
The Watchman 		1964
Episode Ben Casey
Go Not Gently into the Night 		1962
Episode The Tall Man
Phoebe 		1962
Movie Absence of Malice 1981
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Game 		1965
Movie Sabrina 1995
Movie The Electric Horseman 1979
Movie They Shoot Horses, Don't They? 1969
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
Two is the Number 		1964
Movie The Firm 1993
Episode Bob Hope Presents The Chrysler Theatre
The Fliers 		1965
Movie The Interpreter 2005
Movie Amazing Grace 2019
Movie Castle Keep 1969
Episode Wagon Train
The Hollister John Garrison Story 		1963
Movie The Slender Thread 1965
Movie Jeremiah Johnson 1972
Movie The Way We Were 1973
Episode Ben Casey
I'll Be Alright in the Morning 		1963
Episode The Tall Man
Rio Doloroso 		1962
Episode Ben Casey
A Cardinal Act of Mercy (1) 		1963

Executive Producer

Movie Recount 2008

Producer

Movie The Talented Mr. Ripley 1999
Movie Sense and Sensibility 1995
Movie The Reader 2008
Movie Michael Clayton 2007
Movie Tootsie 1982
Movie Out of Africa 1985
Movie Sliding Doors 1998
Movie Cold Mountain 2003
Movie Iris 2001
Movie Three Days of the Condor 1975
Movie Margaret 2011
Movie The Quiet American 2002
Movie Bright Lights, Big City 1988
Movie Dead Again 1991
Movie Catch a Fire 2006
Movie Random Hearts 1999
Movie Heaven 2002
Movie Presumed Innocent 1990
Movie Songwriter 1984
Movie Havana 1990
Movie The Yakuza 1974
Movie Absence of Malice 1981
Movie Sabrina 1995
Movie The Firm 1993
Movie The Interpreter 2005
Movie Leatherheads 2008
Movie Breaking and Entering 2006

Guest Star

Episode Alfred Hitchcock Presents
The Contest for Aaron Gold 		1960
Episode Just Shoot Me!
A&E Biography: Nina Van Horn 		2000
Episode Frasier
The Candidate 		1994
Episode Will & Grace
Cheatin' Trouble Blues 		2002
Episode Will & Grace
Blanket Apology 		2006
Episode The New Breed
The Compulsion to Confess 		1961
Episode King of the Hill
Transnational Amusements Presents: Peggy's Magic Sex Feet 		2000
Episode Will & Grace
Cheaters (1) 		2001
Episode Will & Grace
Oh Dad, Poor Dad, He's Kept Me in the Closet and I'm So Sad 		2000
Episode Will & Grace
Cheaters (2) 		2001
Episode The Twilight Zone
The Trouble with Templeton 		1960
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Doris Dörrie, Sidney Lumet, Sidney Pollack, Alan J. Pakula, Ivan Reitman 		1986
Episode Deadline
Scramble 		1970
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
A Quiet Night in Town (1) 		1961
Episode Ben Casey
Monument to an Aged Hunter 		1962
Episode Entourage
No Cannes Do 		2007
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Sydney Pollack 		1990
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Sydney Pollack 		1990
Episode Have Gun, Will Travel
A Quiet Night in Town (2) 		1961