Sydney Pollack

Biography

Sydney Irwin Pollack (July 1, 1934 – May 26, 2008) was an American film director, producer and actor. For his film Out of Africa (1985), Pollack won the Academy Award for Best Director and Best Picture. He was also nominated for Best Director Oscars for They Shoot Horses, Don't They? (1969) and Tootsie (1982). Some of his other best-known works include Jeremiah Johnson (1972), The Way We Were (1973), Three Days of the Condor (1975) and Absence of Malice (1981). His subsequent films included Havana (1990), The Firm (1993), The Interpreter (2005), and he produced and acted in Michael Clayton (2007). Pollack also made appearances in Robert Altman's Hollywood mystery The Player (1992), Woody Allen's relationship drama Husbands and Wives (1993), and Stanley Kubrick's erotic psychological drama Eyes Wide Shut (1999). Description above from the Wikipedia article Sydney Pollack, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Eyes Wide Shut

as Victor Ziegler

The Sopranos

as Warren Feldman

Death Becomes Her

as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

Tootsie

as George Fields

Michael Clayton

as Marty Bach

Made of Honor

as Thomas Sr.

The Interpreter

as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

Changing Lanes

as Stephen Delano

The Twilight Zone

as Arthur Willis

The Player

as Dick Mellen