
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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Eyes Wide Shut
1999 · as Victor Ziegler

Changing Lanes
2002 · as Stephen Delano

Death Becomes Her
1992 · as Hospital Doctor (uncredited)

The Player
1992 · as Dick Mellen

Michael Clayton
2007 · as Marty Bach

Made of Honor
2008 · as Thomas Sr.

The Interpreter
2005 · as Jay Pettigrew (uncredited)

Tootsie
1982 · as George Fields

John Candy: I Like Me
2025 · as Self - Director (archive footage)

Random Hearts
1999 · as Carl Broman

The Majestic
2001 · as Studio Executive (voice)

A Civil Action
1998 · as Al Eustis

Husbands and Wives
1992 · as Jack

The Electric Horseman
1979 · as Man Who Makes Pass at Alice (uncredited)

War Hunt
1962 · as Sgt. Owen Van Horn

Filmmakers in Action
2006 · as Self

Hello Actors Studio
1988 · as Self

Barbra Streisand: One Voice
1986 · as Self - Audience Member (uncredited)