Sidney Poitier
Biography
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Known For
Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Known Credits
108
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-02-20 (98 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Acting
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Self (archive footage)2023
Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte as (archive footage)2022
Sidney as Self2022
Denzel Washington: A Model American as Self (archive footage)2018
Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)2018
Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)2017
I Am Not Your Negro as Various Roles (archive footage)2017
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self2017
The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)2014
And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)2013
Moms Mabley as Self2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self2012
Sing Your Song as Self2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self2004
Hollywood Legenden as Self2003
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self2001
The Last Brickmaker in America as Henry Cobb2001
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket as Self2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light as Not available2000
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self1999
Free of Eden as Will Cleamons1999
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Noah Dearborn1998
David and Lisa as Dr. Jack Miller1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)1997
The Jackal as Carter Preston1997
Mandela and de Klerk as Nelson Mandela1997
Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)1996
To Sir, with Love II as Mark Thackeray1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self1995
Children of the Dust as Gypsy Smith1992
Sneakers as Crease1991
Separate But Equal as Thurgood Marshall1991
Separate but Equal as Thurgood Marshall1988
Shoot to Kill as Warren Stantin1988
Little Nikita as Roy Parmenter1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member1985
Night of 100 Stars II as Self1984
I Love Quincy as Self1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist as Narrator (voice)1978
The Kennedy Center Honors as Self1977
A Piece of the Action as Manny Durrell1975
Let's Do It Again as Clyde Williams1975
The Wilby Conspiracy as Shack Twala1974
Uptown Saturday Night as Steve Jackson1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self1973
A Warm December as Dr. Matt Younger1972
Buck and the Preacher as Buck1972
Nationtime as Self - Narrator1971
The Organization as Virgil Tibbs1971
Brother John as John Kane1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Virgil Tibbs1969
The Lost Man as Jason Higgs1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival as Himself1968
The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest1968
For Love of Ivy as Jack Parks1967
To Sir, with Love as Mark Thackeray1967
In the Heat of the Night as Virgil Tibbs1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as John Prentice1966
Duel at Diablo as Toller1966
The Strolling '20s as Self1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told as Simon of Cyrene1965
The Slender Thread as Alan Newell1965
A Patch of Blue as Gordon Ralfe1965
The Bedford Incident as Ben Munceford1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth as Self1964
The Long Ships as Aly Mansuh1963
Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self1962
Pressure Point as Doctor1961
A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger1961
Paris Blues as Eddie Cook1960
All the Young Men as Sgt. Eddie Towler1959
Porgy and Bess as Porgy1959
Virgin Island as Marcus1958
The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen1957
Band of Angels as Rau-Ru1957
Something of Value as Kimani Wa Karanja1957
The Mark of the Hawk as Obam1957
Edge of the City as Tommy Tyler1956
Tony Awards as Self - Presenter1956
Cinépanorama as Self1956
Good-bye, My Lady as Gates Watson1955
Blackboard Jungle as Gregory W. Miller1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Tommy Tyler1954
Go Man Go as Inman Jackson1953
The Oscars as Self1952
Omnibus as Not available1952
The Red Ball Express as Robertson1951
Cry, the Beloved Country as Reverend Msimangu1950
No Way Out as Luther Brooks1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Not available1948
The Philco Television Playhouse as Tommy Tyler1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner1944
Golden Globe Awards as Self - PresenterCrew
1990
Ghost Dad Director1985
Fast Forward Director1982
Hanky Panky Director1980
Stir Crazy Director1977
A Piece of the Action Director1975
Let's Do It Again Director1974
Uptown Saturday Night Director1973
A Warm December Director1972
Buck and the Preacher Producer1972
Buck and the Preacher Director1968
For Love of Ivy Original Story