Sidney Poitier
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-02-20
Day of Death
2022-01-06 (94 years old)
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
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
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 Self
(2022)
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)
(2017)
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
(2014)
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
(2013)
(2013)
(2012)
Sing Your Song
as Self
(2007)
(2004)
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
(2003)
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
(2001)
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
(2001)
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
(2000)
(2000)
(1999)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
(1999)
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
(1998)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
(1998)
David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller
(1997)
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
(1997)
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
(1997)
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
(1996)
To Sir, with Love II
as Mark Thackeray
(1995)
(1992)
Sneakers
as Crease
(1991)
Separate But Equal
as Thurgood Marshall
(1988)
Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter
(1988)
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
(1988)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
(1986)
(1985)
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
(1984)
I Love Quincy
as Self
(1979)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)
(1977)
A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell
(1975)
Let's Do It Again
as Clyde Williams
(1975)
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
(1974)
Uptown Saturday Night
as Steve Jackson
(1973)
A Warm December
as Dr. Matt Younger
(1972)
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
(1972)
Nationtime
as Self - Narrator
(1971)
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
(1971)
Brother John
as John Kane
(1970)
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
(1970)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
(1969)
The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs
(1969)
(1968)
For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks
(1967)
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
(1967)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
(1967)
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
(1966)
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
(1966)
The Strolling '20s
as Self
(1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
(1965)
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
(1965)
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
(1965)
The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell
(1965)
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
as Self
(1964)
The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh
(1963)
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
(1962)
Pressure Point
as Doctor
(1961)
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
(1961)
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
(1960)
All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
(1959)
Porgy and Bess
as Porgy
(1959)
Virgin Island
as Marcus
(1958)
The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen
(1957)
Something of Value
as Kimani Wa Karanja
(1957)
Edge of the City
as Tommy Tyler
(1957)
Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru
(1957)
The Mark of the Hawk
as Obam
(1956)
Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson
(1955)
Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller
(1955)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Tommy Tyler
(1954)
Go Man Go
as Inman Jackson
(1952)
The Red Ball Express
as Robertson
(1951)
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Reverend Msimangu
(1950)
No Way Out
as Luther Brooks
(1947)
Sepia Cinderella
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Crew
(1990)
Ghost Dad
Director
(1985)
Fast Forward
Director
(1982)
Hanky Panky
Director
(1980)
Stir Crazy
Director
(1977)
A Piece of the Action
Director
(1975)
Let's Do It Again
Director
(1974)
Uptown Saturday Night
Director
(1973)
A Warm December
Director
(1972)
Buck and the Preacher
Producer, Director
(1968)
For Love of Ivy
Original Story