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Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

ActingBorn February 20, 1927Died January 6, 2022 (age 94)Miami, Florida, USA

Biography

Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include 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. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

Filmography

2024
Hollywood Black

as Self (archive footage)

TV
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder

as Self (archive photos)

Movie
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2023Movie
2022
Sidney

as Self

Movie
2018
Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2018
Mr. SOUL!

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2017
The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
2012Movie
2004Movie
2001Movie
1999Movie
1999
Free of Eden

as Will Cleamons

Movie
1998
David and Lisa

as Dr. Jack Miller

Movie
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Movie
1997
The Jackal

as Carter Preston

Movie
1997
Mandela and de Klerk

as Nelson Mandela

Movie
1997
Afro Promo

as Self (archive footage)

Movie
1996
To Sir, with Love II

as Mark Thackeray

Movie
1995
Children of the Dust

as Gypsy Smith

TV
1992
Sneakers

as Crease

Movie
1991
Separate But Equal

as Thurgood Marshall

Movie
1991
Separate but Equal

as Thurgood Marshall

TV
1988
Little Nikita

as Roy Parmenter

Movie
1988
Shoot to Kill

as Warren Stantin

Movie
1988Movie
1985Movie
1984Movie
1979Movie
1977
A Piece of the Action

as Manny Durrell

Movie
1975
Let's Do It Again

as Clyde Williams

Movie
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy

as Shack Twala

Movie
1974
Uptown Saturday Night

as Steve Jackson

Movie
1973
A Warm December

as Dr. Matt Younger

Movie
1972
Nationtime

as Self - Narrator

Movie
1972Movie
1971
Film '72

as Self

TV
1971
The Organization

as Virgil Tibbs

Movie
1971
Brother John

as John Kane

Movie
1970Movie
1970Movie
1969
The Lost Man

as Jason Higgs

Movie
1968
For Love of Ivy

as Jack Parks

Movie
1968
The Dick Cavett Show

as Self - Guest

TV
1967Movie
1967TV
1967Movie
1967
To Sir, with Love

as Mark Thackeray

Movie
1966
ABC Stage 67

as Self - Host

TV
1966Movie
1966Movie
1965
The Slender Thread

as Alan Newell

Movie
1965
A Patch of Blue

as Gordon Ralfe

Movie
1965
The Bedford Incident

as Ben Munceford

Movie
1965Movie
1964
The Long Ships

as Aly Mansuh

Movie
1963
Lilies of the Field

as Homer Smith

Movie
1962Movie
1961
The Mike Douglas Show

as Self - Taped Tribute

TV
1961
Paris Blues

as Eddie Cook

Movie
1961
A Raisin in the Sun

as Walter Lee Younger

Movie
1960
All the Young Men

as Sgt. Eddie Towler

Movie
1959
Virgin Island

as Marcus

Movie
1959Movie
1958
The Defiant Ones

as Noah Cullen

Movie
1957Movie
1957Movie
1957
Something of Value

as Kimani Wa Karanja

Movie
1957
Edge of the City

as Tommy Tyler

Movie
1956
Good-bye, My Lady

as Gates Watson

Movie
1956
Tony Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV
1956TV
1955Movie
1955
Blackboard Jungle

as Gregory W. Miller

Movie
1954
Go Man Go

as Inman Jackson

Movie
1953
The Oscars

as Self

TV
1952TV
1952Movie
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country

as Reverend Msimangu

Movie
1950
No Way Out

as Luther Brooks

Movie
1947
Sepia Cinderella

as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Movie
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Nominee

TV
1944
Golden Globe Awards

as Self - Presenter

TV

Personal Info

DepartmentActing
BirthdayFebruary 20, 1927
Day of DeathJanuary 6, 2022
Place of BirthMiami, Florida, USA
Popularity1.1