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Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

20/02/1927

Day of Death

06/01/2022
(95) years old

Place of Birth

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 ... Read More

Known For

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Sidney

Sidney

Poitier's Walter Lee

Poitier's Walter Lee

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

The Madding Crowd

The Madding Crowd

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Filmography

Cast

2023

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

as Self (archive footage)

2023

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood...

as Self (archive footage)

2022

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanit...

as Self

2022

Sidney

as Self

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee

as Self (archive footage)

2018

Mr. SOUL!

as Self (archive footage)

2017

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeli...

as Self

2017

The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)

2013

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

as Self

2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Wash...

as Self

2012

Sing Your Song

as Self

2007

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

as Self

2004

Hollywood Legenden

as Self

2003

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

as Self

2001

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

as Self

2001

The Last Brickmaker in America

as Henry Cobb

2000

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

as Self

2000

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

1999

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

as Noah Dearborn

1999

Free of Eden

as Will Cleamons

1998

David and Lisa

as Dr. Jack Miller

1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Bla...

as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

1997

The Jackal

as Carter Preston

1997

Mandela and de Klerk

as Nelson Mandela

1997

Afro Promo

as Self (archive footage)

1996

To Sir, with Love II

as Mark Thackeray

1995

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

as Self

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 Whi...

as Self - Audience Member

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by K...

as Self

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

Nationtime

as Self - Narrator

1972

Buck and the Preacher

as Buck

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 M...

as Self (archive footage)

1969

The Lost Man

as Jason Higgs

1969

Three Young Americans in Search of Survi...

as Himself

1968

For Love of Ivy

as Jack Parks

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

as John Prentice

1967

In the Heat of the Night

as Virgil Tibbs

1967

To Sir, with Love

as Mark Thackeray

1966

Duel at Diablo

as Toller

1966

The Strolling '20s

as Self

1965

The Slender Thread

as Alan Newell

1965

A Patch of Blue

as Gordon Ralfe

1965

The Bedford Incident

as Ben Munceford

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told

as Simon of Cyrene

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

Paris Blues

as Eddie Cook

1961

A Raisin in the Sun

as Walter Lee Younger

1960

All the Young Men

as Sgt. Eddie Towler

1959

Virgin Island

as Marcus

1959

Porgy and Bess

as Porgy

1958

The Defiant Ones

as Noah Cullen

1957

The Mark of the Hawk

as Obam

1957

Band of Angels

as Rau-Ru

1957

Something of Value

as Kimani Wa Karanja

1957

Edge of the City

as Tommy Tyler

1956

Good-bye, My Lady

as Gates Watson

1955

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

as Tommy Tyler

1955

Blackboard Jungle

as Gregory W. Miller

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

as Director

1985

Fast Forward

as Director

1982

Hanky Panky

as Director

1980

Stir Crazy

as Director

1977

A Piece of the Action

as Director

1975

Let's Do It Again

as Director

1974

Uptown Saturday Night

as Director

1973

A Warm December

as Director

1972

Buck and the Preacher

as Producer

1972

Buck and the Preacher

as Director

1968

For Love of Ivy

as Original Story