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.
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.
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Filmography (Movies)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:30/07/2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:23/01/2023
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Character:Self
Release Date:09/11/2022
Sidney
Character:Self
Release Date:10/09/2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:25/09/2018
Mr. SOUL!
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:27/04/2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Character:Self
Release Date:14/10/2017
The Madding Crowd
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:01/02/2017
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Character:Self
Release Date:20/04/2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2013
Sing Your Song
Character:Self
Release Date:13/01/2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Character:Self
Release Date:13/10/2007
Hollywood Legenden
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Character:Self
Release Date:03/06/2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Character:Self
Release Date:18/11/2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
Character:Henry Cobb
Release Date:23/09/2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Character:Self
Release Date:29/06/2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Character:
Release Date:02/02/2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Character:Noah Dearborn
Release Date:09/05/1999
Free of Eden
Character:Will Cleamons
Release Date:21/02/1999
David and Lisa
Character:Dr. Jack Miller
Release Date:01/11/1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Character:Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Release Date:01/01/1998
The Jackal
Character:Carter Preston
Release Date:14/11/1997
Mandela and de Klerk
Character:Nelson Mandela
Release Date:16/02/1997
Afro Promo
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:31/01/1997
To Sir, with Love II
Character:Mark Thackeray
Release Date:07/04/1996
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1995
Sneakers
Character:Crease
Release Date:09/09/1992
Separate But Equal
Character:Thurgood Marshall
Release Date:07/04/1991
Little Nikita
Character:Roy Parmenter
Release Date:17/03/1988
Shoot to Kill
Character:Warren Stantin
Release Date:12/02/1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Character:Self - Audience Member
Release Date:03/01/1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Character:Self
Release Date:09/03/1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Character:Self
Release Date:10/03/1985
I Love Quincy
Character:Self
Release Date:07/01/1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:29/10/1979
A Piece of the Action
Character:Manny Durrell
Release Date:07/10/1977
Let's Do It Again
Character:Clyde Williams
Release Date:11/10/1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
Character:Shack Twala
Release Date:01/02/1975
Uptown Saturday Night
Character:Steve Jackson
Release Date:26/07/1974
A Warm December
Character:Dr. Matt Younger
Release Date:23/05/1973
Nationtime
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:01/11/1972
Buck and the Preacher
Character:Buck
Release Date:17/03/1972
The Organization
Character:Virgil Tibbs
Release Date:20/10/1971
Brother John
Character:John Kane
Release Date:15/08/1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Character:Virgil Tibbs
Release Date:10/07/1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Character:Self (archive footage)
Release Date:24/03/1970
The Lost Man
Character:Jason Higgs
Release Date:11/07/1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Character:Himself
Release Date:10/03/1969
For Love of Ivy
Character:Jack Parks
Release Date:17/07/1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Character:John Prentice
Release Date:11/12/1967
In the Heat of the Night
Character:Virgil Tibbs
Release Date:02/08/1967
To Sir, with Love
Character:Mark Thackeray
Release Date:14/06/1967
Duel at Diablo
Character:Toller
Release Date:15/06/1966
The Strolling '20s
Character:Self
Release Date:04/02/1966
The Slender Thread
Character:Alan Newell
Release Date:15/12/1965
A Patch of Blue
Character:Gordon Ralfe
Release Date:10/12/1965
The Bedford Incident
Character:Ben Munceford
Release Date:11/10/1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Character:Simon of Cyrene
Release Date:09/04/1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1965
The Long Ships
Character:Aly Mansuh
Release Date:22/04/1964
Lilies of the Field
Character:Homer Smith
Release Date:04/06/1963
Pressure Point
Character:Doctor
Release Date:10/10/1962
Paris Blues
Character:Eddie Cook
Release Date:27/09/1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Character:Walter Lee Younger
Release Date:28/05/1961
All the Young Men
Character:Sgt. Eddie Towler
Release Date:26/08/1960
Virgin Island
Character:Marcus
Release Date:07/08/1959
Porgy and Bess
Character:Porgy
Release Date:24/06/1959
The Defiant Ones
Character:Noah Cullen
Release Date:14/08/1958
The Mark of the Hawk
Character:Obam
Release Date:01/12/1957
Band of Angels
Character:Rau-Ru
Release Date:03/08/1957
Something of Value
Character:Kimani Wa Karanja
Release Date:08/05/1957
Edge of the City
Character:Tommy Tyler
Release Date:04/01/1957
Good-bye, My Lady
Character:Gates Watson
Release Date:12/05/1956
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Character:Tommy Tyler
Release Date:02/10/1955
Blackboard Jungle
Character:Gregory W. Miller
Release Date:25/03/1955
Go Man Go
Character:Inman Jackson
Release Date:27/01/1954
The Red Ball Express
Character:Robertson
Release Date:29/05/1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
Character:Reverend Msimangu
Release Date:16/11/1951
No Way Out
Character:Luther Brooks
Release Date:16/08/1950
Sepia Cinderella
Character:Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Release Date:25/07/1947
Television Appearances
Children of the Dust
Character:Gypsy Smith
Separate but Equal
Character:Thurgood Marshall
The Kennedy Center Honors
Character:Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Character:Self
The Dick Cavett Show
Character:Self - Guest
ABC Stage 67
Character:Self - Host
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Character:Self
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self
The Mike Douglas Show
Character:Self - Taped Tribute
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
Cinépanorama
Character:Self
Kraft Television Theatre
Character:
The Oscars
Character:Self
Omnibus
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:
The Philco Television Playhouse
Character:Tommy Tyler
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Presenter
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