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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
| Birth Location | Miami, Florida, USA |
|---|---|
| Born | 1927-02-20 |
| Died | 2022-01-07 |
Movies
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
as Self (archive footage)
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)
2023
2022
Sidney
as Self
2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archival footage)
2018
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2017
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2014
Moms Mabley
as Self
2013
2013
Sing Your Song
as Self
2012
2007
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
2001
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
1999
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
1999
David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
1997
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1997
To Sir, With Love II
as Mark Thackeray
1996
Sneakers
as Crease
1992
Separate But Equal
as Thurgood Marshall
1991
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
1988
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
I Love Quincy
as Self
1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)
1979
A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell
1977
Let's Do It Again
as Clyde Williams
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
as Steve Jackson
1974
A Warm December
as Dr. Matt Younger
1973
Nationtime
as Self - Narrator
1972
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
1972
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
1971
Brother John
as John Kane
1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs
1969
For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks
1968
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
1967
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
1966
The Strolling '20s
as Self
1966
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
1965
The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh
1964
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
1963
Pressure Point
as Doctor
1962
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
1961
All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
1960
Virgin Island
as Marcus
1959
Porgy and Bess
as Porgy
1959
The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen
1958
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
1957
Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson
1956
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Tommy Tyler
1955
Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller
1955
Go Man Go
as Inman Jackson
1954
The Red Ball Express
as Robertson
1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Reverend Msimangu
1951
No Way Out
as Dr. Luther Brooks
1950
Movies
Ghost Dad
Director
1990
Fast Forward
Director
1985
Hanky Panky
Director
1982
Stir Crazy
Director
1980
A Piece of the Action
Director
1977
Let's Do It Again
Director
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
Director
1974
A Warm December
Director
1973
Buck and the Preacher
Producer
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Director
1972
For Love of Ivy
Original Story
1968
