Sidney Poitier
Feb 20, 1927 - Jan 06, 2022 (94 years old) in Miami, Florida, USA
Sidney Poitier KBE 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.
Known For
The Oscars
Self
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter
Sneakers
Crease
The Jackal
Carter Preston
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
ABC Stage 67
Self - Host
Children of the Dust
Gypsy Smith
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith
Credits
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Self (archive footage)★ 6.5 -
Self (archive footage)★ 8.1 -
(archive footage)★ 9 -
Self★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.8 -
Sidney 2022Self★ 7.5 -
Poitier's Walter Lee 2018Self (archive footage)★ NR -
Mr. SOUL! 2018Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
Self★ 6.2 -
I Am Not Your Negro 2017Various Roles (archive footage)★ 7.7 -
The Madding Crowd 2017Self (archive footage)★ NR -
Self (archive footage)★ 7 -
Self★ 6.7 -
Self★ 10 -
Sing Your Song 2012Self★ 6.9 -
Self★ 6.8 -
Hollywood Legenden 2004Self★ 2 -
Self★ NR -
Self★ 10 -
Henry Cobb★ 7.6 -
Self★ NR -
★ 6 -
Noah Dearborn★ 5.8 -
Free of Eden 1999Will Cleamons★ 10 -
David and Lisa 1998Dr. Jack Miller★ 5.5 -
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)★ 7.7 -
The Jackal 1997Carter Preston★ 6.4 -
Mandela and de Klerk 1997Nelson Mandela★ 6.5 -
Afro Promo 1997Self (archive footage)★ NR -
To Sir, with Love II 1996Mark Thackeray★ 6.4 -
Children of the Dust 1995Gypsy Smith★ 7 -
Self★ 8 -
Sneakers 1992Crease★ 6.9 -
Separate But Equal 1991Thurgood Marshall★ 6.5 -
Separate but Equal 1991Thurgood Marshall★ 6
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Little Nikita 1988Roy Parmenter★ 6 -
Shoot to Kill 1988Warren Stantin★ 6.6 -
Self - Audience Member★ 7.5 -
Self★ 8 -
Self★ 8 -
I Love Quincy 1984Self★ NR
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Narrator (voice)★ 7.2 -
Self★ 7.4 -
Manny Durrell★ 5.6 -
Let's Do It Again 1975Clyde Williams★ 6.9 -
The Wilby Conspiracy 1975Shack Twala★ 6.4 -
Steve Jackson★ 6.1 -
A Warm December 1973Dr. Matt Younger★ 6.4 -
Self★ 6.3 -
Nationtime 1972Self - Narrator★ 8 -
Buck★ 6.2 -
The Organization 1971Virgil Tibbs★ 5.9 -
Brother John 1971John Kane★ 6.2 -
Virgil Tibbs★ 5.8 -
Self (archive footage)★ 7.1 -
The Lost Man 1969Jason Higgs★ 4 -
Himself★ NR
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For Love of Ivy 1968Jack Parks★ 5.9 -
John Prentice★ 7.6 -
Virgil Tibbs★ 7.6 -
To Sir, with Love 1967Mark Thackeray★ 7.5 -
ABC Stage 67 1966Self - Host★ 6.2 -
Duel at Diablo 1966Toller★ 6.3 -
The Strolling '20s 1966Self★ NR -
The Slender Thread 1965Alan Newell★ 7.1 -
A Patch of Blue 1965Gordon Ralfe★ 7.6 -
The Bedford Incident 1965Ben Munceford★ 6.9 -
Simon of Cyrene★ 6.4 -
Self★ 7 -
The Long Ships 1964Aly Mansuh★ 6.1 -
Lilies of the Field 1963Homer Smith★ 7.2 -
Pressure Point 1962Doctor★ 6.6 -
Paris Blues 1961Eddie Cook★ 6.5 -
A Raisin in the Sun 1961Walter Lee Younger★ 7.7 -
All the Young Men 1960Sgt. Eddie Towler★ 6.3 -
Virgin Island 1959Marcus★ 5 -
Porgy and Bess 1959Porgy★ 6.1 -
The Defiant Ones 1958Noah Cullen★ 7.1 -
The Mark of the Hawk 1957Obam★ 3 -
Band of Angels 1957Rau-Ru★ 6.2 -
Something of Value 1957Kimani Wa Karanja★ 5.5 -
Edge of the City 1957Tommy Tyler★ 7.1 -
Good-bye, My Lady 1956Gates Watson★ 7.7 -
Tony Awards 1956Self - Presenter★ 5.5 -
Tommy Tyler★ NR -
Blackboard Jungle 1955Gregory W. Miller★ 6.9 -
Go Man Go 1954Inman Jackson★ 5.7 -
The Oscars 1953Self★ 7.1 -
The Red Ball Express 1952Robertson★ 5.8 -
Reverend Msimangu★ 6.1 -
No Way Out 1950Luther Brooks★ 6.9 -
★ 6.3 -
Sepia Cinderella 1947Nightclub Extra (uncredited)★ 4.8
