Biography
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.
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Filmography
all 105
Movies 91
self 40
TV Shows 14
Director 8
Narrator 1
Voice 1
Producer 1
Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Movie
(archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain (2022)
Movie
1
Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Movie
Various Roles (archive footage)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
Movie
Will Cleamons
Free of Eden (1999)
Movie
Dr. Jack Miller
David and Lisa (1998)
Movie
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Movie
Carter Preston
The Jackal (1997)
Movie
5.67
Nelson Mandela
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo (1997)
Movie
Mark Thackeray
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
Movie
Gypsy Smith
Children of the Dust (1995)
TV
Crease
Sneakers (1992)
Movie
3.33
Thurgood Marshall
Separate but Equal (1991)
TV
Thurgood Marshall
Separate But Equal (1991)
Movie
Director
Ghost Dad (1990)
Movie
Roy Parmenter
Little Nikita (1988)
Movie
Warren Stantin
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Movie
6
Self - Audience Member
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
Movie
Director
Fast Forward (1985)
Movie
Director
Hanky Panky (1982)
Movie
Director
Stir Crazy (1980)
Movie
5.09
Narrator (voice)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
Movie
Manny Durrell / Director
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Movie
Clyde Williams / Director
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Movie
Shack Twala
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Movie
Steve Jackson / Director
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Movie
Dr. Matt Younger / Director
A Warm December (1973)
Movie
Self - Narrator
Nationtime (1972)
Movie
Buck / Producer / Director
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Movie
Virgil Tibbs
The Organization (1971)
Movie
4.89
John Kane
Brother John (1971)
Movie
Virgil Tibbs
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
Movie
3.75
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Movie
Jason Higgs
The Lost Man (1969)
Movie
Jack Parks / Original Story
For Love of Ivy (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
John Prentice
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Movie
4.67
Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
5.08
Mark Thackeray
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Movie
Alan Newell
The Slender Thread (1965)
Movie
Gordon Ralfe
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Movie
Ben Munceford
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Movie
4
Simon of Cyrene
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Movie
Aly Mansuh
The Long Ships (1964)
Movie
Homer Smith
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Movie
6
Eddie Cook
Paris Blues (1961)
Movie
Walter Lee Younger
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Movie
Sgt. Eddie Towler
All the Young Men (1960)
Movie
Noah Cullen
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Movie
2
Kimani Wa Karanja
Something of Value (1957)
Movie
Tommy Tyler
Edge of the City (1957)
Movie
Gates Watson
Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Tommy Tyler
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
Movie
Gregory W. Miller
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Movie
Inman Jackson
Go Man Go (1954)
Movie
Robertson
The Red Ball Express (1952)
Movie
Reverend Msimangu
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Movie
Dr. Luther Brooks
No Way Out (1950)
Movie
Tommy Tyler
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Self - Winner / Self - Presenter
Golden Globe Awards (1944)
TV
Gallery
Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-02-20
Deathday2022-01-06 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceMiami, United States
Religiondeism
Height1.89-meter
RelationshipsJuanita Hardy (1950 - 1965), Diahann Carroll (1959 - 1968)
SpouseJoanna Shimkus
ChildrenSydney Tamiia Poitier
CitizenshipsThe Bahamas, United States
Also Known AsSir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, Сидни Пуатье
AwardsAudie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Marian Anderson Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Coretta Scott King Award, Spingarn Medal, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Paul Robeson Award, Kennedy Center Honors, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Silver Shell for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Academy Honorary Award, Silver Bear, Henrietta Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Academy Fellowship Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, Academy Award for Best Actor, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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