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Sidney Poitier

Acting
February 20, 1927
— January 6, 2022(94 years old)
Miami, Florida, USA
Popularity: 1
IMDb

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 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...

Also Known As

Sir Sidney Poitier • Сидней Пуатье • シドニー・ポワティエ

Known For

The Oscars series poster (1953)
7.0

The Oscars

Self

Tony Awards series poster (1956)

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

The Philco Television Playhouse series poster (1948)
6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse series poster (1948)
6.3

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tommy Tyler

The Kennedy Center Honors series poster (1978)
7.4

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

Sneakers movie poster (1992)
6.9

Sneakers

Crease

Photos of Sidney Poitier

Filmography

2020s

The Resurrection of Christ movie poster (2026)
New

The Resurrection of Christ

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback movie poster (2023)
6.5

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood movie poster (2023)
3.0

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Sidney movie poster (2022)
7.4

Sidney

Self

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story movie poster (2022)

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Self

2010s

Mr. SOUL! movie poster (2018)
7.0

Mr. SOUL!

Self (archive footage)

Poitier's Walter Lee movie poster (2018)

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)

The Madding Crowd movie poster (2017)

The Madding Crowd

Self (archive footage)

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart movie poster (2017)
6.2

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Self

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley movie poster (2013)
6.7

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Self

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington movie poster (2013)
10.0

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Self

Sing Your Song movie poster (2012)
6.9

Sing Your Song

Self

2000s

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project movie poster (2007)
6.8

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’ movie poster (2003)
5.0

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

Self

The Last Brickmaker in America movie poster (2001)
7.6

The Last Brickmaker in America

Henry Cobb

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket movie poster (2001)
10.0

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Self

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light movie poster (2000)
6.0

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters movie poster (2000)

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Self

1990s

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn movie poster (1999)
6.1

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Noah Dearborn

Free of Eden movie poster (1999)
10.0

Free of Eden

Will Cleamons

David and Lisa movie poster (1998)
5.8

David and Lisa

Dr. Jack Miller

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist movie poster (1998)
7.7

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

The Jackal movie poster (1997)
6.4

The Jackal

Carter Preston

Mandela and de Klerk movie poster (1997)
6.5

Mandela and de Klerk

Nelson Mandela

Afro Promo movie poster (1997)

Afro Promo

Self (archive footage)

To Sir, with Love II movie poster (1996)
6.4

To Sir, with Love II

Mark Thackeray

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick movie poster (1995)
8.0

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

Sneakers movie poster (1992)
6.9

Sneakers

Crease

Separate But Equal movie poster (1991)
6.4

Separate But Equal

Thurgood Marshall

Ghost Dad movie poster (1990)
5.1

Ghost Dad

Director

1980s

Shoot to Kill movie poster (1988)
6.6

Shoot to Kill

Warren Stantin

Little Nikita movie poster (1988)
6.1

Little Nikita

Roy Parmenter

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night movie poster (1988)
7.5

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Self - Audience Member

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn movie poster (1986)
8.0

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self

Night of 100 Stars II movie poster (1985)
8.0

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

Fast Forward movie poster (1985)
5.2

Fast Forward

Director

I Love Quincy movie poster (1984)

I Love Quincy

Self

Hanky Panky movie poster (1982)
5.3

Hanky Panky

Director

Stir Crazy movie poster (1980)
6.5

Stir Crazy

Director

1970s

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist movie poster (1979)
7.2

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Narrator (voice)

A Piece of the Action movie poster (1977)
5.7

A Piece of the Action

Manny Durrell

The Wilby Conspiracy movie poster (1975)
6.4

The Wilby Conspiracy

Shack Twala

Let's Do It Again movie poster (1975)
6.9

Let's Do It Again

Clyde Williams

Uptown Saturday Night movie poster (1974)
6.1

Uptown Saturday Night

Steve Jackson

A Warm December movie poster (1973)
6.4

A Warm December

Dr. Matt Younger

Buck and the Preacher movie poster (1972)
6.3

Buck and the Preacher

Buck

Nationtime movie poster (1972)
8.0

Nationtime

Self - Narrator

The Organization movie poster (1971)
6.2

The Organization

Virgil Tibbs

Brother John movie poster (1971)
6.2

Brother John

John Kane

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis movie poster (1970)
7.1

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! movie poster (1970)
5.8

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Virgil Tibbs

1960s

The Lost Man movie poster (1969)
3.2

The Lost Man

Jason Higgs

For Love of Ivy movie poster (1968)
5.8

For Love of Ivy

Jack Parks

In the Heat of the Night movie poster (1967)
7.7
Gem

In the Heat of the Night

Virgil Tibbs

To Sir, with Love movie poster (1967)
7.5

To Sir, with Love

Mark Thackeray

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner movie poster (1967)
7.6
Gem

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

John Prentice

Duel at Diablo movie poster (1966)
6.3

Duel at Diablo

Toller

The Strolling '20s movie poster (1966)

The Strolling '20s

Self

The Greatest Story Ever Told movie poster (1965)
6.4

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Simon of Cyrene

A Patch of Blue movie poster (1965)
7.6

A Patch of Blue

Gordon Ralfe

The Bedford Incident movie poster (1965)
7.0

The Bedford Incident

Ben Munceford

The Slender Thread movie poster (1965)
7.1

The Slender Thread

Alan Newell

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth movie poster (1965)
7.0

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

Self

The Long Ships movie poster (1964)
6.0

The Long Ships

Aly Mansuh

Lilies of the Field movie poster (1963)
7.2

Lilies of the Field

Homer Smith

Pressure Point movie poster (1962)
6.5

Pressure Point

Doctor

A Raisin in the Sun movie poster (1961)
7.7

A Raisin in the Sun

Walter Lee Younger

Paris Blues movie poster (1961)
6.5

Paris Blues

Eddie Cook

All the Young Men movie poster (1960)
6.3

All the Young Men

Sgt. Eddie Towler

1950s

Porgy and Bess movie poster (1959)
6.1

Porgy and Bess

Porgy

Virgin Island movie poster (1959)
5.0

Virgin Island

Marcus

The Defiant Ones movie poster (1958)
7.1

The Defiant Ones

Noah Cullen

Band of Angels movie poster (1957)
6.2

Band of Angels

Rau-Ru

Edge of the City movie poster (1957)
7.1

Edge of the City

Tommy Tyler

The Mark of the Hawk movie poster (1957)
3.0

The Mark of the Hawk

Obam

Something of Value movie poster (1957)
5.4

Something of Value

Kimani Wa Karanja

Good-bye, My Lady movie poster (1956)
7.7

Good-bye, My Lady

Gates Watson

Blackboard Jungle movie poster (1955)
6.9

Blackboard Jungle

Gregory W. Miller

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall movie poster (1955)

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

Tommy Tyler

Go Man Go movie poster (1954)
5.0

Go Man Go

Inman Jackson

The Red Ball Express movie poster (1952)
5.8

The Red Ball Express

Robertson

Cry, the Beloved Country movie poster (1951)
6.1

Cry, the Beloved Country

Reverend Msimangu

No Way Out movie poster (1950)
6.9

No Way Out

Luther Brooks

1940s

Sepia Cinderella movie poster (1947)
4.8

Sepia Cinderella

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)