
Sidney Poitier
Known for: Acting
Born: February 20, 1927
Died: January 6, 2022
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 Jun…
Known for

Porgy and Bess
1959

In the Heat of the Night
1967

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023

The Wilby Conspiracy
1975

Shoot to Kill
1988

Buck and the Preacher
1972

To Sir, with Love
1967

A Patch of Blue
1965

Little Nikita
1988

Pressure Point
1962

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970

Uptown Saturday Night
1974

Let's Do It Again
1975

A Raisin in the Sun
1961

A Piece of the Action
1977

Lilies of the Field
1963

A Warm December
1973

The Slender Thread
1965

For Love of Ivy
1968

The Organization
1971

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999

David and Lisa
1998

To Sir, with Love II
1996

Brother John
1971

Separate but Equal
1991

Sidney
2022

The Last Brickmaker in America
2001

The Lost Man
1969

Free of Eden
1999

Mandela and de Klerk
1997

Afro Promo
1997

Nationtime
1972

Duel at Diablo
1966

Sneakers
1992

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967

The Defiant Ones
1958

Edge of the City
1957

The Long Ships
1964

The Bedford Incident
1965

The Mark of the Hawk
1957

Sing Your Song
2012

All the Young Men
1960

The Strolling '20s
1966

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018

Mr. SOUL!
2018

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022

The Resurrection of Christ
2026

The Jackal
1997

Paris Blues
1961

No Way Out
1950

Band of Angels
1957

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001

Something of Value
1957

Cry, the Beloved Country
1951

Virgin Island
1959

Go Man Go
1954

The Madding Crowd
2017

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000

Good-bye, My Lady
1956

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969

The Red Ball Express
1952

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003

Blackboard Jungle
1955

Paul Newman: The Restless
2023

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000

I Love Quincy
1984

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Hollywood Legenden
2004

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988

Sepia Cinderella
1947

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007

Remembering Gene Wilder
2024

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970

The Philco Television Playhouse
1948

The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973

The Oscars
1953

The Kennedy Center Honors
1978

Children of the Dust
1995

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962

Separate but Equal
1991

Cinépanorama
1956

The Dick Cavett Show
1968

Omnibus
1952

Golden Globe Awards
1944

ABC Stage 67
1966

The Merv Griffin Show
1962

The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
Kraft Television Theatre
1953

Tony Awards
1956

Hollywood Black
2024
Film '72
1971

Omnibus
1967

100 Years at the Movies
1994

Night of 100 Stars II
1985