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