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Sidney Poitier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Birthdate

1927-02-20

Day of Death

2022-01-06

Place of Birth

Miami, Florida, USA

Sidney Poitier

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 (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

Filmography (82)

⭐ 0 Role: Unknown

The Resurrection of Christ

2026
⭐ 6.5 Role: Self (archive footage)

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

2023
⭐ 3.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

2023
⭐ 0 Role: Self

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

2022
⭐ 7.3 Role: Self

Sidney

2022
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Poitier's Walter Lee

2018
⭐ 7.0 Role: Self (archive footage)

Mr. SOUL!

2018
⭐ 6.2 Role: Self

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017
⭐ 0 Role: Self (archive footage)

The Madding Crowd

2017
⭐ 6.7 Role: Self

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013
⭐ 10.0 Role: Self

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

2013
⭐ 6.9 Role: Self

Sing Your Song

2012
⭐ 6.8 Role: Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007
No Image
⭐ 4.5 Role: Self

Hollywood Legenden

2004
⭐ 7.5 Role: Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

2003