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Personal Info

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-02-20 (98 years old)

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 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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Known For

Acting

2023

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte as (archive footage)

Paul Newman: The Restless as Self (archive footage)

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback as Self (archive footage)

2022

Sidney as Self

Denzel Washington: A Model American as Self (archive footage)

2018

Poitier's Walter Lee as Self (archive footage)

Mr. SOUL! as Self (archive footage)

2017

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart as Self

The Madding Crowd as Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro as Various Roles (archive footage)

2014

And the Oscar Goes To... as Self (archive footage)

2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington as Self

Moms Mabley as Self

2012

Sing Your Song as Self

2007

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project as Self

2004

Hollywood Legenden as Self

2003

The Making of ‘Sneakers’ as Self

2001

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket as Self

The Last Brickmaker in America as Henry Cobb

2000

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters as Self

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

1999

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn as Noah Dearborn

Free of Eden as Will Cleamons

1998

David and Lisa as Dr. Jack Miller

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

1997

The Jackal as Carter Preston

Mandela and de Klerk as Nelson Mandela

Afro Promo as Self (archive footage)

1996

To Sir, with Love II as Mark Thackeray

1995

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick as Self

Children of the Dust as Gypsy Smith

1992

Sneakers as Crease

1991

Separate But Equal as Thurgood Marshall

Separate but Equal as Thurgood Marshall

1988

Shoot to Kill as Warren Stantin

Little Nikita as Roy Parmenter

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night as Self - Audience Member

1986

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn as Self

1985

Night of 100 Stars II as Self

1984

I Love Quincy as Self

1979

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist as Narrator (voice)

1978

The Kennedy Center Honors as Self

1977

A Piece of the Action as Manny Durrell

1975

The Wilby Conspiracy as Shack Twala

Let's Do It Again as Clyde Williams

1974

Uptown Saturday Night as Steve Jackson

1973

A Warm December as Dr. Matt Younger

The American Film Institute Salute to ... as Self

1972

Buck and the Preacher as Buck

Nationtime as Self - Narrator

1971

The Organization as Virgil Tibbs

Brother John as John Kane

1970

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! as Virgil Tibbs

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis as Self (archive footage)

1969

The Lost Man as Jason Higgs

Three Young Americans in Search of Survival as Himself

1968

For Love of Ivy as Jack Parks

The Dick Cavett Show as Self - Guest

1967

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner as John Prentice

In the Heat of the Night as Virgil Tibbs

To Sir, with Love as Mark Thackeray

1966

Duel at Diablo as Toller

The Strolling '20s as Self

1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told as Simon of Cyrene

A Patch of Blue as Gordon Ralfe

The Bedford Incident as Ben Munceford

The Slender Thread as Alan Newell

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth as Self

1964

The Long Ships as Aly Mansuh

1963

Lilies of the Field as Homer Smith

1962

Pressure Point as Doctor

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1961

Paris Blues as Eddie Cook

A Raisin in the Sun as Walter Lee Younger

1960

All the Young Men as Sgt. Eddie Towler

1959

Porgy and Bess as Porgy

Virgin Island as Marcus

1958

The Defiant Ones as Noah Cullen

1957

Edge of the City as Tommy Tyler

Band of Angels as Rau-Ru

Something of Value as Kimani Wa Karanja

The Mark of the Hawk as Obam

1956

Good-bye, My Lady as Gates Watson

Tony Awards as Self - Presenter

Cinépanorama as Self

1955

Blackboard Jungle as Gregory W. Miller

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall as Tommy Tyler

1954

Go Man Go as Inman Jackson

1953

The Oscars as Self

1952

The Red Ball Express as Robertson

1951

Cry, the Beloved Country as Reverend Msimangu

1950

No Way Out as Luther Brooks

1948

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse as Tommy Tyler

1944

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Winner

Golden Globe Awards as Self - Presenter

Directing

1990

Ghost Dad as Director

1985

Fast Forward as Director

1982

Hanky Panky as Director

1980

Stir Crazy as Director

1977

A Piece of the Action as Director

1975

Let's Do It Again as Director

1974

Uptown Saturday Night as Director

1973

A Warm December as Director

1972

Buck and the Preacher as Director

Production

1972

Buck and the Preacher as Producer

Writing

1968

For Love of Ivy as Original Story