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Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier

February 20, 1927 (age 94)
January 6, 2022
Miami, Florida, USA
Male
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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…

Movies

82 credits
The Jackal Movie
★ 6.4
Action, Adventure
1997 Action, Adventure
Sneakers Movie
★ 6.9
Comedy, Crime
1992 Comedy, Crime
In the Heat of the Night Movie
★ 7.7
Crime, Drama
1967 Crime, Drama
The Greatest Story Ever Told Movie
★ 6.4
Drama, History
1965 Drama, History
Little Nikita
★ 6.1
+
Little Nikita
1988 as Roy Parmenter
Sidney
★ 7.3
+
Sidney
2022 as Self
Blackboard Jungle Movie
★ 6.9
Crime, Drama
1955 Crime, Drama
To Sir, with Love Movie
★ 7.5
Drama
1967 Drama
Shoot to Kill
★ 6.6
+
Shoot to Kill
1988 as Warren Stantin
Brother John
★ 6.5
+
Brother John
1971 as John Kane
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner Movie
★ 7.6
Drama, Romance
1967 Drama, Romance
The Defiant Ones
★ 7.1
+
The Defiant Ones
1958 as Noah Cullen
Night of 100 Stars II
★ 8.0
+
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 as Self
Lilies of the Field
★ 7.2
+
Lilies of the Field
1963 as Homer Smith
Nationtime
★ 8.0
+
Nationtime
1972 as Self - Narrator
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
★ 5.9
+
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 as Virgil Tibbs
Duel at Diablo
★ 6.3
+
Duel at Diablo
1966 as Toller
The Slender Thread
★ 7.1
+
The Slender Thread
1965 as Alan Newell
The Bedford Incident
★ 7.0
+
The Bedford Incident
1965 as Ben Munceford
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
★ 7.3
+
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 as Self (archive footage)
To Sir, with Love II
★ 6.4
+
To Sir, with Love II
1996 as Mark Thackeray
The Last Brickmaker in America
★ 8.0
+
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 as Henry Cobb
The Wilby Conspiracy
★ 6.4
+
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 as Shack Twala
Buck and the Preacher
★ 6.3
+
Buck and the Preacher
1972 as Buck
Band of Angels
★ 6.3
+
Band of Angels
1957 as Rau-Ru
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
★ 7.6
+
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988 as Self - Audience Member
No Way Out
★ 6.9
+
No Way Out
1950 as Luther Brooks
A Raisin in the Sun
★ 7.7
+
A Raisin in the Sun
1961 as Walter Lee Younger
The Long Ships Movie
★ 6.0
Adventure, Drama
1964 Adventure, Drama
The Organization
★ 6.3
+
The Organization
1971 as Virgil Tibbs

TV Shows

23 credits
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.8
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.8
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
Golden Globe Awards TV
★ 7.2
Reality, Talk
1944 Reality, Talk
Golden Globe Awards TV
★ 7.2
Reality, Talk
1944 Reality, Talk
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.6
Drama
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.6
Drama
Tony Awards TV
The Merv Griffin Show TV
★ 6.6
Talk
Omnibus TV
★ 7.2
Documentary
1967 Documentary
The Dick Cavett Show TV
★ 6.8
Talk
Omnibus TV
★ 6.0
Talk
1952 Talk
TV
★ 7.5
Talk
The Oscars TV
★ 7.0
1953
TV
★ 4.7
1971
Cinépanorama TV
★ 8.0
Documentary, Family
1956 Documentary, Family
ABC Stage 67 TV
★ 6.8
Documentary, Drama
1966 Documentary, Drama
The American Film Institute Salute to … TV
★ 6.3
Reality
Hollywood Black TV
+
Hollywood Black
2024 as Self (archive footage)
Children of the Dust TV
+
Children of the Dust
1995 as Gypsy Smith
Kraft Television Theatre TV
+
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Separate but Equal TV
+
Separate but Equal
1991 as Thurgood Marshall
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