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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
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Little Nikita
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Sidney
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Shoot to Kill
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Brother John
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The Defiant Ones
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Night of 100 Stars II
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Lilies of the Field
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Nationtime
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
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Duel at Diablo
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The Slender Thread
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The Bedford Incident
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
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To Sir, with Love II
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The Last Brickmaker in America
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The Wilby Conspiracy
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Buck and the Preacher
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Band of Angels
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
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No Way Out
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A Raisin in the Sun
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The Organization
TV Shows
23 credits
TV
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Hollywood Black
TV
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Children of the Dust
TV
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Kraft Television Theatre
TV
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Separate but Equal