Sidney Poitier
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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 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.
Known for
Credits
Sneakers (1992)
as Crease
The Jackal (1997)
as Carter Preston
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
as Virgil Tibbs
Nationtime: Gary (1972)
as Self - Narrator
The Organization (1971)
as Virgil Tibbs
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
as John Prentice
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
as Simon of Cyrene
To Sir, with Love (1967)
as Mark Thackeray
The Resurrection of Christ (2026)
Actor
Shoot to Kill (1988)
as Warren Stantin
A Patch of Blue (1965)
as Gordon Ralfe
Paris Blues (1961)
as Eddie Cook
The Long Ships (1964)
as Aly Mansuh
The Defiant Ones (1958)
as Noah Cullen
The Bedford Incident (1965)
as Ben Munceford
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
as Shack Twala
Lilies of the Field (1963)
as Homer Smith
Little Nikita (1988)
as Roy Parmenter
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
Duel at Diablo (1966)
as Toller
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
as Mark Thackeray
Let's Do It Again (1975)
as Clyde Williams
Sidney (2022)
as Self
The Red Ball Express (1952)
as Robertson
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
as Virgil Tibbs
David and Lisa (1998)
as Dr. Jack Miller
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
as Walter Lee Younger
Sing Your Song (2012)
as Self
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
as Steve Jackson
No Way Out (1950)
as Luther Brooks
Sepia Cinderella (1947)
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
as Narrator (voice)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
as Self
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
as Gregory W. Miller
A Piece of the Action (1977)
as Manny Durrell
For Love of Ivy (1968)
as Jack Parks
The Slender Thread (1965)
as Alan Newell
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
as Self
Something of Value (1957)
as Kimani Wa Karanja
Pressure Point (1962)
as Doctor
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
as Self (archive footage)
Separate but Equal (1991)
as Thurgood Marshall
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
as Self
Edge of the City (1957)
as Tommy Tyler
Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
as Gates Watson
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Actor
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
as Noah Dearborn
Brother John (1971)
as John Kane
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
as Self (archive photos)
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
as Nelson Mandela
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969)
as Himself
All the Young Men (1960)
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
The Madding Crowd (2017)
as Self (archive footage)
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
as Obam
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
as Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
as Self
Free of Eden (1999)
as Will Cleamons
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
as Buck
The Lost Man (1969)
as Jason Higgs
Porgy and Bess (1959)
as Porgy
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)
as Self
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000)
as Self
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
as Reverend Msimangu
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
I Love Quincy (1984)
as Self
Virgin Island (1959)
as Marcus
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
as Self (archive footage)
Band of Angels (1957)
as Rau-Ru
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
as Self
A Warm December (1973)
as Dr. Matt Younger
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
as Henry Cobb
Go Man Go (1954)
as Inman Jackson
Afro Promo (1997)
as Self (archive footage)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
as Tommy Tyler
The Strolling '20s (1966)
as Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
as Self
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
as Self - Audience Member
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022)
as Self
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
as Self
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965)
as Self