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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
as Self
Sidney Poitier
Also known as: Sir Sidney Poitier, Sidney L. Poitier
Acting
Born:February 20, 1927
Died:January 6, 2022(aged 94)
Birthplace:Miami, Florida, USA
Nationality:United States
Height:6'2" (189 cm)
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CommunityBiography
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 (81 movies)
10.0
10.0
Free of Eden
1999
as Will Cleamons
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10.0
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
as Self
9.0
9.0
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2023
as Self (archive footage)
8.0
8.0
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
8.0
8.0
Nationtime
1972
as Self - Narrator
8.0
8.0
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
7.7
7.7
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
7.7
7.7
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Gates Watson
7.7
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Walter Lee Younger
7.6
7.6
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Virgil Tibbs
7.6
7.6
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Henry Cobb
7.6
7.6
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Gordon Ralfe
7.6
7.6
Sidney
2022
as Self
7.6
7.6
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
as John Prentice
7.5
7.5
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
7.5
7.5
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Mark Thackeray
7.2
7.2
Lilies of the Field
1963
as Homer Smith
7.2
7.2
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Narrator (voice)
7.1
7.1
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Noah Cullen
7.1
7.1
The Slender Thread
1965
as Alan Newell
7.1
7.1
Edge of the City
1957
as Tommy Tyler
7.0
7.0
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
as Self
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7.0
Mr. SOUL!
2018
as Self (archive footage)
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6.9
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Ben Munceford
6.9
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Gregory W. Miller
6.9
6.9
Sneakers
1992
as Crease
6.9
6.9
Let's Do It Again
1975
Director
6.9
6.9
Sing Your Song
2012
as Self
6.9
6.9
No Way Out
1950
as Luther Brooks
6.7
6.7
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
6.6
6.6
Shoot to Kill
1988
as Warren Stantin
6.5
6.5
Separate But Equal
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
6.5
6.5
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Nelson Mandela
6.5
6.5
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
6.5
6.5
Pressure Point
1962
as Doctor
6.5
6.5
Stir Crazy
1980
Director
6.5
6.5
Paris Blues
1961
as Eddie Cook
6.4
6.4
To Sir, with Love II
1996
as Mark Thackeray
6.4
6.4
A Warm December
1973
Director
6.4
6.4
The Jackal
1997
as Carter Preston
6.4
6.4
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
as Shack Twala
6.3
6.3
All the Young Men
1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
6.3
6.3
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Toller
6.3
6.3
Buck and the Preacher
1972
Director
6.2
6.2
Band of Angels
1957
as Rau-Ru
6.2
6.2
Brother John
1971
as John Kane
6.2
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
6.1
6.1
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Reverend Msimangu
6.1
6.1
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Porgy
6.1
6.1
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
Director
6.1
6.1
The Organization
1971
as Virgil Tibbs
6.1
6.1
Little Nikita
1988
as Roy Parmenter
6.0
6.0
The Long Ships
1964
as Aly Mansuh
6.0
6.0
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
5.8
5.8
For Love of Ivy
1968
as Jack Parks
5.8
5.8
The Red Ball Express
1952
as Robertson
5.8
5.8
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
as Noah Dearborn
5.8
5.8
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Virgil Tibbs
5.8
5.8
David and Lisa
1998
as Dr. Jack Miller
5.7
5.7
Go Man Go
1954
as Inman Jackson
5.6
5.6
A Piece of the Action
1977
Director
5.4
5.4
Something of Value
1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja
5.3
5.3
Hanky Panky
1982
Director
5.3
5.3
Fast Forward
1985
Director
5.1
5.1
Ghost Dad
1990
Director
5.0
5.0
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
5.0
5.0
Virgin Island
1959
as Marcus
4.8
4.8
Sepia Cinderella
1947
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
3.3
3.3
The Lost Man
1969
as Jason Higgs
3.0
3.0
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as Obam
2.0
2.0
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
as Self
I Love Quincy
1984
as Self
The Madding Crowd
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969
as Himself
The Strolling '20s
1966
as Self
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
as Self
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Tommy Tyler
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