Sidney Poitier
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-02-20 (95 years old)
Deathday
2022-01-06
Place of Birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Also known As
Sir Sidney Poitier
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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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Acting
1966
as Toller
1992
as Crease
1967
as John Prentice
1965
as Simon of Cyrene
1959
as Porgy
1967
as Virgil Tibbs
2023
as (archive footage)
1997
as Carter Preston
1958
as Noah Cullen
1975
as Shack Twala
1988
as Warren Stantin
1972
as Buck
1955
as Gregory W. Miller
1967
as Mark Thackeray
1965
as Gordon Ralfe
1961
as Eddie Cook
1988
as Roy Parmenter
1962
as Doctor
1988
as Self - Audience Member
2004
as Self
1970
as Virgil Tibbs
1950
as Luther Brooks
1957
as Tommy Tyler
1974
as Steve Jackson
1975
as Clyde Williams
1961
as Walter Lee Younger
1977
as Manny Durrell
1957
as Rau-Ru
2001
as Self
1964
as Aly Mansuh
1963
as Homer Smith
1965
as Ben Munceford
1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja
1973
as Dr. Matt Younger
1965
as Alan Newell
1968
as Jack Parks
2012
as Self
1957
as Obam
1971
as Virgil Tibbs
1999
as Noah Dearborn
1998
as Dr. Jack Miller
1996
as Mark Thackeray
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1971
as John Kane
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
1965
as Self
1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
2023
as Self (archive footage)
2022
as Self
2001
as Henry Cobb
1952
as Robertson
1969
as Jason Higgs
1999
as Will Cleamons
1951
as Reverend Msimangu
2013
2000
1984
as Self
1997
as Nelson Mandela
1959
as Marcus
1955
as Tommy Tyler
1970
as Self (archive footage)
1956
as Gates Watson
2003
as Self
2022
as Self (archive footage)
1985
as Self
1998
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1995
1997
as Self (archive footage)
2007
1966
as Self
1979
as Narrator (voice)
1954
as Inman Jackson
2014
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
1972
as Self - Narrator
2017
as Self (archive footage)
2018
as Self (archive footage)
2017
as Various Roles (archive footage)
1969
1947
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Production
1990
as Director
1972
as Producer
1980
as Director
1982
as Director
1972
as Director
1974
as Director
1975
as Director
1977
as Director
1973
as Director
1968
as Original Story
1985
as Director
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