Sidney Poitier
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Biography
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 Jun...
Known For
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2025
as Self
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
as Self (archive photos)
Hollywood Black
2024
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
2022
as Self
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
The Madding Crowd
2017
as Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
Sing Your Song
2012
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
as Self
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Henry Cobb
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
as Noah Dearborn
Free of Eden
1999
as Will Cleamons
David and Lisa
1998
as Dr. Jack Miller
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
The Jackal
1997
as Carter Preston
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
To Sir, with Love II
1996
as Mark Thackeray
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
Children of the Dust
1995
as Gypsy Smith
Sneakers
1992
as Crease
Separate but Equal
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
Separate but Equal
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
Shoot to Kill
1988
as Warren Stantin
Little Nikita
1988
as Roy Parmenter
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
I Love Quincy
1984
as Self
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Manny Durrell
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
as Shack Twala
Let's Do It Again
1975
as Clyde Williams
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
as Steve Jackson
A Warm December
1973
as Dr. Matt Younger
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Buck and the Preacher
1972
as Buck
Nationtime: Gary
1972
as Self - Narrator
The Organization
1971
as Virgil Tibbs
Brother John
1971
as John Kane
Film '72
1971
as Self
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man
1969
as Jason Higgs
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969
as Himself
For Love of Ivy
1968
as Jack Parks
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
as Self - Guest
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
as John Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Virgil Tibbs
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Mark Thackeray
Omnibus
1967
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Toller
The Strolling '20s
1966
as Self
ABC Stage 67
1966
as Self - Host
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Simon of Cyrene
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Gordon Ralfe
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Ben Munceford
The Slender Thread
1965
as Alan Newell
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
as Self
The Long Ships
1964
as Aly Mansuh
Lilies of the Field
1963
as Homer Smith
Pressure Point
1962
as Doctor
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Paris Blues
1961
as Eddie Cook
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Walter Lee Younger
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
as Self - Taped Tribute
All the Young Men
1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Porgy
Virgin Island
1959
as Marcus
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Noah Cullen
Edge of the City
1957
as Tommy Tyler
Band of Angels
1957
as Rau-Ru
Something of Value
1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as Obam
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
1957
as Self
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Gates Watson
Cinépanorama
1956
as Self
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Gregory W. Miller
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Tommy Tyler
Go Man Go
1954
as Inman Jackson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
The Red Ball Express
1952
as Robertson
Omnibus
1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Reverend Msimangu
No Way Out
1950
as Luther Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Tommy Tyler
Sepia Cinderella
1947
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Presenter