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.
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Filmography
all 101
Movies 89
self 37
TV Shows 12
Director 4
Narrator 2
Self (archive footage)
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Movie
Self - Subject
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023)
Movie
Self
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain (2022)
Movie
1
Self
Sidney (2022)
Movie
Self
Wolfgang (2021)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
Movie
Self
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Movie
Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
Movie
Various Roles (archive footage)
I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd (2017)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Movie
Self
Moms Mabley (2013)
Movie
Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Movie
Self
Sing Your Song (2012)
Movie
Self
Oprah's Master Class (2011)
TV
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Movie
Self
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
Movie
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
Movie
Actor
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
Movie
Henry Cobb
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
Movie
Himself
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand (2001)
Movie
Narrator
Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001)
Movie
Self
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000)
Movie
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
Movie
Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
Movie
Will Cleamons
Free of Eden (1999)
Movie
Dr. Jack Miller
David and Lisa (1998)
Movie
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Movie
Preston
The Jackal (1997)
Movie
5.67
Nelson Mandela
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Movie
Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo (1997)
Movie
Mark Thackeray
To Sir, With Love II (1996)
Movie
Gypsy Smith
Children of the Dust (1995)
TV
Crease
Sneakers (1992)
Movie
3.33
Thurgood Marshall
Separate but Equal (1991)
TV
Thurgood Marshall
Separate But Equal (1991)
Movie
Director
Ghost Dad (1990)
Movie
Roy Parmenter
Little Nikita (1988)
Movie
Warren Stantin
Shoot to Kill (1988)
Movie
6
Self - Audience Member
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
Movie
Self
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)
Movie
Self
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Movie
Director
Fast Forward (1985)
Movie
Self
I Love Quincy (1984)
Movie
Director
Hanky Panky (1982)
Movie
Director
Stir Crazy (1980)
Movie
5.09
Narrator
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)
Movie
Self
The Kennedy Center Honors (1978)
TV
Manny Durrell
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Movie
Clyde Williams
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Movie
Shack Twala
The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Movie
Steve Jackson
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
Movie
Dr. Matt Younger
A Warm December (1973)
Movie
Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... (1973)
TV
Self - Narrator
Nationtime (1972)
Movie
Buck
Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Movie
Virgil Tibbs
The Organization (1971)
Movie
4.89
John Kane
Brother John (1971)
Movie
Virgil Tibbs
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
Movie
3.75
Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)
Movie
Jason Higgs
The Lost Man (1969)
Movie
Jack Parks
For Love of Ivy (1968)
Movie
Self - Guest
The Dick Cavett Show (1968)
TV
John Prentice
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Movie
4.67
Det. Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Movie
5.08
Mark Thackeray
To Sir, with Love (1967)
Movie
Toller
Duel at Diablo (1966)
Movie
Self
The Strolling '20s (1966)
Movie
Alan Newell
The Slender Thread (1965)
Movie
Gordon Ralfe
A Patch of Blue (1965)
Movie
Ben Munceford
The Bedford Incident (1965)
Movie
4
Simon of Cyrene
The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Movie
Self
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965)
Movie
Aly Mansuh
The Long Ships (1964)
Movie
Homer Smith
Lilies of the Field (1963)
Movie
6
Doctor
Pressure Point (1962)
Movie
Self
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962)
TV
6
Eddie Cook
Paris Blues (1961)
Movie
Walter Lee Younger
A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Movie
Sgt. Eddie Towler
All the Young Men (1960)
Movie
Marcus
Virgin Island (1959)
Movie
Porgy
Porgy and Bess (1959)
Movie
Noah Cullen
The Defiant Ones (1958)
Movie
2
Obam
The Mark of the Hawk (1957)
Movie
Rau-Ru
Band of Angels (1957)
Movie
Kimani Wa Karanja
Something of Value (1957)
Movie
Tommy Tyler
Edge of the City (1957)
Movie
Gates Watson
Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
Movie
Self - Presenter
Tony Awards (1956)
TV
1
Self
Cinépanorama (1956)
TV
Tommy Tyler
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955)
Movie
Gregory W. Miller
Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Movie
Inman Jackson
Go Man Go (1954)
Movie
Self
The Oscars (1953)
TV
Robertson
The Red Ball Express (1952)
Movie
Actor
CBS Television Workshop (1952)
TV
Reverend Msimangu
Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
Movie
Dr. Luther Brooks
No Way Out (1950)
Movie
Tommy Tyler
The Philco Television Playhouse (1948)
TV
Ratings
Average 6.16
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Information
Known ForActing
GenderMale
Birthday1927-02-20
Deathday2022-01-07 (94 years old)
Birth PlaceMiami, United States
Religiondeism
Height1.89-meter
RelationshipsJuanita Hardy (1950-01-01 - 1965-01-01), Diahann Carroll (1959-01-01 - 1968-01-01)
SpouseJoanna Shimkus
ChildrenSydney Tamiia Poitier
CitizenshipsThe Bahamas, United States
Also Known AsSir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, Сидни Пуатье
AwardsAudie Award for Narration by the Author, honorary doctor of the University of Miami, Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, star on Hollywood Walk of Fame, Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres, Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire, Paul Robeson Award, NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award, NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special, Marian Anderson Award, Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album, Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording, Coretta Scott King Award, Spingarn Medal, Kennedy Center Honors, Academy Honorary Award, Silver Bear, Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award, Henrietta Award, Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame, Academy Fellowship Award, AFI Life Achievement Award, Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award, Silver Shell for Best Actor, Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama, Academy Award for Best Actor, Presidential Medal of Freedom
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