Sidney Poitier
ActingAlso Known As
Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, シドニー・ポワティエ
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 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.
Movies
(81 total)
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
Sneakers
as Crease
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
No Way Out
as Luther Brooks
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh
TV Shows
(19 total)
The Oscars
as Self
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Taped Tribute
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Tommy Tyler
Children of the Dust
as Gypsy Smith
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host
Separate but Equal
as Thurgood Marshall
Cinépanorama
as Self
