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Sidney Poitier‌

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1927-02-20

Popularity

star6.8

Sidney Poitier

Miami, Florida, USA

Sidney Poitier

Miami, Florida, USA

Gender

Male

Birthday

calendar1927-02-20

Popularity

star6.8

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.

Movie Credits

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo‌
star6.3
calendar 1966

Sneakers

Sneakers‌
star6.9
calendar 1992

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner‌
star7.6
calendar 1967

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told‌
star6.4
calendar 1965

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess‌
star6.2
calendar 1959

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night‌
star7.6
calendar 1967

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte‌
star9.0
calendar 2023

The Jackal

The Jackal‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones‌
star7.1
calendar 1958

The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy‌
star6.5
calendar 1975

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill‌
star6.6
calendar 1988

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher‌
star6.2
calendar 1972

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle‌
star6.9
calendar 1955

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love‌
star7.5
calendar 1967

A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue‌
star7.5
calendar 1965

Paris Blues

Paris Blues‌
star6.5
calendar 1961

Little Nikita

Little Nikita‌
star6.0
calendar 1988

Pressure Point

Pressure Point‌
star6.6
calendar 1962

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night‌
star7.4
calendar 1988

Hollywood Legenden

Hollywood Legenden‌
star2.0
calendar 2004

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!‌
star5.7
calendar 1970

No Way Out

No Way Out‌
star6.9
calendar 1950

Edge of the City

Edge of the City‌
star7.1
calendar 1957

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night‌
star6.2
calendar 1974

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again‌
star6.7
calendar 1975

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun‌
star7.6
calendar 1961

A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action‌
star5.5
calendar 1977

Band of Angels

Band of Angels‌
star6.1
calendar 1957

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket‌
star10.0
calendar 2001

The Long Ships

The Long Ships‌
star6.0
calendar 1964

Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field‌
star7.2
calendar 1963

The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident‌
star6.9
calendar 1965

Something of Value

Something of Value‌
star5.4
calendar 1957

A Warm December

A Warm December‌
star6.4
calendar 1973

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread‌
star7.1
calendar 1965

For Love of Ivy

For Love of Ivy‌
star5.8
calendar 1968

Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song‌
star6.9
calendar 2012

The Mark of the Hawk

The Mark of the Hawk‌
star3.0
calendar 1957

The Organization

The Organization‌
star6.0
calendar 1971

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn‌
star5.9
calendar 1999

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington‌
star10.0
calendar 2013

David and Lisa

David and Lisa‌
star5.5
calendar 1998

To Sir, with Love II

To Sir, with Love II‌
star6.5
calendar 1996

Paul Newman: The Restless

Paul Newman: The Restless‌
star8.0
calendar 2023

Brother John

Brother John‌
star6.3
calendar 1971

Separate But Equal

Separate But Equal‌
star6.5
calendar 1991

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth‌
star7.0
calendar 1965

All the Young Men

All the Young Men‌
star6.2
calendar 1960

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback‌
star6.8
calendar 2023

Sidney

Sidney‌
star7.7
calendar 2022

The Last Brickmaker in America

The Last Brickmaker in America‌
star7.0
calendar 2001

The Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express‌
star5.8
calendar 1952

The Lost Man

The Lost Man‌
star4.0
calendar 1969

Free of Eden

Free of Eden‌
star10.0
calendar 1999

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country‌
star5.9
calendar 1951

Moms Mabley

Moms Mabley‌
star6.8
calendar 2013

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters‌
star0.0
calendar 2000

I Love Quincy

I Love Quincy‌
star0.0
calendar 1984

Mandela and de Klerk

Mandela and de Klerk‌
star6.4
calendar 1997

Virgin Island

Virgin Island‌
star5.0
calendar 1959

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall‌
star0.0
calendar 1955

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis‌
star7.0
calendar 1970

Good-bye, My Lady

Good-bye, My Lady‌
star7.7
calendar 1956

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

The Making of ‘Sneakers’‌
star0.0
calendar 2003

Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain

Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain‌
star7.6
calendar 2022

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II‌
star8.0
calendar 1985

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist‌
star8.0
calendar 1998

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick‌
star8.0
calendar 1995

Afro Promo

Afro Promo‌
star0.0
calendar 1997

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project‌
star6.8
calendar 2007

The Strolling '20s

The Strolling '20s‌
star0.0
calendar 1966

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart‌
star6.2
calendar 2017

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn‌
star8.0
calendar 1986

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist‌
star7.0
calendar 1979

Go Man Go

Go Man Go‌
star5.7
calendar 1954

And the Oscar Goes To...

And the Oscar Goes To...‌
star7.0
calendar 2014

Poitier's Walter Lee

Poitier's Walter Lee‌
star0.0
calendar 2018

Nationtime

Nationtime‌
star0.0
calendar 1972

The Madding Crowd

The Madding Crowd‌
star0.0
calendar 2017

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!‌
star7.0
calendar 2018

I Am Not Your Negro

I Am Not Your Negro‌
star7.7
calendar 2017

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light‌
star6.0
calendar 2000

Tv Credits

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...‌
star4.5
calendar 1973

The Oscars

The Oscars‌
star7.0
calendar 1953

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors‌
star7.3
calendar 1978

Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust‌
star7.0
calendar 1995

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson‌
star7.4
calendar 1962

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal‌
star6.0
calendar 1991

Tony Awards

Tony Awards‌
star5.0
calendar 1956

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse‌
star6.0
calendar 1948

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama‌
star8.0
calendar 1956

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show‌
star6.7
calendar 1968

Omnibus

Omnibus‌
star6.0
calendar 1952

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards‌
star6.8
calendar 1944