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 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.
Personal info
Gender
Male
Birthday
1927-02-20
Place of birth
Miami, Florida, USA
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Cast
Duel at Diablo
1966
6.30
Sneakers
1992
6.90
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
7.57
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
6.40
Porgy and Bess
1959
6.10
In the Heat of the Night
1967
7.65
The Jackal
1997
6.38
The Defiant Ones
1958
7.10
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
6.40
Shoot to Kill
1988
6.59
Buck and the Preacher
1972
6.30
Blackboard Jungle
1955
6.92
To Sir, with Love
1967
7.49
A Patch of Blue
1965
7.55
Paris Blues
1961
6.50
Little Nikita
1988
6.10
Pressure Point
1962
6.50
Hollywood Legenden
2004
2.00
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
5.80
No Way Out
1950
6.89
Edge of the City
1957
7.10
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
6.10
Let's Do It Again
1975
6.90
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
7.70
A Piece of the Action
1977
5.60
Band of Angels
1957
6.20
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
10.00
The Long Ships
1964
6.00
Lilies of the Field
1963
7.24
The Bedford Incident
1965
7.00
Something of Value
1957
5.40
A Warm December
1973
6.40
The Slender Thread
1965
7.12
For Love of Ivy
1968
5.80
Sing Your Song
2012
6.90
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
3.00
The Organization
1971
6.20
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
6.14
David and Lisa
1998
5.75
To Sir, with Love II
1996
6.40
Brother John
1971
6.20
Separate But Equal
1991
6.50
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
7.00
All the Young Men
1960
6.30
Sidney
2022
7.61
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
7.60
The Red Ball Express
1952
5.80
The Lost Man
1969
3.25
Free of Eden
1999
10.00
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
6.10
I Love Quincy
1984
0.00
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
6.50
Virgin Island
1959
5.00
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
0.00
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
7.70
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
5.00
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
8.00
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
8.00
Afro Promo
1997
0.00
The Strolling '20s
1966
0.00
Go Man Go
1954
5.70
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
0.00
Nationtime
1972
8.00
The Madding Crowd
2017
0.00
Mr. SOUL!
2018
7.00
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
6.00
Sepia Cinderella
1947
4.80
