Sidney Poitier
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.
Filmography
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive photos)
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive photos)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
Sidney
as Self
Sidney
as Self
Sing Your Song
as Self
Sing Your Song
as Self
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter
Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
I Love Quincy
as Self
I Love Quincy
as Self
A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell
A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
Nationtime: Gary
as Self - Narrator
Nationtime: Gary
as Self - Narrator
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs
The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs
For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks
For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell
The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
Pressure Point
as Doctor
Pressure Point
as Doctor
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
Virgin Island
as Marcus
Virgin Island
as Marcus
Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru
Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru
Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson
Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson