Sidney Poitier
Acting
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.
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
Age 96 (now 94)
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
Age 95 (now 94)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
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Age 95 (now 94)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
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Age 90 (now 94)
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
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Age 86 (now 94)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
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Age 85 (now 94)
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
Age 80 (now 94)
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
Age 74 (now 94)
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self
Age 73 (now 94)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
Age 72 (now 94)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Age 70 (now 94)
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
Age 60 (now 94)
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
Age 59 (now 94)
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)
Age 52 (now 94)
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
Age 43 (now 94)
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
as Himself
Age 42 (now 94)
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
Age 38 (now 94)
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
Age 46 (now 94)
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
Age 35 (now 94)
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Tommy Tyler
Age 21 (now 94)
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Also Known As
Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, シドニー・ポワティエ
IMDB
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