Sidney Poitier
Born February 20, 1927 (Age: 99)
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Miami, Florida, USA
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.
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.
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Filmography
Sidney
2022
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as Self
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Age: 95
Sing Your Song
2012
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as Self
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Age: 84
No Image
Hollywood Legenden
2004
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as Self
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Age: 76
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
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as Self
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Age: 74
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
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as Self
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Age: 73
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
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as
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Age: 72
David and Lisa
1998
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as Dr. Jack Miller
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Age: 71
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
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as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
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Age: 70
The Jackal
1997
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as Carter Preston
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Age: 70
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
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as Nelson Mandela
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Age: 69
To Sir, with Love II
1996
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as Mark Thackeray
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Age: 69
Sneakers
1992
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as Crease
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Age: 65
Separate But Equal
1991
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as Thurgood Marshall
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Age: 64
Little Nikita
1988
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as Roy Parmenter
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Age: 61
Shoot to Kill
1988
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as Warren Stantin
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Age: 60
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
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as Self - Audience Member
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Age: 60
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 58
I Love Quincy
1984
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as Self
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Age: 56
Let's Do It Again
1975
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as Clyde Williams
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Age: 48
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
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as Steve Jackson
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Age: 47
A Warm December
1973
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as Dr. Matt Younger
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Age: 46
Nationtime
1972
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as Self - Narrator
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Age: 45
The Lost Man
1969
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as Jason Higgs
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Age: 42
No Image
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969
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as Himself
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Age: 42
The Slender Thread
1965
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as Alan Newell
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Age: 38
A Patch of Blue
1965
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as Gordon Ralfe
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Age: 38
The Bedford Incident
1965
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as Ben Munceford
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Age: 38
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Simon of Cyrene
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Age: 38
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
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as Self
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Age: 37
The Long Ships
1964
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as Aly Mansuh
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Age: 37
Lilies of the Field
1963
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as Homer Smith
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Age: 36
Pressure Point
1962
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as Doctor
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Age: 35
Paris Blues
1961
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as Eddie Cook
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Age: 34
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
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as Walter Lee Younger
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Age: 34
All the Young Men
1960
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as Sgt. Eddie Towler
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Age: 33
Virgin Island
1959
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as Marcus
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Age: 32
Porgy and Bess
1959
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as Porgy
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Age: 32
The Defiant Ones
1958
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as Noah Cullen
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Age: 31
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
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as Gates Watson
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Age: 29
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
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as Tommy Tyler
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Age: 28
Blackboard Jungle
1955
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as Gregory W. Miller
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Age: 28
Go Man Go
1954
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as Inman Jackson
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Age: 26
No Way Out
1950
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as Luther Brooks
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Age: 23