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Sidney Poitier
Born · February 20, 1927
Died · January 6, 2022 (94 years old)
Known For: Acting
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Bio
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.
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
6.4
2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self (archive footage)
8.1
2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
(archive footage)
9.0
2023
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
Self (archive footage)
7.8
2022
Sidney
Self
7.6
2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
6.2
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
Various Roles (archive footage)
7.7
2017
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
0.0
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
Self (archive footage)
7.0
2014
Moms Mabley
Self
6.7
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
10.0
2013
Sing Your Song
Self
6.9
2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
6.8
2007
Hollywood Legenden
Self
2.0
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
0.0
2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Self
10.0
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
Henry Cobb
7.0
2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Self
0.0
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6.0
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Noah Dearborn
5.8
1999
Free of Eden
Will Cleamons
10.0
1999
David and Lisa
Dr. Jack Miller
5.5
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
7.7
1998
The Jackal
Carter Preston
6.4
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
6.5
1997
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
0.0
1997
To Sir, with Love II
Mark Thackeray
6.4
1996
Children of the Dust
Gypsy Smith · (2 episodes)
7.0
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
8.0
1995
Sneakers
Crease
6.9
1992
Separate But Equal
Thurgood Marshall
6.5
1991
Separate but Equal
Thurgood Marshall · (2 episodes)
6.0
1991
Little Nikita
Roy Parmenter
6.0
1988
Shoot to Kill
Warren Stantin
6.6
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
7.4
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
8.0
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
8.0
1985
I Love Quincy
Self
0.0
1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Narrator (voice)
7.0
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Self · (1 episode)
7.3
1978
A Piece of the Action
Manny Durrell
5.6
1977
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams
6.9
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
Shack Twala
6.5
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
Steve Jackson
6.1
1974
A Warm December
Dr. Matt Younger
6.4
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Self · (1 episode)
6.3
1973
Nationtime
Self - Narrator
0.0
1972
Buck and the Preacher
Buck
6.2
1972
The Organization
Virgil Tibbs
5.9
1971
Brother John
John Kane
6.2
1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Virgil Tibbs
5.7
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
7.3
1970
The Lost Man
Jason Higgs
4.0
1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Himself
0.0
1969
For Love of Ivy
Jack Parks
5.9
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Self - Guest · (1 episode)
6.6
1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Prentice
7.6
1967
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
7.6
1967
To Sir, with Love
Mark Thackeray
7.5
1967
Duel at Diablo
Toller
6.3
1966
The Strolling '20s
Self
0.0
1966
The Slender Thread
Alan Newell
7.1
1965
A Patch of Blue
Gordon Ralfe
7.6
1965
The Bedford Incident
Ben Munceford
6.9
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Simon of Cyrene
6.4
1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Self
7.0
1965
The Long Ships
Aly Mansuh
6.1
1964
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith
7.3
1963
Pressure Point
Doctor
6.6
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self · (1 episode)
7.4
1962
Paris Blues
Eddie Cook
6.5
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
7.7
1961
All the Young Men
Sgt. Eddie Towler
6.3
1960
Virgin Island
Marcus
5.0
1959
Porgy and Bess
Porgy
6.1
1959
The Defiant Ones
Noah Cullen
7.2
1958
The Mark of the Hawk
Obam
3.0
1957
Band of Angels
Rau-Ru
6.2
1957
Something of Value
Kimani Wa Karanja
5.5
1957
Edge of the City
Tommy Tyler
7.1
1957
Good-bye, My Lady
Gates Watson
7.7
1956
Tony Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
4.6
1956
Cinépanorama
Self · (1 episode)
8.0
1956
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Tommy Tyler
0.0
1955
Blackboard Jungle
Gregory W. Miller
6.9
1955
Go Man Go
Inman Jackson
5.7
1954
The Oscars
Self · (7 episodes)
6.9
1953
Omnibus
(1 episode)
6.0
1952
The Red Ball Express
Robertson
5.8
1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
Reverend Msimangu
6.1
1951
No Way Out
Luther Brooks
6.9
1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1 episode)
6.0
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Tommy Tyler · (1 episode)
6.0
1948
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Winner · (1 episode)
6.8
1944
Golden Globe Awards
Self - Presenter · (1 episode)
6.8
1944