Sidney Poitier


    Starbirth:
    February 20, 1927
    Supernova:
    January 7, 2022
    Birthplace:
    Miami, Florida, USA
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Overview

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.


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AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special Self (archive footage) 2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback Self (archive footage) 2023
Paul Newman: The Restless Self (archive footage) 2023
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (archive footage) 2023
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain Self 2022
Sidney Self 2022
Poitier's Walter Lee Self (archive footage) 2018
Mr. SOUL! Self (archival footage) 2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart Self 2017
I Am Not Your Negro Various Roles (archive footage) 2017
The Madding Crowd Self (archive footage) 2017
And the Oscar Goes To... Self (archive footage) 2014
Moms Mabley Self 2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington Self 2013
Sing Your Song Self 2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Self 2007
Hollywood Legenden Self 2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ Self 2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket Self 2001
The Last Brickmaker in America Henry Cobb 2001
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand Self 2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters Self 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light 2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn Noah Dearborn 1999
Free of Eden Will Cleamons 1999
David and Lisa Dr. Jack Miller 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) 1998
The Jackal Carter Preston 1997
Mandela and de Klerk Nelson Mandela 1997
Afro Promo Self (archive footage) 1997
To Sir, With Love II Mark Thackeray 1996
Sneakers Crease 1992
Separate But Equal Thurgood Marshall 1991
Little Nikita Roy Parmenter 1988
Shoot to Kill Warren Stantin 1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night Self - Audience Member 1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn Self 1986
Night of 100 Stars II Self 1985
I Love Quincy Self 1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist Narrator (voice) 1979
A Piece of the Action Manny Durrell 1977
Let's Do It Again Clyde Williams 1975
The Wilby Conspiracy Shack Twala 1975
Uptown Saturday Night Steve Jackson 1974
A Warm December Dr. Matt Younger 1973
Nationtime Self - Narrator 1972
Buck and the Preacher Buck 1972
The Organization Virgil Tibbs 1971
Brother John John Kane 1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! Virgil Tibbs 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis Self (archive footage) 1970
The Lost Man Jason Higgs 1969
For Love of Ivy Jack Parks 1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner John Prentice 1967
In the Heat of the Night Virgil Tibbs 1967
To Sir, with Love Mark Thackeray 1967
Duel at Diablo Toller 1966
The Strolling '20s Self 1966
The Slender Thread Alan Newell 1965
A Patch of Blue Gordon Ralfe 1965
The Bedford Incident Ben Munceford 1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told Simon of Cyrene 1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth Self 1965
The Long Ships Aly Mansuh 1964
Lilies of the Field Homer Smith 1963
Pressure Point Doctor 1962
Paris Blues Eddie Cook 1961
A Raisin in the Sun Walter Lee Younger 1961
All the Young Men Sgt. Eddie Towler 1960
Virgin Island Marcus 1959
Porgy and Bess Porgy 1959
The Defiant Ones Noah Cullen 1958
The Mark of the Hawk Obam 1957
Band of Angels Rau-Ru 1957
Something of Value Kimani Wa Karanja 1957
Edge of the City Tommy Tyler 1957
Good-bye, My Lady Gates Watson 1956
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall Tommy Tyler 1955
Blackboard Jungle Gregory W. Miller 1955
Go Man Go Inman Jackson 1954
The Red Ball Express Robertson 1952
Cry, the Beloved Country Reverend Msimangu 1951
No Way Out Dr. Luther Brooks 1950
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The Oscars Self <mt>
Children of the Dust Gypsy Smith <mt>
The Kennedy Center Honors Self <mt>
The American Film Institute Salute to ... Self <mt>
Tony Awards Self - Presenter <mt>
The Dick Cavett Show Self - Guest <mt>
Separate but Equal Thurgood Marshall <mt>
The Philco Television Playhouse Tommy Tyler <mt>
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson Self <mt>
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