Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
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🎬 Movies
The Resurrection of Christ
actor
2026
Sidney
actor
2022
Mr. SOUL!
actor
2018
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
actor
2013
The Last Brickmaker in America
actor
2001
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
actor
1999
David and Lisa
actor
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
actor
1998
The Jackal
actor
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
actor
1997
Sneakers
actor
1992
Separate But Equal
actor
1991
Ghost Dad
director
1990
Little Nikita
actor
1988
Shoot to Kill
actor
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
actor
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
actor
1986
Fast Forward
director
1985
Hanky Panky
director
1982
Stir Crazy
director
1980
A Piece of the Action
actor
1977
A Piece of the Action
director
1977
Let's Do It Again
actor
1975
Let's Do It Again
director
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
actor
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
director
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
actor
1974
A Warm December
actor
1973
A Warm December
director
1973
Buck and the Preacher
actor
1972
Buck and the Preacher
director
1972
The Organization
actor
1971
Brother John
actor
1971
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
actor
1967
In the Heat of the Night
actor
1967
To Sir, with Love
actor
1967
Duel at Diablo
actor
1966
The Slender Thread
actor
1965
A Patch of Blue
actor
1965
The Bedford Incident
actor
1965
The Long Ships
actor
1964
Lilies of the Field
actor
1963
Pressure Point
actor
1962
Paris Blues
actor
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
actor
1961
Porgy and Bess
actor
1959
The Defiant Ones
actor
1958
The Mark of the Hawk
actor
1957
Band of Angels
actor
1957
Edge of the City
actor
1957
Good-bye, My Lady
actor
1956
Blackboard Jungle
actor
1955
The Red Ball Express
actor
1952
No Way Out
actor
1950
Sepia Cinderella
actor
1947
