Sidney Poitier
Acting
Born February 20, 1927 — Died January 6, 2022
From Miami, Florida, USA
Also known as Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, シドニー・ポワティエ
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 ...
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive photos)
20247.2
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
20236.5
Paul Newman: The Restless
Self
20237.7
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Self (archive footage)
20233.0
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Self
2022
Sidney
Self
20227.0
Poitier's Walter Lee
Self (archive footage)
2018
Mr. SOUL!
Self (archive footage)
20187.0
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Self
20176.2
The Madding Crowd
Self (archive footage)
2017
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
20136.7
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
201310.0
Sing Your Song
Self
20126.9
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
20076.8
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Hollywood Legenden
Self
20044.5
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Self
20037.5
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Self
200110.0
The Last Brickmaker in America
Henry Cobb
20018.0
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Self
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
20006.7
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Noah Dearborn
19996.2
Free of Eden
Will Cleamons
19999.7
David and Lisa
Dr. Jack Miller
19986.0
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
19988.3
The Jackal
Carter Preston
19976.4
Mandela and de Klerk
Nelson Mandela
19977.0
Afro Promo
Self (archive footage)
19978.0
To Sir, with Love II
Mark Thackeray
19966.4
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
19957.8
Sneakers
Crease
19926.9
Separate but Equal
Thurgood Marshall
19916.5
Little Nikita
Roy Parmenter
19886.1
Shoot to Kill
Warren Stantin
19886.6
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
19887.6
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
19868.3
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
19856.8
I Love Quincy
Self
1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Narrator (voice)
19797.3
A Piece of the Action
Manny Durrell
19775.8
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams
19757.0
The Wilby Conspiracy
Shack Twala
19756.4
Uptown Saturday Night
Steve Jackson
19746.2
A Warm December
Dr. Matt Younger
19736.5
Nationtime: Gary
Self - Narrator
19728.0
Buck and the Preacher
Buck
19726.3
The Organization
Virgil Tibbs
19716.3
Brother John
John Kane
19716.5
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Virgil Tibbs
19705.9
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
19707.3
The Lost Man
Jason Higgs
19694.3
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Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Himself
1969
For Love of Ivy
Jack Parks
19686.2
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Prentice
19677.6
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
19677.7
To Sir, with Love
Mark Thackeray
19677.5
Duel at Diablo
Toller
19666.4
The Strolling '20s
Self
1966
The Slender Thread
Alan Newell
19657.1
A Patch of Blue
Gordon Ralfe
19657.6
The Bedford Incident
Ben Munceford
19657.0
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Simon of Cyrene
19656.4
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Self
19656.5
The Long Ships
Aly Mansuh
19646.1
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith
19637.2
Pressure Point
Doctor
19626.5
Paris Blues
Eddie Cook
19616.5
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
19617.7
All the Young Men
Sgt. Eddie Towler
19606.7
Virgin Island
Marcus
19596.3
Porgy and Bess
Porgy
19596.3
The Defiant Ones
Noah Cullen
19587.1
The Mark of the Hawk
Obam
19573.4
Band of Angels
Rau-Ru
19576.3
Something of Value
Kimani Wa Karanja
19575.5
Edge of the City
Tommy Tyler
19577.2
Good-bye, My Lady
Gates Watson
19567.8
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Tommy Tyler
1955
Blackboard Jungle
Gregory W. Miller
19556.9
Go Man Go
Inman Jackson
19545.4
The Red Ball Express
Robertson
19525.9
Cry, the Beloved Country
Reverend Msimangu
19516.3
No Way Out
Luther Brooks
19506.9
Sepia Cinderella
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
19475.2