Sidney Poitier

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1927-02-20

Day of death

2022-01-06 (94 years old)

Place of Birth

Miami, Florida, USA

Sidney Poitier

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.

Known For

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • The Philco Television Playhouse

    The Philco Television Playhouse

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • Golden Globe Awards

    Golden Globe Awards

  • The Merv Griffin Show

    The Merv Griffin Show

  • The Dick Cavett Show

    The Dick Cavett Show

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • Tonight Starring Jack Paar

    Tonight Starring Jack Paar

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • The Kennedy Center Honors

    The Kennedy Center Honors

  • Sneakers

    Sneakers

  • The Jackal

    The Jackal

  • Duel at Diablo

    Duel at Diablo

  • In the Heat of the Night

    In the Heat of the Night

  • ABC Stage 67

    ABC Stage 67

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    A Raisin in the Sun

  • The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

    The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

  • Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

    Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

  • Band of Angels

    Band of Angels

  • Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

    Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

  • The American Film Institute Salute to ...

    The American Film Institute Salute to ...

  • No Way Out

    No Way Out

  • Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

    Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

  • Sidney

    Sidney

  • Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

    Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

    Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

  • A Patch of Blue

    A Patch of Blue

  • Hollywood Legenden

    Hollywood Legenden

  • The Lost Man

    The Lost Man

  • The Wilby Conspiracy

    The Wilby Conspiracy

  • The Bedford Incident

    The Bedford Incident

  • The Red Ball Express

    The Red Ball Express

  • King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

    King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

  • To Sir, with Love

    To Sir, with Love

  • The Mark of the Hawk

    The Mark of the Hawk

  • Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

    Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

  • Lilies of the Field

    Lilies of the Field

  • The Defiant Ones

    The Defiant Ones

  • The Greatest Story Ever Told

    The Greatest Story Ever Told

  • Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

    Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

  • The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

  • A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

    A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

  • Cry, the Beloved Country

    Cry, the Beloved Country

  • Something of Value

    Something of Value

  • All the Young Men

    All the Young Men

  • Children of the Dust

    Children of the Dust

  • Blackboard Jungle

    Blackboard Jungle

  • Separate But Equal

    Separate But Equal

  • Little Nikita

    Little Nikita

  • A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

    A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

  • Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

    Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte

  • Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

    Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

  • Porgy and Bess

    Porgy and Bess

  • For Love of Ivy

    For Love of Ivy

  • Nationtime

    Nationtime

  • Edge of the City

    Edge of the City

  • Separate but Equal

    Separate but Equal

  • Mandela and de Klerk

    Mandela and de Klerk

  • The Last Brickmaker in America

    The Last Brickmaker in America

  • Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

    Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

  • Sing Your Song

    Sing Your Song

  • Brother John

    Brother John

  • Poitier's Walter Lee

    Poitier's Walter Lee

  • To Sir, with Love II

    To Sir, with Love II

  • Let's Do It Again

    Let's Do It Again

  • A Warm December

    A Warm December

  • They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

  • Sepia Cinderella

    Sepia Cinderella

  • Buck and the Preacher

    Buck and the Preacher

  • Shoot to Kill

    Shoot to Kill

  • I Love Quincy

    I Love Quincy

  • David and Lisa

    David and Lisa

  • The Slender Thread

    The Slender Thread

  • Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

    Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

  • Kraft Television Theatre

    Kraft Television Theatre

  • The Making of ‘Sneakers’

    The Making of ‘Sneakers’

  • Go Man Go

    Go Man Go

  • Mr. SOUL!

    Mr. SOUL!

  • Paris Blues

    Paris Blues

  • The Organization

    The Organization

  • Virgin Island

    Virgin Island

  • Afro Promo

    Afro Promo

  • Free of Eden

    Free of Eden

  • A Piece of the Action

    A Piece of the Action

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • The Long Ships

    The Long Ships

  • Pressure Point

    Pressure Point

  • Uptown Saturday Night

    Uptown Saturday Night

  • Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

    Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

  • The Strolling '20s

    The Strolling '20s

  • Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

    Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

  • Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

    Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

  • The Madding Crowd

    The Madding Crowd

  • Good-bye, My Lady

    Good-bye, My Lady

  • A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

    A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

  • Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

    Three Young Americans in Search of Survival