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