Sidney Poitier profile
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Sidney Poitier

20th February 1927 Miami, Florida, USA Acting

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.

82 Movies 20 TV Shows 107 Credits
Filmography

Movies & TV Shows

Sidney poster
Sidney 10th September 2022 as Self
Mr. SOUL! poster
Mr. SOUL! 27th April 2018 as Self (archive footage)
Afro Promo poster
Afro Promo 31st January 1997 as Self (archive footage)