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Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Birthday: 1927-02-20

Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA

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Also known as: Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, Сидни Пуатье

Duel at Diablo
Duel at Diablo

1966-06-15

Toller

Sneakers
Sneakers

1992-09-09

Crease

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967-12-11

John Prentice

The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965-04-09

Simon of Cyrene

Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess

1959-06-24

Porgy

In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night

1967-08-02

Virgil Tibbs

The Jackal
The Jackal

1997-11-14

Carter Preston

The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones

1958-08-14

Noah Cullen

The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy

1975-02-01

Shack Twala

Shoot to Kill
Shoot to Kill

1988-02-12

Warren Stantin

Buck and the Preacher
Buck and the Preacher

1972-03-17

Buck

Blackboard Jungle
Blackboard Jungle

1955-03-25

Gregory W. Miller

To Sir, with Love
To Sir, with Love

1967-06-14

Mark Thackeray

A Patch of Blue
A Patch of Blue

1965-12-10

Gordon Ralfe

Paris Blues
Paris Blues

1961-09-27

Eddie Cook

Little Nikita
Little Nikita

1988-03-17

Roy Parmenter

Pressure Point
Pressure Point

1962-10-10

Doctor

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

1988-01-03

Self - Audience Member

Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden

2004-01-01

Self

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970-07-10

Virgil Tibbs

No Way Out
No Way Out

1950-08-16

Luther Brooks

Edge of the City
Edge of the City

1957-01-04

Tommy Tyler

Uptown Saturday Night
Uptown Saturday Night

1974-07-26

Steve Jackson

Let's Do It Again
Let's Do It Again

1975-10-11

Clyde Williams

A Raisin in the Sun
A Raisin in the Sun

1961-05-28

Walter Lee Younger

A Piece of the Action
A Piece of the Action

1977-10-07

Manny Durrell

Band of Angels
Band of Angels

1957-08-03

Rau-Ru

The Long Ships
The Long Ships

1964-04-22

Aly Mansuh

Lilies of the Field
Lilies of the Field

1963-06-04

Homer Smith

The Bedford Incident
The Bedford Incident

1965-10-11

Ben Munceford

Something of Value
Something of Value

1957-05-08

Kimani Wa Karanja

A Warm December
A Warm December

1973-05-23

Dr. Matt Younger

The Slender Thread
The Slender Thread

1965-12-15

Alan Newell

For Love of Ivy
For Love of Ivy

1968-07-17

Jack Parks

Sing Your Song
Sing Your Song

2012-01-13

Self

The Mark of the Hawk
The Mark of the Hawk

1957-12-01

Obam

The Organization
The Organization

1971-10-20

Virgil Tibbs

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

1999-05-09

Noah Dearborn

David and Lisa
David and Lisa

1998-11-01

Dr. Jack Miller

To Sir, with Love II
To Sir, with Love II

1996-04-07

Mark Thackeray

Paul Newman: The Restless
Paul Newman: The Restless

2023-06-11

Self (archive footage)

Brother John
Brother John

1971-08-15

John Kane

Separate But Equal
Separate But Equal

1991-04-07

Thurgood Marshall

All the Young Men
All the Young Men

1960-08-26

Sgt. Eddie Towler

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

2023-07-30

Self (archive footage)

Sidney
Sidney

2022-09-10

Self

The Last Brickmaker in America
The Last Brickmaker in America

2001-09-23

Henry Cobb

The Red Ball Express
The Red Ball Express

1952-05-29

Robertson

The Lost Man
The Lost Man

1969-07-11

Jason Higgs

Free of Eden
Free of Eden

1999-02-21

Will Cleamons

Cry, the Beloved Country
Cry, the Beloved Country

1951-11-16

Reverend Msimangu

I Love Quincy
I Love Quincy

1984-03-23

Self

Mandela and de Klerk
Mandela and de Klerk

1997-02-16

Nelson Mandela

Virgin Island
Virgin Island

1959-08-07

Marcus

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

1955-10-02

Tommy Tyler

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

1970-03-24

Self (archive footage)

Good-bye, My Lady
Good-bye, My Lady

1956-05-12

Gates Watson

Denzel Washington: A Model American
Denzel Washington: A Model American

2022-10-15

Self (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II
Night of 100 Stars II

1985-03-10

Self

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

1998-01-01

Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Afro Promo
Afro Promo

1997-01-31

Self (archive footage)

The Strolling '20s
The Strolling '20s

1966-02-04

Self

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979-10-29

Narrator (voice)

Go Man Go
Go Man Go

1954-01-27

Inman Jackson

And the Oscar Goes To...
And the Oscar Goes To...

2014-02-01

Self (archive footage)

Poitier's Walter Lee
Poitier's Walter Lee

2018-09-25

Self (archive footage)

Nationtime
Nationtime

1972-11-01

Self - Narrator

The Madding Crowd
The Madding Crowd

2017-02-01

Self (archive footage)

Mr. SOUL!
Mr. SOUL!

2018-04-27

Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro
I Am Not Your Negro

2017-02-03

Various Roles (archive footage)

Sepia Cinderella
Sepia Cinderella

1947-07-25

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)