Sidney Poitier
Acting · Born 1927-02-20 · age 94 at death · Miami, Florida, USA
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.
Titles
The Jackal
In the Heat of the Night
Sneakers
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Stir Crazy
To Sir, with Love
The Defiant Ones
Shoot to Kill
Lilies of the Field
Ghost Dad
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Blackboard Jungle
A Raisin in the Sun
A Patch of Blue
Duel at Diablo
Little Nikita
No Way Out
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
The Bedford Incident
Paris Blues
Hanky Panky
Buck and the Preacher
The Long Ships
To Sir, with Love II
Edge of the City
The Organization
The Slender Thread
Band of Angels
The Wilby Conspiracy
Pressure Point
Uptown Saturday Night
Porgy and Bess
Let's Do It Again
Something of Value
The Red Ball Express
A Piece of the Action
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Cry, the Beloved Country
David and Lisa
Brother John
A Warm December
Separate but Equal
Fast Forward
All the Young Men
Omnibus
For Love of Ivy
Good-bye, My Lady
Mandela and de Klerk
The Philco Television Playhouse
Children of the Dust
The Mark of the Hawk
The Last Brickmaker in America
Sepia Cinderella
The Lost Man
Go Man Go
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Free of Eden
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Virgin Island
Omnibus