Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier Acting

20 Feb, 1927 in Miami, Florida, USA – 06 Jan, 2022 (94)

Sidney Poitier Acting

20 Feb, 1927 in Miami, Florida, USA – 06 Jan, 2022 (94)

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... see more

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... see more

The Resurrection of Christ

09/04/2026

Remembering Gene Wilder

Acting (Self (archive photos))

15/03/2024

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Acting (Self (archive footage))

30/07/2023

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

Acting (Self (archive footage))

23/01/2023

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Acting (Self)

09/11/2022

Sidney

Acting (Self)

10/09/2022

Poitier's Walter Lee

Acting (Self (archive footage))

25/09/2018

Mr. SOUL!

Acting (Self (archive footage))

27/04/2018

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Acting (Self)

14/10/2017

The Madding Crowd

Acting (Self (archive footage))

01/02/2017

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Acting (Self)

20/04/2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Acting (Self)

01/01/2013

Sing Your Song

Acting (Self)

13/01/2012

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Acting (Self)

13/10/2007

Hollywood Legenden

Acting (Self)

01/01/2004

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

Acting (Self)

03/06/2003

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Acting (Self)

18/11/2001

The Last Brickmaker in America

Acting (Henry Cobb)

23/09/2001

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Acting (Self)

29/06/2000

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

02/02/2000

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Acting (Noah Dearborn)

09/05/1999

Free of Eden

Acting (Will Cleamons)

21/02/1999

David and Lisa

Acting (Dr. Jack Miller)

01/11/1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Acting (Reverend Msimangu (archive footage))

01/01/1998

The Jackal

Acting (Carter Preston)

14/11/1997

Mandela and de Klerk

Acting (Nelson Mandela)

16/02/1997

Afro Promo

Acting (Self (archive footage))

31/01/1997

To Sir, with Love II

Acting (Mark Thackeray)

07/04/1996

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Acting (Self)

01/01/1995

Sneakers

Acting (Crease)

09/09/1992

Separate But Equal

Acting (Thurgood Marshall)

07/04/1991

Ghost Dad

Director

29/06/1990

Little Nikita

Acting (Roy Parmenter)

17/03/1988

Shoot to Kill

Acting (Warren Stantin)

12/02/1988

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Acting (Self - Audience Member)

03/01/1988

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Acting (Self)

09/03/1986

Night of 100 Stars II

Acting (Self)

10/03/1985

Fast Forward

Director

15/02/1985

I Love Quincy

Acting (Self)

07/01/1984

Hanky Panky

Director

04/06/1982

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