Sidney Poitier
Acting
Born February 20, 1927 · Miami, Florida, USA
Biography
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),…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
Golden Globe Awards
The Merv Griffin Show
Omnibus
The Dick Cavett Show
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
The Philco Television Playhouse
Film '72
The Oscars
Omnibus
Cinépanorama
The Kennedy Center Honors
Sneakers
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
The Jackal
ABC Stage 67
In the Heat of the Night
Hollywood Black
The Greatest Story Ever Told
The Bedford Incident
Children of the Dust
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
To Sir, with Love
Separate but Equal
Shoot to Kill
The Defiant Ones
Lilies of the Field
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Organization
Paris Blues
Kraft Television Theatre
Night of 100 Stars II
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
A Patch of Blue
The Resurrection of Christ
Buck and the Preacher
The Long Ships
Paul Newman: The Restless