Sidney Poitier
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),…
Filmography
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The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Hollywood Black
2024
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Sidney
2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
The Madding Crowd
2017
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
Sing Your Song
2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
Free of Eden
1999
David and Lisa
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
The Jackal
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
Afro Promo
1997
To Sir, with Love II
1996
Children of the Dust
1995
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
Sneakers
1992
Separate But Equal
1991
Separate but Equal
1991
Little Nikita
1988
Shoot to Kill
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
I Love Quincy
1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
A Piece of the Action
1977
Let's Do It Again
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
A Warm December
1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
Nationtime
1972
Buck and the Preacher
1972
Film '72
Film '72
1971
The Organization
1971
Brother John
1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
The Lost Man
1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969
For Love of Ivy
1968
The Dick Cavett Show
1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
Omnibus
1967
In the Heat of the Night
1967
To Sir, with Love
1967
ABC Stage 67
1966
Duel at Diablo
1966
The Strolling '20s
1966
The Slender Thread
1965
A Patch of Blue
1965
The Bedford Incident
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
The Long Ships
1964
Lilies of the Field
1963
Pressure Point
1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
1961
Paris Blues
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
All the Young Men
1960