Biography
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 in…
Career works
103
Movies
83
Series
20
Career average
6.8/10
Birth date
02/20/1927
Place of birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Date of death
01/06/2022
Filmography highlights
Movies
The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 · 7.2
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023 · 6.5
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023 · 3.0
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022
Sidney
2022 · 7.3
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2018 · 7.0
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 · 6.2
The Madding Crowd
2017
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 · 6.7
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 · 10.0
Sing Your Song
2012 · 6.9
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 · 6.8
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 · 7.5
Series
Hollywood Black
2024 · 5.0
Children of the Dust
1995 · 7.1
Separate but Equal
1991 · 6.0
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 · 7.4
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 · 6.3
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 · 6.8
Omnibus
1967 · 7.2
ABC Stage 67
1966 · 6.8
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · 7.5
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 · 6.6
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 · 5.8
Tony Awards
1956
Cinépanorama
1956 · 8.7
The Oscars
1953 · 7.0
Omnibus
1952 · 6.3