Sidney Poitier
Born February 20, 1927 (Age: 99)
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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), 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.
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.
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Filmography
Sidney
2022
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as Self
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Age: 95
Sing Your Song
2012
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as Self
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Age: 84
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
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as Self
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Age: 73
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
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as
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Age: 72
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
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as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
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Age: 70
The Jackal
1997
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as Carter Preston
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Age: 70
Sneakers
1992
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as Crease
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Age: 65
Little Nikita
1988
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as Roy Parmenter
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Age: 61
Shoot to Kill
1988
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as Warren Stantin
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Age: 60
I Love Quincy
1984
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as Self
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Age: 56
Let's Do It Again
1975
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as Clyde Williams
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Age: 48
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
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as Steve Jackson
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Age: 47
A Warm December
1973
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as Dr. Matt Younger
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Age: 46
No Image
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969
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as Himself
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Age: 42
A Patch of Blue
1965
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as Gordon Ralfe
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Age: 38
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
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as Simon of Cyrene
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Age: 38
Lilies of the Field
1963
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as Homer Smith
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Age: 36
Paris Blues
1961
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as Eddie Cook
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Age: 34
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
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as Walter Lee Younger
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Age: 34
All the Young Men
1960
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as Sgt. Eddie Towler
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Age: 33
Virgin Island
1959
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as Marcus
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Age: 32
Porgy and Bess
1959
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as Porgy
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Age: 32
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
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as Gates Watson
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Age: 29
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
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as Tommy Tyler
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Age: 28
No Way Out
1950
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as Luther Brooks
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Age: 23