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Sidney Poitier

Biography

Sidney Poitier KBE was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received 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. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

Known For

Duel at Diablo
Duel at Diablo
Sneakers
Sneakers
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Porgy and Bess
Porgy and Bess
In the Heat of the Night
In the Heat of the Night
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
The Jackal
The Jackal
The Defiant Ones
The Defiant Ones
The Wilby Conspiracy
The Wilby Conspiracy

Filmography

2023 Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
as (archive footage)
2022 A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2022 Sidney
as Self
2018 Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 I Am Not Your Negro
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2017 The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2014 And the Oscar Goes To...
as Self (archive footage)
2013 Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
2013 Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
2012 Sing Your Song
as Self
2007 Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2004 Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2003 The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2001 Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
2001 The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
2000 Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self