Home Movies TV Shows Browse Keywords Trending Upcoming Genres
Sidney Poitier
🎭 Acting

Sidney Poitier

February 20, 1927 (age 94)
January 6, 2022
Miami, Florida, USA
Male
81
19

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…

Movies

81 credits
The Long Ships Movie
★ 6.0
Adventure, Drama
1964 Adventure, Drama
Uptown Saturday Night Movie
★ 6.1
Action, Comedy
1974 Action, Comedy
Sneakers
★ 6.9
+
Sneakers
1992 as Crease
The Jackal
★ 6.4
+
The Jackal
1997 as Carter Preston
The Greatest Story Ever Told
★ 6.4
+
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 as Simon of Cyrene
Nationtime
★ 8.0
+
Nationtime
1972 as Self - Narrator
In the Heat of the Night
★ 7.7
+
In the Heat of the Night
1967 as Virgil Tibbs
Sidney
★ 7.6
+
Sidney
2022 as Self
Sepia Cinderella
★ 4.8
+
Sepia Cinderella
1947 as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
The Organization
★ 6.2
+
The Organization
1971 as Virgil Tibbs
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
★ 7.6
+
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 as John Prentice
The Defiant Ones
★ 7.1
+
The Defiant Ones
1958 as Noah Cullen
Paris Blues
★ 6.5
+
Paris Blues
1961 as Eddie Cook
Shoot to Kill
★ 6.6
+
Shoot to Kill
1988 as Warren Stantin
Blackboard Jungle
★ 6.9
+
Blackboard Jungle
1955 as Gregory W. Miller
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project Movie
★ 6.8
Comedy, Documentary
2007 Comedy, Documentary
Mr. SOUL!
★ 7.0
+
Mr. SOUL!
2018 as Self (archive footage)
The Bedford Incident
★ 7.0
+
The Bedford Incident
1965 as Ben Munceford
Little Nikita
★ 6.1
+
Little Nikita
1988 as Roy Parmenter
Night of 100 Stars II
★ 8.0
+
Night of 100 Stars II
1985 as Self
The Wilby Conspiracy
★ 6.4
+
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975 as Shack Twala
Duel at Diablo
★ 6.3
+
Duel at Diablo
1966 as Toller
To Sir, with Love
★ 7.5
+
To Sir, with Love
1967 as Mark Thackeray
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
★ 5.8
+
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970 as Virgil Tibbs
Go Man Go Movie
★ 5.0
Drama
1954 Drama
A Patch of Blue
★ 7.6
+
A Patch of Blue
1965 as Gordon Ralfe
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
★ 7.1
+
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970 as Self (archive footage)
The Slender Thread
★ 7.1
+
The Slender Thread
1965 as Alan Newell
Buck and the Preacher
★ 6.3
+
Buck and the Preacher
1972 as Buck
Pressure Point
★ 6.5
+
Pressure Point
1962 as Doctor

TV Shows

19 credits
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.4
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
The Mike Douglas Show TV
★ 5.4
Comedy, Talk
1961 Comedy, Talk
Golden Globe Awards TV
★ 7.2
Reality, Talk
1944 Reality, Talk
Golden Globe Awards TV
★ 7.2
Reality, Talk
1944 Reality, Talk
The Merv Griffin Show TV
★ 6.2
Talk
The Dick Cavett Show TV
★ 6.8
Talk
The Oscars TV
★ 7.1
1953
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.3
Drama
The Philco Television Playhouse TV
★ 6.3
Drama
TV
★ 7.0
Talk
Omnibus TV
★ 6.0
Talk
1952 Talk
Cinépanorama TV
+
Cinépanorama
1956 as Self
The Kennedy Center Honors TV
+
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 as Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ... TV
+
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 as Self
ABC Stage 67 TV
+
ABC Stage 67
1966 as Self - Host
Children of the Dust TV
+
Children of the Dust
1995 as Gypsy Smith
Kraft Television Theatre TV
+
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Separate but Equal TV
+
Separate but Equal
1991 as Thurgood Marshall