Acting credits
93
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sidney Poitier
Acting
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Movies: 83Series: 14Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 16897
IMDb ID: nm0001627
Known for: Acting
Born: February 20, 1927
Died: January 6, 2022
Age: 94
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2023
Years active: 80
Average TMDB rating: 6.65
Wikidata: Q104049
Also known as
Sir Sidney Poitier • Сидней Пуатье • シドニー・ポワティエ
Other jobs
Director (8)Original Story (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sidney Poitier.
6.5
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
3.0
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2023 Movie
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2022 Movie
7.6
Sidney
as Self
2022 Movie
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
7.0
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
6.2
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017 Movie
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017 Movie
6.7
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
2013 Movie
10.0
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
2013 Movie
6.9
Sing Your Song
as Self
2012 Movie
6.8
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007 Movie
5.0
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003 Movie
10.0
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
2001 Movie
7.6
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
2001 Movie
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self
2000 Movie
6.0
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 Movie
6.1
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
1999 Movie
10.0
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
1999 Movie
5.8
David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller
1998 Movie
7.7
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998 Movie
6.4
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
1997 Movie
6.5
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
1997 Movie
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1997 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sidney Poitier.
7.0
Children of the Dust
as Gypsy Smith • 2 eps
1995 Series
6.0
Separate but Equal
as Thurgood Marshall • 2 eps
1991 Series
7.4
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self • 2 eps
1978 Series
6.3
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self • 1 eps
1973 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
6.2
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1966 Series
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series
8.0
Cinépanorama
as Self • 1 eps
1956 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 7 eps
1953 Series
6.0
Omnibus
1 eps
1952 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
1948 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series