Directed credits
8
Active
Regular directing credits.
Director
Sidney Poitier
Acting
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Directed movies: 8Directed series: 0All crew 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
Frequent 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
Directed Movies
Movies directed by Sidney Poitier.
5.1
Ghost Dad
Director
1990 Movie
5.2
Fast Forward
Director
1985 Movie
5.3
Hanky Panky
Director
1982 Movie
6.5
Stir Crazy
Director
1980 Movie
5.7
A Piece of the Action
Director
1977 Movie
6.9
Let's Do It Again
Director
1975 Movie
6.1
Uptown Saturday Night
Director
1974 Movie
6.4
A Warm December
Director
1973 Movie
Movies
Top Rated Movies
Highest rated movies linked with Sidney Poitier.
7.7
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
1961 Movie
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
1967 Movie
7.6
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
1967 Movie
7.5
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
1965 Movie
7.5
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
1967 Movie
7.2
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
1963 Movie
7.1
The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen
1958 Movie
7.0
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
1965 Movie
6.9
Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller
1955 Movie
6.9
Sneakers
as Crease
1992 Movie
6.9
No Way Out
as Luther Brooks
1950 Movie
6.6
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
1988 Movie
Series
Top Rated Series
Highest rated series linked with Sidney Poitier.
Movies
Most Popular Movies
Most viewed movie titles linked with Sidney Poitier.
6.9
Sneakers
as Crease
1992 Movie
6.4
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
1997 Movie
6.2
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
1971 Movie
6.5
Stir Crazy
Director
1980 Movie
7.7
In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs
1967 Movie
8.0
Nationtime
as Self - Narrator
1972 Movie
4.8
Sepia Cinderella
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1947 Movie
6.4
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
1965 Movie
6.5
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
1961 Movie
7.0
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2018 Movie
6.6
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
1988 Movie
7.5
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
1967 Movie
Series
Most Popular Series
Most viewed series linked with Sidney Poitier.
7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
5.4
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self • 1 eps
1961 Series
7.2
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
1944 Series
6.8
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
1968 Series
7.1
The Oscars
as Self • 7 eps
1953 Series
6.2
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self • 2 eps
1962 Series
6.3
The Philco Television Playhouse
1 eps
1948 Series
8.0
Cinépanorama
as Self • 1 eps
1956 Series
6.0
Omnibus
1 eps
1952 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
6.2
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host • 1 eps
1966 Series
Movies
Other Crew Work in Movies
Additional movie credits for Sidney Poitier.
Movies
Acting Appearances in Movies
Movie cast credits for 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
Series
Acting Appearances in Series
Series cast credits for 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