Sidney Poitier

Herec, Režisér, Producent

20. února 1927 — 6. ledna 2022 (94 let)
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.

Filmy a seriály na Plexu

  • V žáru noci
    V žáru noci1967
  • I Am Not Your Negro
    I Am Not Your Negro2017
  • They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970
  • Souboj u El Diablo
    Souboj u El Diablo1966
  • The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
    The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn1999
  • Mandela and de Klerk
    Mandela and de Klerk1997
  • Free of Eden
    Free of Eden1999
  • The Mark of the Hawk
    The Mark of the Hawk1957
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years
    TV in Black: The First Fifty Years2004

Známý pro

  • V žáru noci
    V žáru noci1967
  • Šakal
    Šakal1997
  • Lilies of the Field
    Lilies of the Field1963
  • Slídilové
    Slídilové1992
  • Blázni ve vězení
    Blázni ve vězení1980
  • Hádej, kdo přijde na večeři
    Hádej, kdo přijde na večeři1967
  • Panu učiteli s láskou
    Panu učiteli s láskou1967
  • Útěk v řetězech
    Útěk v řetězech1958
  • Smrt v patách
    Smrt v patách1988
  • A Raisin in the Sun
    A Raisin in the Sun1961
  • A Patch of Blue
    A Patch of Blue1965
  • Můj táta je duch
    Můj táta je duch1990
  • Malý Nikita
    Malý Nikita1988
  • They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
    They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970
  • Let's Do It Again
    Let's Do It Again1975
  • Hanky Panky
    Hanky Panky1982
  • The Bedford Incident
    The Bedford Incident1965
  • Buck a kazatel
    Buck a kazatel1972
  • Ve městě v sobotu večer
    Ve městě v sobotu večer1974
  • The Slender Thread
    The Slender Thread1965

Filmografie

2025
The 70's Justice League · as Martian Manhunter
2017
The Green Fog · as Virgil Tibbs
2016
I Am Not Your Negro · as Various RolesNa Plexu
2011
Lulu: Something to Shout About · as Mark Thackeray
2011
The Loving Story · as John Prentice
2011
These Amazing Shadows · as Virgil Tibbs
2005
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That · as Cpl. Andrew Robertson
2004
2001
2000
1999
1999
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn · as Noah DearbornNa Plexu
1998
Free of Eden · as Will CleamonsNa Plexu
1998
David and Lisa · as Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist · as Reverend Msimangu (archive Footage)
1997
The Jackal · as Carter Preston
1997
Mandela and de Klerk · as Nelson MandelaNa Plexu
1997
1996
To Sir, with Love II · as Mark Thackeray
1995
Children of the Dust · as Gypsy Smith
1992
Sneakers · as Crease
1991
Separate But Equal · as Thurgood Marshall
1991
Separate But Equal · as Thurgood Marshall
1989
Heavy Petting · as Cast
1988
Little Nikita · as Roy Parmenter
1988
Shoot to Kill · as Warren Stantin
1985
American Masters · as Cast
1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist · as Narrator (voice)
1977
A Piece of the Action · as Manny Durrell
1976
America at the Movies · as Walter Lee Younger
1975
Let's Do It Again · as Clyde Williams
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy · as Shack Twala
1974
Uptown Saturday Night · as Steve Jackson
1973
A Warm December · as Dr. Matt Younger
1972
1971
The Organization · as Virgil Tibbs
1971
Brother John · as John Kane
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! · as Virgil TibbsNa Plexu
1969
The Lost Man · as Jason Higgs
1968
For Love of Ivy · as Jack Parks
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner · as John Prentice
1967
In the Heat of the Night · as Virgil TibbsNa Plexu
1967
To Sir, with Love · as Mark Thackeray
1966
Duel at Diablo · as TollerNa Plexu
1965
The Slender Thread · as Alan Newell
1965
A Patch of Blue · as Gordon Ralfe
1965
The Bedford Incident · as Ben Munceford
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told · as Simon Of Cyrene
1964
The Long Ships · as Aly Mansuh
1963
Lilies of the Field · as Homer Smith
1962
Pressure Point · as Doctor
1961
Paris Blues · as Eddie Cook
1961
A Raisin in the Sun · as Walter Lee Younger
1960
All the Young Men · as Sgt. Eddie Towler
1959
Porgy and Bess · as Porgy
1958
Our Virgin Island · as Marcus
1958
The Defiant Ones · as Noah Cullen
1957
The Mark of the Hawk · as ObamNa Plexu
1957
Band of Angels · as Rau-Ru
1957
Something of Value · as Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Edge of the City · as Tommy Tyler
1956
Good-bye, My Lady · as Gates Watson
1955
Blackboard Jungle · as Gregory W. Miller
1954
Go Man Go · as Inman Jackson
1953
1952
1952
Red Ball Express · as Robertson
1952
1951
Cry, the Beloved Country · as Reverend Msimangu
1950
1950
No Way Out · as Luther Brooks
1948
1947
Sepia Cinderella · as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)