Sidney Poitier
Actor, Director, Producer
20 February 1927 — 6 January 2022 (94 years)
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.
Movies & Shows on Plex
Known For
Filmography
| 2025 | The 70's Justice League · as Martian Manhunter |
| 2017 | The Green Fog · as Virgil Tibbs |
| 2016 | I Am Not Your Negro · as Various RolesOn Plex |
| 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 | TV in Black: The First Fifty Years · as CastOn Plex |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America · as Henry Cobb |
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| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn · as Noah DearbornOn Plex |
| 1998 | Free of Eden · as Will CleamonsOn Plex |
| 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 MandelaOn Plex |
| 1997 | 20th Century-Fox: The First 50 Years · as Dr. Luther Brooks |
| 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 | Buck and the Preacher · as Buck |
| 1971 | The Organization · as Virgil Tibbs |
| 1971 | Brother John · as John Kane |
| 1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! · as Virgil TibbsOn Plex |
| 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 TibbsOn Plex |
| 1967 | To Sir, with Love · as Mark Thackeray |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo · as TollerOn Plex |
| 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 ObamOn Plex |
| 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 |
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| 1952 | Red Ball Express · as Robertson |
| 1952 | CBS Television Workshop · as Cast |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country · as Reverend Msimangu |
| 1950 | The Pulitzer Prize Playhouse · as Cast |
| 1950 | No Way Out · as Luther Brooks |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse · as Tommy Tyler |
| 1947 | Sepia Cinderella · as Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
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| 1998 | Free of Eden · as Executive ProducerOn Plex |
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| 1971 | Brother John · as Executive Producer |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy · as Original Story |