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Sidney Poitier
Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 20, 1927Died January 6, 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.
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Sidney Poitier 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 Roles |
| 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 | The Last Brickmaker in America · as Henry Cobb |
| 2000 | |
| 1999 | ABC 2000: The Millennium · as Cast |
| 1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn · as Noah Dearborn |
| 1998 | Free of Eden · as Will Cleamons |
| 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 Mandela |
| 1997 | Twentieth Century Fox: The First 50 Years · as Dr. Luther Brooks |
| 1996 | To Sir, with Love II · as Mark Thackeray |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust (TV Series) · as Gypsy Smith |
| 1992 | Sneakers · as Crease |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal · as Thurgood Marshall |
| 1991 | Separate But Equal (TV Series) · as Thurgood Marshall |
| 1989 | Heavy Petting · as Cast |
| 1988 | Little Nikita · as Roy Parmenter |
| 1988 | Shoot to Kill · as Warren Stantin |
| 1985 | American Masters (TV Series) · 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 Tibbs |
| 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 Tibbs |
| 1967 | To Sir, with Love · as Mark Thackeray |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo · as Toller |
| 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 Obam |
| 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 | Ponds Theater (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Omnibus (TV Series) |
| 1952 | Red Ball Express · as Robertson |
| 1952 | CBS Television Workshop (TV Series) · as Cast |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country · as Reverend Msimangu |
| 1950 | No Way Out · as Luther Brooks |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse (TV Series) · as Tommy Tyler |
| 1947 | Sepia Cinderella · as Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
| 2025 | |
| 2023 | Maxine's Baby: The Tyler Perry Story · as Self |
| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The '68 Comeback · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2023 | Restless: Being Paul Newman · as Self |
| 2023 | Remembering Gene Wilder · as Self - Director |
| 2023 | Call Me Kate · as Self |
| 2023 | Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2022 | |
| 2022 | Denzel Washington: An American Model · as Self |
| 2022 | Sidney · as Self |
| 2022 | The Oscars · as Self - Memorial Tribute |
| 2022 | The 28th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - In Memoriam Segment |
| 2021 | |
| 2021 | Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age · as Self |
| 2021 | Wolfgang · as Self |
| 2018 | Quincy · as Self |
| 2018 | Mr. Soul! · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 2017 | Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart · as Self |
| 2017 | Sammy Davis, Jr.: I've Gotta Be Me · as Self |
| 2017 | The Oscars · as Self |
| 2016 | Becoming Mike Nichols · as Self |
| 2016 | 2016 EE British Academy Film Awards · as Self - Academy Fellowship Recipient |
| 2015 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2014 | And the Oscar Goes to... · as Self |
| 2013 | The March · as Self |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley · as Self |
| 2013 | The Oscars · as Self - Presenter |
| 2013 | 44th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | B.B. King: The Life of Riley · as Self |
| 2012 | 43rd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2012 | The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2011 | Sing Your Song · as Self |
| 2011 | Oprah Presents Master Class (TV Series) · as Self |
| 2010 | |
| 2008 | Stand Up to Cancer · as Self |
| 2008 | The 80th Annual Academy Awards · as Self |
| 2008 | 39th NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project · as Self |
| 2007 | |
| 2007 | The Oprah Winfrey Oscar Special · as Self |
| 2007 | Classified X · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Ali Rap · as Self |
| 2006 | |
| 2006 | Legends Ball · as Self |
| 2005 | 36th NAACP Image Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 2004 | Tell Them Who You Are · as Self |
| 2004 | Tavis Smiley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 2004 | Hollywood Legenden · as Self |
| 2003 | A Century of Black Cinema · as Self |
| 2003 | Jimmy Kimmel Live! (TV Series) · as Self - At The Oscars |
| 2002 | |
| 2002 | The Making of 'Changing Lanes' · as Self |
| 2002 | The 74th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Honorary Award |
| 2002 | 2002 Trumpet Awards · as Self |
| 2002 | Playboy: Inside the Playboy Mansion · as Self |
| 2002 | |
| 2001 | 32nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 2000 | |
| 2000 | 6th Annual Screen Actors Guild Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 2000 | Playboy 2000: The Party Continues · as Self |
| 1998 | The 70th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Past Winner |
| 1997 | The Directors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1997 | |
| 1997 | The 49th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards · as Self |
| 1996 | The 68th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1995 | The Kennedy Center Honors: A Celebration of the Performing Arts · as Self - Honoree |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick · as Self |
| 1994 | 100 Years at the Movies · as Self |
| 1994 | A Century of Cinema · as Self |
| 1990 | Sinatra 75: The Best Is Yet to Come · as Self |
| 1990 | 7th Annual American Cinema Awards · as Self |
| 1990 | 22nd NAACP Image Awards · as Self |
| 1989 | |
| 1988 | Inside Edition (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1988 | LIVE with Kelly and Mark (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1987 | Biography (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1986 | The Oprah Winfrey Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1986 | The 58th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Audience Member |
| 1986 | |
| 1985 | Larry King Live (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II · as Self |
| 1984 | Black Hollywood · as Self |
| 1982 | 39th Annual Golden Globe Awards · as Self - Winner |
| 1981 | Entertainment Tonight (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1979 | CBS Sunday Morning With Jane Pauley (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1978 | 20/20 (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1975 | Good Morning America (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1973 | AFI Life Achievement Award (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1972 | Nationtime · as Self - Narrator |
| 1972 | The New Bill Cosby Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1971 | Film (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1969 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis · as Self (archive Footage) |
| 1969 | The 41st Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter & Performer |
| 1968 | |
| 1968 | The 40th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1967 | The 39th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 (TV Series) · as Self - Host |
| 1965 | The 37th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter |
| 1964 | The 36th Annual Academy Awards · as Self - Presenter & Winner |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show starring Johnny Carson (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show (TV Series) · as Self - Taped Tribute |
| 1959 | Sunday Showcase (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1957 | The Jack Paar Tonight Show (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1955 | This is Your Life (UK) (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1953 | The Academy Awards (TV Series) · as Self |
| 1952 | Today (TV Series) · as Self - Guest |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards (TV Series) · as Self - Presenter |
| 1990 | |
| 1985 | |
| 1982 | |
| 1980 | |
| 1977 | |
| 1975 | |
| 1974 | |
| 1973 | |
| 1972 |
| 1998 | Free of Eden · as Executive Producer |
| 1972 | |
| 1971 | Brother John · as Executive Producer |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy · as Original Story |