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Sidney Poitier

Actor, Director, Producer, Additional Credits
Born February 20, 1927Died January 6, 2022 (94 years)
Sidney Poitier KBE was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received 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. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

Movies & Shows on Plex

  • The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
  • Mandela and de Klerk
  • Free of Eden
  • The Mark of the Hawk
  • TV in Black: The First Fifty Years

Known For

  • In the Heat of the Night
  • The Jackal
  • Lilies of the Field
  • Sneakers
  • Stir Crazy
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
  • To Sir, with Love
  • The Defiant Ones
  • Shoot to Kill
  • A Raisin in the Sun
  • A Patch of Blue
  • Ghost Dad
  • Little Nikita
  • They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
  • Let's Do It Again
  • Hanky Panky
  • The Bedford Incident
  • Uptown Saturday Night
  • Buck and the Preacher
  • The Slender Thread
  • The Wilby Conspiracy
  • The Organization
  • Porgy and Bess
  • Duel at Diablo

Featured Videos

    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 (archive Footage)
    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
    2001
    2000
    1999
    1999
    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
    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
    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
    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)

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