
Acting
Born February 20, 1927 · Miami, Florida, USA
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.

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022

Sidney
2022

Poitier's Walter Lee
2018

Mr. SOUL!
2018

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017

The Madding Crowd
2017

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013

Sing Your Song
2012

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
Hollywood Legenden
2004

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001

The Last Brickmaker in America
2001

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999

Free of Eden
1999

David and Lisa
1998

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998

The Jackal
1997

Mandela and de Klerk
1997

Afro Promo
1997

To Sir, with Love II
1996

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995

Sneakers
1992

Separate But Equal
1991

Little Nikita
1988

Shoot to Kill
1988

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986

Night of 100 Stars II
1985

I Love Quincy
1984

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979

A Piece of the Action
1977

Let's Do It Again
1975

The Wilby Conspiracy
1975

Uptown Saturday Night
1974

A Warm December
1973

Nationtime
1972

Buck and the Preacher
1972

The Organization
1971

Brother John
1971

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970

The Lost Man
1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969

For Love of Ivy
1968

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967

In the Heat of the Night
1967

To Sir, with Love
1967

Duel at Diablo
1966

The Strolling '20s
1966

The Slender Thread
1965

A Patch of Blue
1965

The Bedford Incident
1965

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965

The Long Ships
1964

Lilies of the Field
1963

Pressure Point
1962

Paris Blues
1961

A Raisin in the Sun
1961

All the Young Men
1960

Virgin Island
1959

Porgy and Bess
1959

The Defiant Ones
1958

The Mark of the Hawk
1957

Band of Angels
1957

Something of Value
1957

Edge of the City
1957

Good-bye, My Lady
1956

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955

Blackboard Jungle
1955

Go Man Go
1954

The Red Ball Express
1952

Cry, the Beloved Country
1951

No Way Out
1950

Sepia Cinderella
1947