Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) 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.
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Acted in
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
2023
as (archive footage)
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain
2022
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney
2022
as Self
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018
as Self (archival footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017
as Self
I Am Not Your Negro
2017
as Various Roles (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017
as Self (archive footage)
And the Oscar Goes To...
2014
as Self (archive footage)
Moms Mabley
2013
as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013
as Self
Sing Your Song
2012
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007
as Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004
as Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003
as Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001
as Self
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001
as Henry Cobb
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000
as Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999
as Noah Dearborn
Free of Eden
1999
as Will Cleamons
David and Lisa
1998
as Dr. Jack Miller
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
The Jackal
1997
as Carter Preston
Mandela and de Klerk
1997
as Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo
1997
as Self (archive footage)
To Sir, With Love II
1996
as Mark Thackeray
Children of the Dust
1995
as Gypsy Smith
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995
as Self
Sneakers
1992
as Crease
Separate But Equal
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
Separate but Equal
1991
as Thurgood Marshall
Little Nikita
1988
as Roy Parmenter
Shoot to Kill
1988
as Warren Stantin
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988
as Self - Audience Member
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986
as Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
I Love Quincy
1984
as Self
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979
as Narrator (voice)
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978
as Self
A Piece of the Action
1977
as Manny Durrell
Let's Do It Again
1975
as Clyde Williams
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975
as Shack Twala
Uptown Saturday Night
1974
as Steve Jackson
A Warm December
1973
as Dr. Matt Younger
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973
as Self
Nationtime
1972
as Self - Narrator
Buck and the Preacher
1972
as Buck
The Organization
1971
as Virgil Tibbs
Brother John
1971
as John Kane
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
as Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970
as Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man
1969
as Jason Higgs
For Love of Ivy
1968
as Jack Parks
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
as John Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
1967
as Virgil Tibbs
To Sir, with Love
1967
as Mark Thackeray
Duel at Diablo
1966
as Toller
The Strolling '20s
1966
as Self
The Slender Thread
1965
as Alan Newell
A Patch of Blue
1965
as Gordon Ralfe
The Bedford Incident
1965
as Ben Munceford
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965
as Simon of Cyrene
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965
as Self
The Long Ships
1964
as Aly Mansuh
Lilies of the Field
1963
as Homer Smith
Pressure Point
1962
as Doctor
Paris Blues
1961
as Eddie Cook
A Raisin in the Sun
1961
as Walter Lee Younger
All the Young Men
1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
Virgin Island
1959
as Marcus
Porgy and Bess
1959
as Porgy
The Defiant Ones
1958
as Noah Cullen
The Mark of the Hawk
1957
as Obam
Band of Angels
1957
as Rau-Ru
Something of Value
1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja
Edge of the City
1957
as Tommy Tyler
Good-bye, My Lady
1956
as Gates Watson
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Presenter
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955
as Tommy Tyler
Blackboard Jungle
1955
as Gregory W. Miller
Go Man Go
1954
as Inman Jackson
The Oscars
1953
as Self
The Red Ball Express
1952
as Robertson
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951
as Reverend Msimangu
No Way Out
1950
as Dr. Luther Brooks
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
as Tommy Tyler