Person
Sidney Poitier
Actor · Director · Producer· Miami, Florida, USA
Sidney Poitier, a Bahamian and American actor, director, and diplomat, broke barriers as the first black actor to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for "Lilies of the Field" in 1964. His stellar career included starring roles in "Blackboard Jungle," "The Defiant Ones," "To Sir, with Love," "Guess Who's Coming to Dinner," and "In the Heat of the Night." Later, he transitioned to directing acclaimed films like "Buck and the Preacher," "Uptown Saturday Night," and "Stir Crazy," cementing his legacy as a pioneer in cinema and diplomacy.
Known For
The roles that explain the career.
Filmography
67 credits across 3 departments.
| Year | Title | Role | Type |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | Film |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | Film |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | Film |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | Film |
| 2001 | Quincy Jones: In the Pocket | Self | Film |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America | Henry Cobb | Film |
| 1999 | Free of Eden | Will Cleamons | Film |
| 1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Noah Dearborn | Film |
| 1998 | David and Lisa | Dr. Jack Miller | Film |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Carter Preston | Film |
| 1996 | To Sir, with Love II | Mark Thackeray | Film |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | Gypsy Smith | TV |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Crease | Film |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Thurgood Marshall | Film |
| 1990 | Ghost Dad | Director | Film |
| 1988 | Shoot to Kill | Warren Stantin | Film |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | Film |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Roy Parmenter | Film |
| 1985 | Fast Forward | Director | Film |
| 1984 | I Love Quincy | Self | Film |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Director | Film |
| 1980 | Stir Crazy | Director | Film |
| 1979 | Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Narrator (voice) | Film |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Manny Durrell | Film |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Director | Film |
| 1975 | The Wilby Conspiracy | Shack Twala | Film |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Clyde Williams | Film |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Director | Film |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Steve Jackson | Film |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Director | Film |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Dr. Matt Younger | Film |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Buck | Film |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self - Narrator | Film |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Director | Film |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Producer | Film |
| 1971 | Brother John | John Kane | Film |
| 1971 | The Organization | Virgil Tibbs | Film |
| 1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Virgil Tibbs | Film |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Jason Higgs | Film |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | Jack Parks | Film |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs | Film |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | John Prentice | Film |
| 1967 | To Sir, with Love | Mark Thackeray | Film |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo | Toller | Film |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Ben Munceford | Film |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon of Cyrene | Film |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Gordon Ralfe | Film |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread | Alan Newell | Film |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Aly Mansuh | Film |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | Film |
| 1962 | Pressure Point | Doctor | Film |
| 1961 | A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | Film |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Eddie Cook | Film |
| 1960 | All the Young Men | Sgt. Eddie Towler | Film |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Porgy | Film |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | Film |
| 1957 | Something of Value | Kimani Wa Karanja | Film |
| 1957 | Band of Angels | Rau-Ru | Film |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Tommy Tyler | Film |
| 1957 | The Mark of the Hawk | Obam | Film |
| 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Gregory W. Miller | Film |
| 1954 | Go Man Go | Inman Jackson | Film |
| 1952 | The Red Ball Express | Robertson | Film |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country | Reverend Msimangu | Film |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Luther Brooks | Film |
| 1947 | Sepia Cinderella | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) | Film |
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