Overview
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
20 Feb, 1927 (98 years old)
Death date
06 Jan, 2022
Sidney Poitier
Biography
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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
Known For
Acting
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2022
Sidney
2018
Mr. SOUL!
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
2013
Moms Mabley
2012
Sing Your Song
2007
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
1999
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1997
The Jackal
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
1996
To Sir, With Love II
1992
Sneakers
1988
Little Nikita
1988
Shoot to Kill
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1979
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1977
A Piece of the Action
1975
Let's Do It Again
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
1974
Uptown Saturday Night
1973
A Warm December
1972
Nationtime
1972
Buck and the Preacher
1971
The Organization
1971
Brother John
1970
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1968
For Love of Ivy
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967
In the Heat of the Night
1967
To Sir, with Love
1966
Duel at Diablo
1965
The Slender Thread
1965
A Patch of Blue
1965
The Bedford Incident
1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1964
The Long Ships
1963
Lilies of the Field
1962
Pressure Point
1961
Paris Blues
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
1960
All the Young Men
1959
Porgy and Bess
1958
The Defiant Ones
1957
Band of Angels
1957
Something of Value
1957
Edge of the City
1950
No Way Out