Sidney Poitier
Age: 97 | From: Miami, Florida, USA
Person Details
Birthday: 1927-02-20 07:49:25
Aliases: No known aliases
Gender: Male
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Homepage:
Movie Involvements: 78
TV Involvements: 7
Most Famous Work
Biography
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three well-received films—To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner—making him the top box office star of that year. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. Poitier has directed a number of popular movies such as A Piece of the Action; Uptown Saturday Night, and Let's Do It Again (with friend Bill Cosby), and Stir Crazy (starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). In 2002, 38 years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorary Award, designated "To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being." Since 1997 he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. On August 12, 2009, Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.
Most Famous Work
The Philco Television Playhouse
(1948) Tommy Tyler
Children of the Dust
(1995) Gypsy Smith
Tony Awards
(1956) Self - Presenter
The Kennedy Center Honors
(1978) Self
The Oscars
(1953) Self
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
(1973) Self
The Jackal
(1997) Carter Preston
Duel at Diablo
(1966) TollerActing
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | Himself (archival footage) | |
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| (archive footage) | ||
| 2022 | Self | |
| 2018 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Self (archival footage) | ||
| 2017 | Self | |
| Various Roles (archive footage) | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 2014 | Self (archive footage) | |
| 2013 | Self | |
| Self | ||
| 2012 | Self | |
| 2007 | Self | |
| 2004 | Self | |
| 2001 | Self | |
| Henry Cobb | ||
| 2000 | Self | |
| N/A | ||
| 1999 | Noah Dearborn | |
| Will Cleamons | ||
| 1998 | Dr. Jack Miller | |
| Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) | ||
| 1997 | Carter Preston | |
| Nelson Mandela | ||
| Self (archive footage) | ||
| 1996 | Mark Thackeray | |
| 1995 | Gypsy Smith | |
| 1992 | Crease | |
| 1991 | Thurgood Marshall | |
| Thurgood Marshall | ||
| 1988 | Roy Parmenter | |
| Warren Stantin | ||
| Self - Audience Member | ||
| 1986 | Self | |
| 1985 | Self | |
| 1984 | Self | |
| 1979 | Narrator (voice) | |
| 1978 | Self | |
| 1977 | Manny Durrell | |
| 1975 | Clyde Williams | |
| Shack Twala | ||
| 1974 | Steve Jackson | |
| 1973 | Dr. Matt Younger | |
| Self | ||
| 1972 | Self - Narrator | |
| Buck | ||
| 1971 | Virgil Tibbs | |
| John Kane | ||
| 1970 | Virgil Tibbs | |
| 1969 | Self (archive footage) | |
| Jason Higgs | ||
| 1968 | Jack Parks | |
| Self - Guest | ||
| 1967 | John Prentice | |
| Virgil Tibbs | ||
| Mark Thackeray | ||
| 1966 | Toller | |
| Self | ||
| 1965 | Alan Newell | |
| Gordon Ralfe | ||
| Ben Munceford | ||
| Simon of Cyrene | ||
| Self | ||
| 1964 | Aly Mansuh | |
| 1963 | Homer Smith | |
| 1962 | Doctor | |
| Self | ||
| 1961 | Eddie Cook | |
| Walter Lee Younger | ||
| 1960 | Sgt. Eddie Towler | |
| 1959 | Marcus | |
| Porgy | ||
| 1958 | Noah Cullen | |
| 1957 | Obam | |
| Rau-Ru | ||
| Kimani Wa Karanja | ||
| Tommy Tyler | ||
| 1956 | Gates Watson | |
| Self - Presenter | ||
| Self | ||
| 1955 | Tommy Tyler | |
| Gregory W. Miller | ||
| 1954 | Inman Jackson | |
| 1953 | Self | |
| 1952 | Robertson | |
| 1951 | Reverend Msimangu | |
| 1950 | Dr. Luther Brooks | |
| 1948 | Tommy Tyler | |
| N/A | ||
| Year | Character | Movie/Tv |
Directing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1990 | Director | |
| 1985 | Director | |
| 1982 | Director | |
| 1980 | Director | |
| 1977 | Director | |
| 1975 | Director | |
| 1974 | Director | |
| 1973 | Director | |
| 1972 | Director | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Production
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1972 | Producer | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
Writing
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |
|---|---|---|
| 1968 | Original Story | |
| Year | Role | Movie/Tv |