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Sidney Poitier

Cast & creator

Sidney Poitier

1927-02-20 (died at 94) Miami, Florida, USAIMDb

Best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Mike Douglas Show, The Mike Douglas Show

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.

Also known as: Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, シドニー・ポワティエ

Movies

96

film credits

Series

23

television credits

Career

108

1944–2026 · acting roles

Credit score

6.7

average across scored titles

Signature credits

Known for

Ordered by popularity

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self · 1962

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self · 1961

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Taped Tribute · 1961

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self · 1962

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee · 1944

Across film & television

Filmography (119)

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self

The Mike Douglas Show

The Mike Douglas Show

Self - Taped Tribute

The Merv Griffin Show

The Merv Griffin Show

Self

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Nominee

Golden Globe Awards

Golden Globe Awards

Self - Presenter

The Dick Cavett Show

The Dick Cavett Show

Self - Guest

Tony Awards

Tony Awards

Self - Presenter

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Tonight Starring Jack Paar

Self

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

The Philco Television Playhouse

Tommy Tyler

Omnibus

Omnibus

Film '72

Self

Omnibus

Omnibus

The Oscars

The Oscars

Self

Cinépanorama

Cinépanorama

Self

The Kennedy Center Honors

The Kennedy Center Honors

Self

The Jackal

The Jackal

Carter Preston

ABC Stage 67

ABC Stage 67

Self - Host

Sneakers

Sneakers

Crease

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

The American Film Institute Salute to ...

Self

Hollywood Black

Hollywood Black

Self (archive footage)

To Sir, with Love

To Sir, with Love

Mark Thackeray

In the Heat of the Night

In the Heat of the Night

Virgil Tibbs

The Greatest Story Ever Told

The Greatest Story Ever Told

Simon of Cyrene

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

John Prentice

Children of the Dust

Children of the Dust

Gypsy Smith

Sidney

Sidney

Self

Kraft Television Theatre

The Defiant Ones

The Defiant Ones

Noah Cullen

Stir Crazy

Stir Crazy

Director

Paris Blues

Paris Blues

Eddie Cook

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

Virgil Tibbs

A Patch of Blue

A Patch of Blue

Gordon Ralfe

Hanky Panky

Hanky Panky

Director

Lilies of the Field

Lilies of the Field

Homer Smith

Ghost Dad

Ghost Dad

Director

A Raisin in the Sun

A Raisin in the Sun

Walter Lee Younger

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

Buck

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

Producer

Buck and the Preacher

Buck and the Preacher

Director

Shoot to Kill

Shoot to Kill

Warren Stantin

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal

Thurgood Marshall

To Sir, with Love II

To Sir, with Love II

Mark Thackeray

Edge of the City

Edge of the City

Tommy Tyler

Blackboard Jungle

Blackboard Jungle

Gregory W. Miller

Night of 100 Stars II

Night of 100 Stars II

Self

The Organization

The Organization

Virgil Tibbs

Nationtime: Gary

Nationtime: Gary

Self - Narrator

Little Nikita

Little Nikita

Roy Parmenter

The Wilby Conspiracy

The Wilby Conspiracy

Shack Twala

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night

Self - Audience Member

The Bedford Incident

The Bedford Incident

Ben Munceford

No Way Out

No Way Out

Luther Brooks

Duel at Diablo

Duel at Diablo

Toller

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Self (archive footage)

Good-bye, My Lady

Good-bye, My Lady

Gates Watson

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Noah Dearborn

Remembering Gene Wilder

Remembering Gene Wilder

Self (archive photos)

The Slender Thread

The Slender Thread

Alan Newell

Porgy and Bess

Porgy and Bess

Porgy

Band of Angels

Band of Angels

Rau-Ru

A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action

Manny Durrell

A Piece of the Action

A Piece of the Action

Director

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket

Self

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

Self

The Red Ball Express

The Red Ball Express

Robertson

Paul Newman: The Restless

Paul Newman: The Restless

Self (archive footage)

The Resurrection of Christ

The Resurrection of Christ

Something of Value

Something of Value

Kimani Wa Karanja

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again

Clyde Williams

Let's Do It Again

Let's Do It Again

Director

A Century of Cinema

A Century of Cinema

Self

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

The Making of ‘Sneakers’

Self

The Long Ships

The Long Ships

Aly Mansuh

The Mark of the Hawk

The Mark of the Hawk

Obam

The Last Brickmaker in America

The Last Brickmaker in America

Henry Cobb

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington

Self

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

Steve Jackson

Uptown Saturday Night

Uptown Saturday Night

Director

Poitier's Walter Lee

Poitier's Walter Lee

Self (archive footage)

Free of Eden

Free of Eden

Will Cleamons

Fast Forward

Fast Forward

Director

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn

Self

For Love of Ivy

For Love of Ivy

Jack Parks

For Love of Ivy

For Love of Ivy

Original Story

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

Self

David and Lisa

David and Lisa

Dr. Jack Miller

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback

Self (archive footage)

Pressure Point

Pressure Point

Doctor

All the Young Men

All the Young Men

Sgt. Eddie Towler

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick

Self

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

Self

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story

Self

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

Narrator (voice)

The Lost Man

The Lost Man

Jason Higgs

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

The Strolling '20s

The Strolling '20s

Self

Cry, the Beloved Country

Cry, the Beloved Country

Reverend Msimangu

Mr. SOUL!

Mr. SOUL!

Self (archive footage)

Sing Your Song

Sing Your Song

Self

I Love Quincy

I Love Quincy

Self

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters

Self

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall

Tommy Tyler

Mandela and de Klerk

Mandela and de Klerk

Nelson Mandela

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood

Self (archive footage)

Hollywood Legenden

Self

The Madding Crowd

The Madding Crowd

Self (archive footage)

A Warm December

A Warm December

Dr. Matt Younger

A Warm December

A Warm December

Director

Sepia Cinderella

Sepia Cinderella

Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Brother John

Brother John

John Kane

Separate but Equal

Separate but Equal

Thurgood Marshall

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth

Self

Go Man Go

Go Man Go

Inman Jackson

Virgin Island

Virgin Island

Marcus

Afro Promo

Afro Promo

Self (archive footage)

Three Young Americans in Search of Survival

Himself