Sidney Poitier
Acting
🎂 1927-02-20
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.
Cast credits(98)
Self
1962
Self
1956
Self - Guest
1968
Self - Winner
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
1952
1948
Tommy Tyler
1948
Self
1978
Self - Presenter
1956
Self
1953
Self
1973
Crease
1992
Carter Preston
1997
Gypsy Smith
1995
Thurgood Marshall
1991
Virgil Tibbs
1967
Simon of Cyrene
1965
Noah Cullen
1958
John Prentice
1967
Self
2022
Warren Stantin
1988
Buck
1972
Roy Parmenter
1988
Ben Munceford
1965
Homer Smith
1963
Aly Mansuh
1964
Mark Thackeray
1967
Self (archive footage)
2014
Virgil Tibbs
1970
Clyde Williams
1975
Gregory W. Miller
1955
Luther Brooks
1950
Self
1985
Gordon Ralfe
1965
Walter Lee Younger
1961
Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Manny Durrell
1977
Tommy Tyler
1957
Rau-Ru
1957
Robertson
1952
Toller
1966
Self (archive footage)
1970
Steve Jackson
1974
Self (archive footage)
2022
Eddie Cook
1961
Shack Twala
1975
Virgil Tibbs
1971
Self
2013
Obam
1957
Various Roles (archive footage)
2017
Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Doctor
1962
Alan Newell
1965
John Kane
1971
Self - Audience Member
1988
Mark Thackeray
1996
Self
2007
2000
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998
Sgt. Eddie Towler
1960
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self (archive footage)
2018
Noah Dearborn
1999
Thurgood Marshall
1991
Reverend Msimangu
1951
Self
2017
Porgy
1959
Marcus
1959
Self
2004
Self (archive footage)
2023
Jason Higgs
1969
Self (archive footage)
2023
Self
2001
Jack Parks
1968
Will Cleamons
1999
Self
1986
Self
1966
Dr. Matt Younger
1973
Inman Jackson
1954
Self
1995
Gates Watson
1956
Henry Cobb
2001
Tommy Tyler
1955
Self - Narrator
1972
Nelson Mandela
1997
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1947
Self
2012
Self
2013
Self
2003
Self (archive footage)
2017
Self
1984
Self
2000
Narrator (voice)
1979
Self
1965
Self (archive footage)
2018
Himself
1969
(archive footage)
2023
