Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier is an actor, born 1927. Their work on CrossBinge spans TV and films, including The Oscars, with ratings and cross-media recommendations.
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…
Films (41)
- Sneakers (1992)
- The Jackal (1997)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- Nationtime (1972)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Stir Crazy (1980)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- To Sir, with Love (1967)
- Little Nikita (1988)
- Shoot to Kill (1988)
- Ghost Dad (1990)
- The Long Ships (1964)
- The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Fast Forward (1985)
- Duel at Diablo (1966)
- Band of Angels (1957)
- Buck and the Preacher (1972)
- Buck and the Preacher (1972)
- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
- Hanky Panky (1982)
- The Organization (1971)
- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
- The Slender Thread (1965)
- They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
- Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988)
- Let's Do It Again (1975)
- Let's Do It Again (1975)