Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was an actor, born 1927, died 2022.
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Movies (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)