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Sidney Poitier

Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, receiving the honour in 1964 for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field.'

Aliases
  • Sidney L. Poitier
  • Sir Sidney Poitier
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Filmography

The Jackal

1997
as Carter Preston

Becoming Mike Nichols

2016
as Sidney Poitier

The Lost Man

1969
as Jason Higgs

Separate But Equal

1991
as Thurgood Marshall

Ali Rap

2006
as Sidney Poitier

The Mark of the Hawk

1957
as Obam

A Piece of the Action

1977
as Manny Durrell

Buck and the Preacher

1972
as Buck

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013
as Himself

All the Young Men

1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler

Something of Value

1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja

No Way Out

1950
as Dr. Luther Brooks

Uptown Saturday Night

1974
as Steve Jackson

In the Heat of the Night

1967
as Det. Virgil Tibbs

Virgin Island

1958
as Marcus

The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn

1999
as Noah Dearborn

Sing Your Song

2011
as Sidney Poitier

For Love of Ivy

1968
as Jack Parks

Little Nikita

1988
as Roy Parmenter

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979
as Narrator (voice)

The Organization

1971
as Virgil Tibbs

Sidney

2022
as Self (archive footage)

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017
as Sidney Poitier

Children of the Dust

1995
as Gypsy Smith

Paris Blues

1961
as Eddie Cook

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
as Walter Lee Younger

To Sir, with Love

1967
as Mark Thackeray

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007
as Himself

A Patch of Blue

1965
as Gordon Ralfe

Porgy and Bess

1959
as Porgy

Edge of the City

1957
as Tommy Tyler

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

Duel at Diablo

1966
as Toller

Mandela and de Klerk

1997
as Nelson Mandela

Good-bye, My Lady

1956
as Gates Watson

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970
as Virgil Tibbs

A Warm December

1973
as Dr. Matt Younger

Sneakers

1992
as Donald Crease

The Red Ball Express

1952
as Robertson

David and Lisa

1998
as Dr. Jack Miller

To Sir, with Love II

1996
as Mark Thackeray

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001
as Henry Cobb

The Bedford Incident

1965
as Ben Munceford

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975
as Shack Twala

Cry, the Beloved Country

1952
as Reverend Msimangu

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
as Simon of Cyrene

Band of Angels

1957
as Rau-Ru

Let's Do It Again

1975
as Clyde Williams

The Slender Thread

1965
as Alan Newell

Pressure Point

1962
as Doctor

Blackboard Jungle

1955
as Gregory W. Miller

The Defiant Ones

1958
as Noah Cullen

Brother John

1971
as John Kane

Free of Eden

1999

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967
as Dr. John Wade Prentice

Shoot to Kill

1988
as Warren Stantin

Lilies of the Field

1963
as Homer Smith

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

2001
as Narrator

The Long Ships

1964
as Aly Mansuh

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

2000
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Director

Movie A Piece of the Action 1977
Movie Buck and the Preacher 1972
Movie Uptown Saturday Night 1974
Movie A Warm December 1973
Movie Hanky Panky 1982
Movie Stir Crazy 1980
Movie Ghost Dad 1990
Movie Fast Forward 1985
Movie Let's Do It Again 1975

Writer

Movie For Love of Ivy 1968

Guest Star

Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
Twenty Years of Oprah's Favorite Moments 		2005
Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
Sidney Poitier 		1970
Episode Biography
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters 		2000
Episode The Dick Cavett Show
Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier 		1972
Episode The Oprah Winfrey Show
Twenty Years of Oprah's Favorite Moments 		2005