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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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A Patch of Blue

1965
as Gordon Ralfe

A Piece of the Action

1977
as Manny Durrell

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
as Walter Lee Younger

A Warm December

1973
as Dr. Matt Younger

Ali Rap

2006
as Sidney Poitier

All the Young Men

1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler

Band of Angels

1957
as Rau-Ru

Becoming Mike Nichols

2016
as Sidney Poitier

Blackboard Jungle

1955
as Gregory W. Miller

Brother John

1971
as John Kane

Children of the Dust

1995
as Gypsy Smith

Cry, the Beloved Country

1952
as Reverend Msimangu

David and Lisa

1998
as Dr. Jack Miller

Duel at Diablo

1966
as Toller

Edge of the City

1957
as Tommy Tyler

For Love of Ivy

1968
as Jack Parks

Good-bye, My Lady

1956
as Gates Watson

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967
as Dr. John Wade Prentice

In the Heat of the Night

1967
as Det. Virgil Tibbs

Let's Do It Again

1975
as Clyde Williams

Lilies of the Field

1963
as Homer Smith

Little Nikita

1988
as Roy Parmenter

Mandela and de Klerk

1997
as Nelson Mandela

No Way Out

1950
as Dr. Luther Brooks

Paris Blues

1961
as Eddie Cook

Porgy and Bess

1959
as Porgy

Pressure Point

1962
as Doctor

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

2000
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Separate But Equal

1991
as Thurgood Marshall

Shoot to Kill

1988
as Warren Stantin

Sidney

2022
as Self (archive footage)

Sing Your Song

2011
as Sidney Poitier

Sneakers

1992
as Donald Crease

Something of Value

1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja

The Bedford Incident

1965
as Ben Munceford

The Defiant Ones

1958
as Noah Cullen

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
as Simon of Cyrene

The Jackal

1997
as Carter Preston

The Long Ships

1964
as Aly Mansuh

The Lost Man

1969
as Jason Higgs

The Organization

1971
as Virgil Tibbs

The Red Ball Express

1952
as Robertson

The Slender Thread

1965
as Alan Newell

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975
as Shack Twala

To Sir, with Love

1967
as Mark Thackeray

To Sir, with Love II

1996
as Mark Thackeray

Uptown Saturday Night

1974
as Steve Jackson

Virgin Island

1958
as Marcus

Director

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

Writer

Movie For Love of Ivy 1968

Guest Star

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