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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

Sidney

2022
as Self (archive footage)

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart

2017
as Sidney Poitier

Becoming Mike Nichols

2016
as Sidney Poitier

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley

2013
as Himself

Sing Your Song

2011
as Sidney Poitier

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project

2007
as Himself

Ali Rap

2006
as Sidney Poitier

The Last Brickmaker in America

2001
as Henry Cobb

Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey

2001
as Narrator

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist

2000
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Free of Eden

1999

The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn

1999
as Noah Dearborn

David and Lisa

1998
as Dr. Jack Miller

Mandela and de Klerk

1997
as Nelson Mandela

The Jackal

1997
as Carter Preston

To Sir, with Love II

1996
as Mark Thackeray

Children of the Dust

1995
as Gypsy Smith

Sneakers

1992
as Donald Crease

Separate But Equal

1991
as Thurgood Marshall

Shoot to Kill

1988
as Warren Stantin

Little Nikita

1988
as Roy Parmenter

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist

1979
as Narrator (voice)

A Piece of the Action

1977
as Manny Durrell

Let's Do It Again

1975
as Clyde Williams

The Wilby Conspiracy

1975
as Shack Twala

Uptown Saturday Night

1974
as Steve Jackson

A Warm December

1973
as Dr. Matt Younger

Buck and the Preacher

1972
as Buck

The Organization

1971
as Virgil Tibbs

Brother John

1971
as John Kane

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!

1970
as Virgil Tibbs

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

1970

The Lost Man

1969
as Jason Higgs

For Love of Ivy

1968
as Jack Parks

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

1967
as Dr. John Wade Prentice

In the Heat of the Night

1967
as Det. Virgil Tibbs

To Sir, with Love

1967
as Mark Thackeray

Duel at Diablo

1966
as Toller

The Slender Thread

1965
as Alan Newell

A Patch of Blue

1965
as Gordon Ralfe

The Greatest Story Ever Told

1965
as Simon of Cyrene

The Bedford Incident

1965
as Ben Munceford

The Long Ships

1964
as Aly Mansuh

Lilies of the Field

1963
as Homer Smith

Pressure Point

1962
as Doctor

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
as Walter Lee Younger

Paris Blues

1961
as Eddie Cook

All the Young Men

1960
as Sgt. Eddie Towler

Porgy and Bess

1959
as Porgy

Virgin Island

1958
as Marcus

The Defiant Ones

1958
as Noah Cullen

The Mark of the Hawk

1957
as Obam

Something of Value

1957
as Kimani Wa Karanja

Edge of the City

1957
as Tommy Tyler

Band of Angels

1957
as Rau-Ru

Good-bye, My Lady

1956
as Gates Watson

Blackboard Jungle

1955
as Gregory W. Miller

Cry, the Beloved Country

1952
as Reverend Msimangu

The Red Ball Express

1952
as Robertson

No Way Out

1950
as Dr. Luther Brooks

Director

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

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