Acting
Sidney Poitier
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 (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Filmography
The Resurrection of Christ
Film · 2026
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Film · 2025
Remembering Gene Wilder
Film · 2024
Hollywood Black
Series · 2024
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
Film · 2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Film · 2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
Film · 2023
Sidney
Film · 2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
Film · 2018
Mr. SOUL!
Film · 2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
Film · 2017
The Madding Crowd
Film · 2017
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Film · 2013
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Film · 2013
Sing Your Song
Film · 2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Film · 2007
Hollywood Legenden
Film · 2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Film · 2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Film · 2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
Film · 2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Film · 2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
Film · 2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Film · 1999
Free of Eden
Film · 1999
David and Lisa
Film · 1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Film · 1998
The Jackal
Film · 1997
Mandela and de Klerk
Film · 1997
Afro Promo
Film · 1997
To Sir, with Love II
Film · 1996
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Film · 1995
Children of the Dust
Series · 1995
A Century of Cinema
Film · 1994
Sneakers
Film · 1992
Separate but Equal
Film · 1991
Separate but Equal
Series · 1991
Shoot to Kill
Film · 1988
Little Nikita
Film · 1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Film · 1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Film · 1986
Night of 100 Stars II
Film · 1985
I Love Quincy
Film · 1984
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Film · 1979
The Kennedy Center Honors
Series · 1978
A Piece of the Action
Film · 1977
The Wilby Conspiracy
Film · 1975
Let's Do It Again
Film · 1975
Uptown Saturday Night
Film · 1974
A Warm December
Film · 1973
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Series · 1973
Buck and the Preacher
Film · 1972
Nationtime: Gary
Film · 1972
The Organization
Film · 1971
Brother John
Film · 1971
Film '72
Series · 1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Film · 1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Film · 1970
The Lost Man
Film · 1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Film · 1969
For Love of Ivy
Film · 1968
The Dick Cavett Show
Series · 1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Film · 1967
In the Heat of the Night
Film · 1967
To Sir, with Love
Film · 1967
Omnibus
Series · 1967
Duel at Diablo
Film · 1966
The Strolling '20s
Film · 1966
ABC Stage 67
Series · 1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Film · 1965
A Patch of Blue
Film · 1965
The Bedford Incident
Film · 1965
The Slender Thread
Film · 1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Film · 1965
The Long Ships
Film · 1964
Lilies of the Field
Film · 1963
Pressure Point
Film · 1962
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Series · 1962
The Merv Griffin Show
Series · 1962
Paris Blues
Film · 1961
A Raisin in the Sun
Film · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
The Mike Douglas Show
Series · 1961
All the Young Men
Film · 1960
Porgy and Bess
Film · 1959
Virgin Island
Film · 1959
The Defiant Ones
Film · 1958
Edge of the City
Film · 1957
Band of Angels
Film · 1957
Something of Value
Film · 1957
The Mark of the Hawk
Film · 1957
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Series · 1957
Good-bye, My Lady
Film · 1956
Cinépanorama
Series · 1956
Tony Awards
Series · 1956
Blackboard Jungle
Film · 1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Film · 1955
Go Man Go
Film · 1954
The Oscars
Series · 1953
Kraft Television Theatre
Series · 1953
The Red Ball Express
Film · 1952
Omnibus
Series · 1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
Film · 1951
No Way Out
Film · 1950
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
Series · 1948
Sepia Cinderella
Film · 1947
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944
Golden Globe Awards
Series · 1944