Sidney Poitier
Acting
🎂 1927-02-20
Sidney Poitier KBE was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received 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. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Cast credits(104)
Self
1962
Self
1961
Self - Taped Tribute
1961
Self - Presenter
1956
Self - Nominee
1944
Self - Presenter
1944
1948
Tommy Tyler
1948
1952
Self
1953
Self
1962
Self - Guest
1968
Crease
1992
Self
1978
Carter Preston
1997
Self
1956
Self - Host
1966
Self (archive footage)
2014
(archive footage)
2023
Self
2007
Self
2022
Self
1957
Simon of Cyrene
1965
Self - Narrator
1972
Self
1973
Thurgood Marshall
1991
Virgil Tibbs
1967
Gregory W. Miller
1955
Rau-Ru
1957
Self (archive footage)
2023
Shack Twala
1975
John Prentice
1967
Toller
1966
Aly Mansuh
1964
Mark Thackeray
1967
Noah Cullen
1958
Self
1986
Gordon Ralfe
1965
Warren Stantin
1988
Walter Lee Younger
1961
Roy Parmenter
1988
Self
1965
Clyde Williams
1975
Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Luther Brooks
1950
Homer Smith
1963
Self
1995
Self - Audience Member
1988
Self
2004
Virgil Tibbs
1971
Gypsy Smith
1995
Ben Munceford
1965
Various Roles (archive footage)
2017
Self
2013
Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Mark Thackeray
1996
Doctor
1962
Self
1984
Alan Newell
1965
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998
Self (archive footage)
1970
Buck
1972
Nelson Mandela
1997
Jason Higgs
1969
Eddie Cook
1961
Robertson
1952
Self (archive footage)
2023
Steve Jackson
1974
Self
2013
Noah Dearborn
1999
Self
1985
John Kane
1971
Self (archive footage)
2018
Henry Cobb
2001
Self
2001
Tommy Tyler
1957
Manny Durrell
1977
Jack Parks
1968
Virgil Tibbs
1970
Reverend Msimangu
1951
Self
2022
Self (archive footage)
2017
Thurgood Marshall
1991
Marcus
1959
Self
2017
Self
2012
1953
Porgy
1959
Dr. Matt Younger
1973
Will Cleamons
1999
2000
Inman Jackson
1954
Self (archive footage)
2018
Obam
1957
Sgt. Eddie Towler
1960
Gates Watson
1956
Self
2000
Self
2003
Tommy Tyler
1955
Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1947
Narrator (voice)
1979
Self (archive footage)
1997
Self
1966
Himself
1969
