
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Acting
Cast
Sidney Poitier
Known for
Acting
Born
1927-02-20
From
Miami, Florida, USA
Died
2022-01-06
Also known as Sir Sidney Poitier, Сидней Пуатье, シドニー・ポワティエ
Biography
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.

Sneakers
as Crease

The Jackal
as Carter Preston

In the Heat of the Night
as Virgil Tibbs

The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene

Sidney
as Self

Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin

Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller

To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice

Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter

Brother John
as John Kane

Duel at Diablo
as Toller

Night of 100 Stars II
as Self

The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala

Buck and the Preacher
as Buck

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs

A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)

The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen

The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb

The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs

A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger

The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell

No Way Out
as Luther Brooks

Let's Do It Again
as Clyde Williams

The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh

Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith

Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member

Nationtime
as Self - Narrator

Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook

Porgy and Bess
as Porgy

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self

Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru

The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford

David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller

To Sir, with Love II
as Mark Thackeray

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn

Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self

A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell

The Red Ball Express
as Robertson

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Something of Value
as Kimani Wa Karanja

Pressure Point
as Doctor

Uptown Saturday Night
as Steve Jackson

The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self

A Warm December
as Dr. Matt Younger

Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons

The Resurrection of Christ

Edge of the City
as Tommy Tyler

Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)

The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self

Separate But Equal
as Thurgood Marshall

I Love Quincy
as Self

Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson

Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self

Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)

Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light

For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks

Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela

The Mark of the Hawk
as Obam

Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self

Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)

Hollywood Legenden
as Self

Virgin Island
as Marcus

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self

All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler

Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)

Sing Your Song
as Self

Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)

A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Tommy Tyler

The Strolling '20s
as Self

The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs

The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)

Go Man Go
as Inman Jackson

Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
as Himself

Cry, the Beloved Country
as Reverend Msimangu

A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self

Sepia Cinderella
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)

Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self

A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
as Self

Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)