Sidney Poitier

Actor

Born: February 20, 1927
Died: January 6, 2022 (age 94)
From: Miami, Florida, USA

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…

Filmography (88)

The Resurrection of Christ (2026)
Remembering Gene Wilder (2024)
Self (archive photos)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023)
Self (archive footage)
Paul Newman: The Restless (2023)
Self
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood (2023)
Self (archive footage)
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022)
Self
Sidney (2022)
Self
Poitier's Walter Lee (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL! (2018)
Self (archive footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)
Self
The Madding Crowd (2017)
Self (archive footage)
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013)
Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013)
Self
Sing Your Song (2012)
Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)
Self
Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden (2004)
Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003)
Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001)
Self
The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)
Henry Cobb
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000)
Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000)
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999)
Noah Dearborn
Free of Eden (1999)
Will Cleamons
David and Lisa (1998)
Dr. Jack Miller
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998)
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
The Jackal (1997)
Carter Preston
Mandela and de Klerk (1997)
Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo (1997)
Self (archive footage)
To Sir, with Love II (1996)
Mark Thackeray
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995)
Self