Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) 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.
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Known for
Acting
Place of birth
Miami, Florida, USA
Birthday
2/20/1927
Duel at Diablo
6.3
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.6
Porgy and Bess
6.4
Sneakers
6.9
The Greatest Story Ever Told
6.4
In the Heat of the Night
7.6
The Jackal
6.4
The Defiant Ones
7.1
The Wilby Conspiracy
6.5
To Sir, with Love
7.5
Little Nikita
5.9
Blackboard Jungle
6.9
A Patch of Blue
7.5
Buck and the Preacher
6.1
Shoot to Kill
6.5
Paris Blues
6.5
Pressure Point
6.6
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
5.7
Edge of the City
7.1
No Way Out
6.9
Uptown Saturday Night
6.2
Let's Do It Again
6.7
A Piece of the Action
5.3
A Raisin in the Sun
7.6
Band of Angels
6.1
The Long Ships
6
Lilies of the Field
7.2
The Bedford Incident
6.9
Something of Value
5.5
A Warm December
6.4
The Slender Thread
7.2
For Love of Ivy
5.8
Sing Your Song
6.9
The Organization
6
The Mark of the Hawk
3
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
5.7
David and Lisa
5.5
To Sir, With Love II
6.5
Brother John
6.3
Separate But Equal
6.4
All the Young Men
6.2
The Red Ball Express
5.8
The Lost Man
4
Free of Eden
10
Cry, the Beloved Country
5.9
Moms Mabley
7
Mandela and de Klerk
6.4
Virgin Island
5
The Last Brickmaker in America
6
Good-bye, My Lady
7.7
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
8
Afro Promo
0
The Strolling '20s
0
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
7
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
6.2
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
8
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
6.7
Go Man Go
5.7
And the Oscar Goes To...
7
Poitier's Walter Lee
0
Nationtime
0
The Madding Crowd
0
I Am Not Your Negro
7.7
Mr. SOUL!
7.5
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
10
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
10
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
7
Sidney
7.7
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
0
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
0
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7
Night of 100 Stars II
8
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
9
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
7.4
Hollywood Legenden
2
Paul Newman: The Restless
7.8
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
6.4
I Love Quincy
0
AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special
8
AFI Life Achievement Award: A Tribute to Barbra Streisand
0
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
0
Denzel Washington - Un modèle américain
7.5