Acting credits
99
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Sidney Poitier
Acting
Career Snapshot
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Movies: 86Series: 17Crew credits: 10
TMDB ID: 16897
IMDb ID: nm0001627
Known for: Acting
Born: February 20, 1927
Died: January 6, 2022
Age: 94
Place of birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1944 - 2026
Years active: 83
Average TMDB rating: 6.62
Wikidata: Q104049
Also known as
Sir Sidney Poitier • Сидней Пуатье • シドニー・ポワティエ
Other jobs
Director (8)Original Story (1)Producer (1)
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.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Sidney Poitier.
The Resurrection of Christ
2026 • Movie
as Self (archive photos)
Remembering Gene Wilder
2024 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023 • Movie
as Self
Paul Newman: The Restless
2023 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023 • Movie
as Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022 • Movie
as Self
Sidney
2022 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018 • Movie
as Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017 • Movie
as Self (archive footage)
The Madding Crowd
2017 • Movie
as Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013 • Movie
as Self
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013 • Movie
as Self
Sing Your Song
2012 • Movie
as Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007 • Movie
as Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003 • Movie
as Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001 • Movie
as Henry Cobb
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001 • Movie
as Self
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000 • Movie
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000 • Movie
as Noah Dearborn
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999 • Movie
as Will Cleamons
Free of Eden
1999 • Movie
as Dr. Jack Miller
David and Lisa
1998 • Movie
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998 • Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Sidney Poitier.
as Self (archive footage) • 4 eps
Hollywood Black
2024 • Series
as Gypsy Smith • 2 eps
Children of the Dust
1995 • Series
as Thurgood Marshall • 2 eps
Separate but Equal
1991 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Kennedy Center Honors
1978 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
1973 • Series
as Self - Guest • 1 eps
The Dick Cavett Show
1968 • Series
1 eps
Omnibus
1967 • Series
as Self - Host • 1 eps
ABC Stage 67
1966 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 • Series
as Self • 2 eps
The Merv Griffin Show
1962 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
The Mike Douglas Show
1961 • Series
as Self - Presenter • 1 eps
Tony Awards
1956 • Series
as Self • 1 eps
Cinépanorama
1956 • Series
as Self • 7 eps
The Oscars
1953 • Series
1 eps
Omnibus
1952 • Series
1 eps
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948 • Series
as Self - Nominee • 1 eps
Golden Globe Awards
1944 • Series