Sidney Poitier

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Sidney Poitier, is a Bahamian-American actor and film director. He won an Academy Award for Best Actor, the first black actor to win that award, and was nominated a second time.

Birth Name

Sidney L. Poitier

Born

Sunday, 20 February 1927

Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Hollywood's Stories	Self (archive footage)	2019
The Movies	Self (archive footage)	2019
1968: The Year That Changed America	John Prentice / Virgil Tibbs / Himself (archive footage)	2018
Hollywood Insider	Himself	2018
Mr. Soul!	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Himself	2018
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart	Himself	2017
I Am Not Your Negro	Various Roles (archive footage)	2017
And the Oscar Goes To...	Himself (archive footage)	2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley	Himself	2013

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Actor Filmography

Title	Character	Year

Hollywood's Stories	Self (archive footage)	2019
The Movies	Self (archive footage)	2019
1968: The Year That Changed America	John Prentice / Virgil Tibbs / Himself (archive footage)	2018
Hollywood Insider	Himself	2018
Mr. Soul!	Himself (archive footage)	2018
Broadway: Beyond the Golden Age	Himself	2018
Sighted Eyes/Feeling Heart	Himself	2017
I Am Not Your Negro	Various Roles (archive footage)	2017
And the Oscar Goes To...	Himself (archive footage)	2014
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley	Himself	2013
The March	Himself	2013
Too Young to Die	(archive footage)	2012
The 69th Annual Golden Globe Awards	Himself - Presenter	2012
Sing Your Song	Himself	2012
A Football Life	Self (archive footage)	2011
The Loving Story	John Prentice - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (archive footage)	2011
Oprah's Master Class	Himself	2011
The 33rd Annual Kennedy Center Honors	Himself	2010
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Himself	2007
Budd Boetticher: A Man Can Do That	Cpl. Andrew Robertson (archive footage)	2005
Tell Them Who You Are	Himself	2004
TV in Black: The First Fifty Years	(archive footage)	2004
A Century of Black Cinema	Himself (archive footage)	2003
Jimmy Kimmel Live!	Himself - At the Oscars, Himself - Birthday Greeting to Uncle Frank	2003
American Dreams	Himself	2002
The Last Brickmaker In America	Henry Cobb	2001
History	Archive Footage	2000
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist	Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)	2000
The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn	Noah Dearborn	1999
Free of Eden	Will Cleamons	1999
David and Lisa	Dr. Jack Miller	1998
Classified X	Himself (archive footage)	1998
The Jackal	Preston	1997
Mandela and de Klerk	Nelson Mandela	1997
Afro Promo	Himself (archive footage)	1997
To Sir, with Love II	Mark Thackeray	1996
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Himself	1995
Children of the Dust	Gypsy Smith	1995
Sneakers	Crease	1992
Little Nikita	Roy Parmenter	1988
Shoot to Kill	Warren Stantin	1988
American Masters	Self (archive footage)	1986
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn	Himself	1986
A Piece Of The Action	Manny Durrell	1977
America at the Movies	Walter Lee Younger (archive footage)	1976
Let's Do It Again	Clyde Williams	1975
The Wilby Conspiracy	Shack Twala	1975
Uptown Saturday Night	Steve Jackson	1974
A Warm December	Dr. Matt Younger	1973
The New Bill Cosby Show	Himself	1972
Buck And The Preacher	Buck	1972
The Organization	Virgil Tibbs	1971
Brother John	John Kane	1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	Virgil Tibbs	1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Himself	1970
The Lost Man	Jason Higgs	1969
Black History: Lost, Stolen or Strayed		1968
For Love of Ivy	Jack Parks	1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Dr. John Wade Prentice	1967
In The Heat Of The Night	Virgil Tibbs	1967
To Sir, With Love	Mark Thackeray	1967
The Joey Bishop Show	Himself	1967
ABC Stage 67	Himself - Host	1966
Duel at Diablo	Toller	1966
The Slender Thread	Alan Newell	1965
A Patch Of Blue	Gordon Ralfe	1965
The Bedford Incident	Ben Munceford	1965
The Greatest Story Ever Told	Simon of Cyrene	1965
The Long Ships	Aly Mansuh	1964
Lilies Of The Field	Homer Smith	1963
Pressure Point	Doctor	1962
The Mike Douglas Show	Himself	1961
Paris Blues	Eddie Cook	1961
A Raisin In The Sun	Walter Lee Younger	1961
All the Young Men	Sgt. Eddie Towler	1960
Sunday Showcase	Himself	1959
Our Virgin Island	Marcus	1959
Porgy and Bess	Porgy	1959
The Defiant Ones	Noah Cullen	1958
The Mark of the Hawk	Obam	1957
Band Of Angels	Rau-Ru	1957
The Jack Paar Tonight Show	Himself	1957
Something Of Value	Kimani Wa Karanja	1957
Edge Of The City	Tommy Tyler	1957
Good-bye, My Lady	Gates Watson	1956
Blackboard Jungle	Gregory W. Miller	1955
Ponds Theater		1953
Omnibus	(segment "The Bad Men")	1952
Red Ball Express	Robertson	1952
CBS Television Workshop		1952
Cry, the Beloved Country	Reverend Msimangu	1951
No Way Out	Dr. Luther Brooks	1950
Repertory Theatre	Tommy Tyler	1948

Director Filmography

Title	Year

Ghost Dad	1990
Fast Forward	1985
Hanky Panky	1982
Stir Crazy	1980
A Piece Of The Action	1977
Let's Do It Again	1975
Uptown Saturday Night	1974
A Warm December	1973
Buck And The Preacher	1972

Producer Filmography

Title	Year

Free of Eden	1999
Buck And The Preacher	1972
Brother John	1971

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Year	Type	Category	Won

1997	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Nominated
1992	Golden Globe	Best Performance by an Actor in a Miniseries or Motion Picture Made for Television	Nominated
1991	Emmy	Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Special	Nominated
1968	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated
1966	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated
1964	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Won
1964	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Won
1962	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated
1960	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Comedy or Musical	Nominated
1959	Oscar	Best Actor in a Leading Role	Nominated
1959	Golden Globe	Best Actor - Drama	Nominated