Sneakers1992
As Crease
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Sidney Poitier
Born
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.
Filmography (84)
The Jackal1997
As Carter Preston
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Sidney2022
As Self
TMDb 7.0 / 10
In the Heat of the Night1967
As Virgil Tibbs
TMDb 7.7 / 10
To Sir, with Love1967
As Mark Thackeray
TMDb 7.4 / 10
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
As John Prentice
TMDb 7.6 / 10
The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
As Simon of Cyrene
TMDb 6.4 / 10
The Defiant Ones1958
As Noah Cullen
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Shoot to Kill1988
As Warren Stantin
TMDb 6.6 / 10
Paris Blues1961
As Eddie Cook
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Lilies of the Field1963
As Homer Smith
TMDb 7.2 / 10
A Patch of Blue1965
As Gordon Ralfe
TMDb 7.6 / 10
Buck and the Preacher1972
As Buck
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Duel at Diablo1966
As Toller
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Blackboard Jungle1955
As Gregory W. Miller
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Wilby Conspiracy1975
As Shack Twala
TMDb 6.4 / 10
Little Nikita1988
As Roy Parmenter
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Nationtime: Gary1972
As Self - Narrator
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Night of 100 Stars II1985
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
A Raisin in the Sun1961
As Walter Lee Younger
TMDb 7.7 / 10
Band of Angels1957
As Rau-Ru
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Organization1971
As Virgil Tibbs
TMDb 6.3 / 10
The Slender Thread1965
As Alan Newell
TMDb 7.1 / 10
Edge of the City1957
As Tommy Tyler
TMDb 7.2 / 10
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970
As Virgil Tibbs
TMDb 5.9 / 10
Let's Do It Again1975
As Clyde Williams
TMDb 6.9 / 10
The Long Ships1964
As Aly Mansuh
TMDb 6.1 / 10
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington2013
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
The Bedford Incident1965
As Ben Munceford
TMDb 7.0 / 10
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
No Way Out1950
As Luther Brooks
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Remembering Gene Wilder2024
As Self (archive photos)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988
As Self - Audience Member
TMDb 7.7 / 10
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn1999
As Noah Dearborn
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Porgy and Bess1959
As Porgy
TMDb 6.3 / 10
To Sir, with Love II1996
As Mark Thackeray
TMDb 6.4 / 10
A Piece of the Action1977
As Manny Durrell
TMDb 5.8 / 10
Pressure Point1962
As Doctor
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick1995
As Self
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986
As Self
TMDb 8.3 / 10
David and Lisa1998
As Dr. Jack Miller
TMDb 6.0 / 10
For Love of Ivy1968
As Jack Parks
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Mr. SOUL!2018
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 7.0 / 10
The Resurrection of Christ2026
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007
As Self
TMDb 6.8 / 10
Hollywood Legenden
Hollywood Legenden2004
As Self
TMDb 4.5 / 10
Paul Newman: The Restless2023
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
Separate but Equal1991
As Thurgood Marshall
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Something of Value1957
As Kimani Wa Karanja
TMDb 5.5 / 10
Sepia Cinderella1947
As Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
TMDb 5.2 / 10
Sing Your Song2012
As Self
TMDb 6.9 / 10
Uptown Saturday Night1974
As Steve Jackson
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 3.6 / 10
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback2023
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003
As Self
TMDb 7.5 / 10
The Red Ball Express1952
As Robertson
TMDb 6.0 / 10
The Lost Man1969
As Jason Higgs
TMDb 4.3 / 10
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist1998
As Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
TMDb 8.3 / 10
Brother John1971
As John Kane
TMDb 6.5 / 10
A Warm December1973
As Dr. Matt Younger
TMDb 6.5 / 10
Good-bye, My Lady1956
As Gates Watson
TMDb 7.8 / 10
The Mark of the Hawk1957
As Obam
TMDb 3.4 / 10
Free of Eden1999
As Will Cleamons
TMDb 9.7 / 10
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light2000
TMDb 6.7 / 10
All the Young Men1960
As Sgt. Eddie Towler
TMDb 6.7 / 10
I Love Quincy1984
As Self
The Last Brickmaker in America2001
As Henry Cobb
TMDb 8.0 / 10
Mandela and de Klerk1997
As Nelson Mandela
TMDb 7.0 / 10
Cry, the Beloved Country1951
As Reverend Msimangu
TMDb 6.3 / 10
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley2013
As Self
TMDb 6.7 / 10
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket2001
As Self
TMDb 10.0 / 10
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters2000
As Self
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart2017
As Self
TMDb 6.2 / 10
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist1979
As Narrator (voice)
TMDb 7.3 / 10
Virgin Island1959
As Marcus
TMDb 6.3 / 10
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story2025
As Self
The Strolling '20s1966
As Self
Go Man Go1954
As Inman Jackson
TMDb 5.4 / 10
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth1965
As Self
TMDb 6.5 / 10
The Madding Crowd2017
As Self (archive footage)
Poitier's Walter Lee2018
As Self (archive footage)
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall1955
As Tommy Tyler
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival1969
As Himself
Afro Promo1997
As Self (archive footage)
TMDb 8.0 / 10
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