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Sidney Poitier

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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…

Filmography83 films
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  1. The Resurrection of Christ2026
  2. Remembering Gene Wilder2024
  3. Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback2023
  4. Paul Newman: The Restless2023
  5. Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood2023
  6. A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story2022
  7. Sidney2022
  8. Poitier's Walter Lee2018
  9. Mr. SOUL!2018
  10. Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart2017
  11. The Madding Crowd2017
  12. Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley2013
  13. Martin Luther King and the March on Washington2013
  14. Sing Your Song2012
  15. Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project2007
  16. Hollywood Legenden2004
  17. The Making of ‘Sneakers’2003
  18. Quincy Jones: In the Pocket2001
  19. The Last Brickmaker in America2001
  20. Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters2000
  21. Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light2000
  22. The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn1999
  23. Free of Eden1999
  24. David and Lisa1998
  25. Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist1998
  26. The Jackal1997
  27. Mandela and de Klerk1997
  28. To Sir, with Love II1996
  29. Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick1995
  30. Sneakers1992
  31. Separate but Equal1991
  32. Little Nikita1988
  33. Shoot to Kill1988
  34. Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night1988
  35. The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn1986
  36. Night of 100 Stars II1985
  37. I Love Quincy1984
  38. Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist1979
  39. A Piece of the Action1977
  40. Let's Do It Again1975
  41. The Wilby Conspiracy1975
  42. Uptown Saturday Night1974
  43. A Warm December1973
  44. Nationtime: Gary1972
  45. Buck and the Preacher1972
  46. The Organization1971
  47. Brother John1971
  48. They Call Me Mister Tibbs!1970
  49. King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis1970
  50. The Lost Man1969
  51. Three Young Americans in Search of Survival1969
  52. For Love of Ivy1968
  53. Guess Who's Coming to Dinner1967
  54. In the Heat of the Night1967
  55. To Sir, with Love1967
  56. Duel at Diablo1966
  57. The Strolling '20s1966
  58. The Slender Thread1965
  59. A Patch of Blue1965
  60. The Bedford Incident1965
  61. The Greatest Story Ever Told1965
  62. A Cinderella Named Elizabeth1965
  63. The Long Ships1964
  64. Lilies of the Field1963
  65. Pressure Point1962
  66. Paris Blues1961
  67. A Raisin in the Sun1961
  68. All the Young Men1960
  69. Virgin Island1959
  70. Porgy and Bess1959
  71. The Defiant Ones1958
  72. The Mark of the Hawk1957
  73. Band of Angels1957
  74. Something of Value1957
  75. Edge of the City1957
  76. Good-bye, My Lady1956
  77. A Man Is Ten Feet Tall1955
  78. Blackboard Jungle1955
  79. Go Man Go1954
  80. The Red Ball Express1952
  81. Cry, the Beloved Country1951
  82. No Way Out1950
  83. Sepia Cinderella1947
  1. The Resurrection of Christ2026
  2. Remembering Gene Wilder2024
  3. Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback2023