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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.
- Known ForActing
- Born20 February 1927 (age 98)
- Place of BirthMiami, Florida, USA
Sidney Poitier
- Known ForActing
- Born20 February 1927 (age 98)
- Place of BirthMiami, Florida, USA
KNOWN FOR
PHOTOS
CREDITS
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
9.0
2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
8.1
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
6.4
2023
Sidney
7.529
2022
Denzel Washington : Un modèle américain
7.8
2022
Poitier's Walter Lee
-
2018
Mr. SOUL!
7.0
2018
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
6.2
2017
The Madding Crowd
-
2017
I Am Not Your Negro
7.727
2017
And the Oscar Goes To...
7.0
2014
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
10.0
2013
Moms Mabley
6.7
2013
Sing Your Song
6.9
2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
6.8
2007
Hollywood Legenden
2.0
2004
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
-
2003
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
10.0
2001
The Last Brickmaker in America
7.0
2001
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
-
2000
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
6.0
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
5.8
1999
Free of Eden
10.0
1999
David and Lisa
5.571
1998
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
7.7
1998
The Jackal
6.379
1997
Mandela and de Klerk
6.5
1997
Afro Promo
-
1997
To Sir, with Love II
6.4
1996
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
8.0
1995
Sneakers
6.9
1992
Separate But Equal
6.5
1991
Ghost Dad
5.1
1990
Shoot to Kill
6.6
1988
Little Nikita
5.995
1988
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
7.462
1988
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
8.0
1986
Fast Forward
5.545
1985
Night of 100 Stars II
8.0
1985
I Love Quincy
-
1984
Hanky Panky
5.315
1982
Stir Crazy
6.5
1980
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
7.0
1979
A Piece of the Action
5.6
1977
Let's Do It Again
6.9
1975
The Wilby Conspiracy
6.458
1975
Uptown Saturday Night
6.1
1974
A Warm December
6.4
1973
Buck and the Preacher
6.2
1972
Nationtime
-
1972
The Organization
5.9
1971
Brother John
6.2
1971
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
5.8
1970
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
7.3
1970
The Lost Man
4.0
1969
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
-
1969
For Love of Ivy
5.9
1968
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
7.556
1967
In the Heat of the Night
7.641
1967
To Sir, with Love
7.495
1967
Duel at Diablo
6.299
1966
The Strolling '20s
-
1966
The Greatest Story Ever Told
6.384
1965
A Patch of Blue
7.605
1965
The Bedford Incident
6.9
1965
The Slender Thread
7.1
1965
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
7.0
1965
The Long Ships
6.1
1964
Lilies of the Field
7.245
1963
Pressure Point
6.6
1962
Paris Blues
6.5
1961
A Raisin in the Sun
7.678
1961
All the Young Men
6.3
1960
Porgy and Bess
6.1
1959
Virgin Island
5.0
1959
The Defiant Ones
7.139
1958
Edge of the City
7.1
1957
Band of Angels
6.2
1957
Something of Value
5.5
1957
The Mark of the Hawk
3.0
1957
Good-bye, My Lady
7.7
1956
Blackboard Jungle
6.9
1955
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
-
1955
Go Man Go
5.7
1954
The Red Ball Express
5.8
1952
Cry, the Beloved Country
6.1
1951
No Way Out
6.911