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 CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia

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D.O.B: 1927-02-20
D.O.D: 2022-01-07
Place of Birth: Miami, Florida, USA
Profession: Acting

Credits

2022 - Sidney actor - Self

2018 - Mr. SOUL! actor - Self (archival footage)

2013 - Moms Mabley actor - Self

2011 - Sing Your Song actor - Self

2001 - The Last Brickmaker in America actor - Henry Cobb

1999 - The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn actor - Noah Dearborn

1997 - Mandela and de Klerk actor - Nelson Mandela

1997 - The Jackal actor - Carter Preston

1996 - To Sir, with Love II actor - Mark Thackeray

1992 - Sneakers actor - Crease

1990 - Ghost Dad director -

1988 - Little Nikita actor - Roy Parmenter

1988 - Shoot to Kill actor - Warren Stantin

1985 - Fast Forward director -

1982 - Hanky Panky director -

1980 - Stir Crazy director -

1979 - Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist actor - Narrator (voice)

1977 - A Piece of the Action director -

1975 - Let's Do It Again director -

1975 - The Wilby Conspiracy actor - Shack Twala

1974 - Uptown Saturday Night director -

1973 - A Warm December director -

1972 - Buck and the Preacher director -

1972 - Nationtime actor - Self - Narrator

1971 - Brother John actor - John Kane

1971 - The Organization actor - Virgil Tibbs

1970 - They Call Me Mister Tibbs! actor - Virgil Tibbs

1969 - The Lost Man actor - Jason Higgs

1968 - For Love of Ivy actor - Jack Parks

1967 - Guess Who's Coming to Dinner actor - John Prentice

1967 - To Sir, with Love actor - Mark Thackeray

1967 - In the Heat of the Night actor - Virgil Tibbs

1966 - Duel at Diablo actor - Toller

1965 - A Patch of Blue actor - Gordon Ralfe

1965 - The Slender Thread actor - Alan Newell

1965 - The Bedford Incident actor - Ben Munceford

1964 - The Long Ships actor - Aly Mansuh

1963 - Lilies of the Field actor - Homer Smith

1961 - Paris Blues actor - Eddie Cook

1961 - A Raisin in the Sun actor - Walter Lee Younger

1960 - All the Young Men actor - Sgt. Eddie Towler

1958 - The Defiant Ones actor - Noah Cullen

1957 - Something of Value actor - Kimani Wa Karanja

1957 - Edge of the City actor - Tommy Tyler

1957 - Band of Angels actor - Rau-Ru

1955 - Blackboard Jungle actor - Gregory W. Miller

1952 - The Red Ball Express actor - Robertson

1951 - Cry, the Beloved Country actor - Reverend Msimangu

1950 - No Way Out actor - Dr. Luther Brooks

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