Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

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...

Known For

The Jackal

as Carter Preston

Sneakers

as Crease

Cast Credits

The Madding Crowd

as Self (archive footage)

Free of Eden

as Will Cleamons

David and Lisa

as Dr. Jack Miller

The Jackal

as Carter Preston

Mandela and de Klerk

as Nelson Mandela

To Sir, with Love II

as Mark Thackeray

Sneakers

as Crease

Separate But Equal

as Thurgood Marshall

Little Nikita

as Roy Parmenter

Shoot to Kill

as Warren Stantin

A Piece of the Action

as Manny Durrell

Let's Do It Again

as Clyde Williams

The Wilby Conspiracy

as Shack Twala

Uptown Saturday Night

as Steve Jackson

A Warm December

as Dr. Matt Younger

The Organization

as Virgil Tibbs

Brother John

as John Kane

The Lost Man

as Jason Higgs

For Love of Ivy

as Jack Parks

To Sir, with Love

as Mark Thackeray

The Slender Thread

as Alan Newell

A Patch of Blue

as Gordon Ralfe

The Bedford Incident

as Ben Munceford

Crew Credits