02/20/1927
Miami, Florida, USA:
Sidney Poitier est un acteur et réalisateur américano-bahaméen et un ambassadeur des Bahamas, né le 20 février 1927 à Miami. Fait chevalier-commandeur de l'ordre de l'Empire britannique (KBE) en 1974, il est le premier acteur noir et le premier bahaméen à recevoir l'Oscar du meilleur acteur, en 1964, pour Le Lys des champs. Il occupe la 22e place dans le classement des plus grands acteurs selon l'American Film Institute. Après avoir été marié à la danseuse Juanita Hardy de 1950 à 1965, il a épousé l'actrice Joanna Shimkus le 23 janvier 1976 avec qui il a eu deux filles dont l'actrice Sydney Tamiia Poitier.
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A Ressureição de Cristo (2026) as |
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Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
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Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte (2023) as Self (archive footage) |
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A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story (2022) as Self |
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Sidney (2022) as Self |
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Poitier's Walter Lee (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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Mr. SOUL! (2018) as Self (archive footage) |
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Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017) as Self |
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The Madding Crowd (2017) as Self (archive footage) |
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Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley (2013) as Self |
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Martin Luther King and the March on Washington (2013) as Self |
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Sing Your Song (2012) as Self |
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Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007) as Self |
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Hollywood Legenden (2004) as Self |
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The Making of ‘Sneakers’ (2003) as Self |
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Quincy Jones: In the Pocket (2001) as Self |
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The Last Brickmaker in America (2001) as Henry Cobb |
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Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters (2000) as Self |
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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light (2000) as |
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The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (1999) as Noah Dearborn |
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Free of Eden (1999) as Will Cleamons |
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David and Lisa (1998) as Dr. Jack Miller |
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Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (1998) as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) |
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The Jackal (1997) as Carter Preston |
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Mandela and de Klerk (1997) as Nelson Mandela |
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Afro Promo (1997) as Self (archive footage) |
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To Sir, with Love II (1996) as Mark Thackeray |
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Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1995) as Self |
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Sneakers (1992) as Crease |
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Separate But Equal (1991) as Thurgood Marshall |
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Little Nikita (1988) as Roy Parmenter |
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Shoot to Kill (1988) as Warren Stantin |
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Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night (1988) as Self - Audience Member |
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The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986) as Self |
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Night of 100 Stars II (1985) as Self |
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I Love Quincy (1984) as Self |
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Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) as Narrator (voice) |
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A Piece of the Action (1977) as Manny Durrell |
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Let's Do It Again (1975) as Clyde Williams |
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The Wilby Conspiracy (1975) as Shack Twala |
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Uptown Saturday Night (1974) as Steve Jackson |
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A Warm December (1973) as Dr. Matt Younger |
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Nationtime (1972) as Self - Narrator |
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Buck and the Preacher (1972) as Buck |
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The Organization (1971) as Virgil Tibbs |
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Brother John (1971) as John Kane |
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They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970) as Virgil Tibbs |
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King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) as Self (archive footage) |
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The Lost Man (1969) as Jason Higgs |
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Three Young Americans in Search of Survival (1969) as Himself |
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For Love of Ivy (1968) as Jack Parks |
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Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967) as John Prentice |
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In the Heat of the Night (1967) as Virgil Tibbs |
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To Sir, with Love (1967) as Mark Thackeray |
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Duel at Diablo (1966) as Toller |
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The Strolling '20s (1966) as Self |
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The Slender Thread (1965) as Alan Newell |
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A Patch of Blue (1965) as Gordon Ralfe |
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The Bedford Incident (1965) as Ben Munceford |
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The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965) as Simon of Cyrene |
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A Cinderella Named Elizabeth (1965) as Self |
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The Long Ships (1964) as Aly Mansuh |
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Lilies of the Field (1963) as Homer Smith |
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Pressure Point (1962) as Doctor |
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Paris Blues (1961) as Eddie Cook |
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A Raisin in the Sun (1961) as Walter Lee Younger |
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All the Young Men (1960) as Sgt. Eddie Towler |
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Virgin Island (1959) as Marcus |
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Porgy and Bess (1959) as Porgy |
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The Defiant Ones (1958) as Noah Cullen |
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The Mark of the Hawk (1957) as Obam |
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Band of Angels (1957) as Rau-Ru |
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Something of Value (1957) as Kimani Wa Karanja |
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Edge of the City (1957) as Tommy Tyler |
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Good-bye, My Lady (1956) as Gates Watson |
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A Man Is Ten Feet Tall (1955) as Tommy Tyler |
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Blackboard Jungle (1955) as Gregory W. Miller |
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Go Man Go (1954) as Inman Jackson |
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The Red Ball Express (1952) as Robertson |
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Cry, the Beloved Country (1951) as Reverend Msimangu |
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No Way Out (1950) as Luther Brooks |
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Sepia Cinderella (1947) as Nightclub Extra (uncredited) |
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Ghost Dad (1990) Director |
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Fast Forward (1985) Director |
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Hanky Panky (1982) Director |
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Stir Crazy (1980) Director |
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A Piece of the Action (1977) Director |
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Let's Do It Again (1975) Director |
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Uptown Saturday Night (1974) Director |
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A Warm December (1973) Director |
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Buck and the Preacher (1972) Director |
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Buck and the Preacher (1972) Producer |
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For Love of Ivy (1968) Original Story |