Sidney Poitier - TheTVDB.com

Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier was the first African-American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, receiving the honour in 1964 for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field.'

Born In Miami, Florido
Born February 20, 1927
Gender Male
Race Black, Afro-Caribbean, or African

Movies

The Jackal
as Carter Preston

Sneakers
as Donald Crease

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as Dr. John Wade Prentice

To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray

Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin

In the Heat of the Night
as Det. Virgil Tibbs

The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene

Let's Do It Again
as Clyde Williams

Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller

A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe

For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks

Uptown Saturday Night
as Steve Jackson

Something of Value
as Kimani Wa Karanja

Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru

Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith

A Warm December
as Dr. Matt Younger

David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller

Duel at Diablo
as Toller

Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter

The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh

The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs

The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell

They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs

Edge of the City
as Tommy Tyler

Pressure Point
as Doctor

Becoming Mike Nichols
as Sidney Poitier

Sing Your Song
as Sidney Poitier

A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell

A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger

Brother John
as John Kane

Buck and the Preacher
as Buck

Cry, the Beloved Country
as Reverend Msimangu

Free of Eden

Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson

King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis

Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela

Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Himself

No Way Out
as Dr. Luther Brooks

Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook

Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)

Porgy and Bess
as Porgy

Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)

Separate But Equal
as Thurgood Marshall

The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford

The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen

The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb

The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs

The Red Ball Express
as Robertson

The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn

The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala

To Sir, with Love II
as Mark Thackeray

Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Himself

Television

Separate But Equal
as Thurgood Marshall

Children of the Dust
as Gypsy Smith

Other Movies

Movie	Year	Type
Stir Crazy	1980	Director
Ghost Dad	1990	Director
Let's Do It Again	1975	Director
Hanky Panky	1982	Director
Uptown Saturday Night	1974	Director
For Love of Ivy	1968	Writer
Fast Forward	1985	Director
A Warm December	1973	Director
A Piece of the Action	1977	Director
Buck and the Preacher	1972	Director

Other Television

Series	Episodes	Date	Type
The Oprah Winfrey Show	Twenty Years of Oprah's Favorite Moments	November 14, 2005	Guest Star
Biography	Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters	June 29, 2000	Guest Star
The Dick Cavett Show	Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier	May 1, 1972	Guest Star
The Oprah Winfrey Show	Sidney Poitier	January 1, 1970	Guest Star