Sidney Poitier

Acting

Born: 1927-02-20
Died: 2022-01-06
From: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Height: 1.89 m
Popularity: 1.2

Also Known As

Sir Sidney PoitierСидней Пуатьеシドニー・ポワティエ

Biography

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 for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.

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Awards & Nominations27 won · 24 nominated

🏆 Won

BAFTA Fellowship

2016
🏆 Won

Spingarn Medal

2015
🏆 Won

Presidential Medal of Freedom

2009
🏆 Won

Paul Robeson Award

2008
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

2008
🏆 Won

Marian Anderson Award

2006
🏆 Won

Academy Honorary Award

2002
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Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

2001
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NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award

2001
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NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

2000
🏆 Won

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

2000
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

2000
Nominated

Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording

2000
Nominated

Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie

Mandela and de Klerk

1998
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Mandela and de Klerk

1998
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Mandela and de Klerk

1997
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Children of the Dust

1996
🏆 Won

Kennedy Center Honors

1995
🏆 Won

star on Hollywood Walk of Fame

1994
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Sneakers

1994
🏆 Won

AFI Life Achievement Award

1992
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series

Separate But Equal

1992
Nominated

Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie

Separate But Equal

1991
Nominated

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

Shoot to Kill

1988
🏆 Won

honorary doctor of the University of Miami

1986
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

1981
🏆 Won

Coretta Scott King Award

1981
Nominated

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

1981
🏆 Won

Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame

1978
🏆 Won

Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire

1974
Nominated

Henrietta Award

1970
Nominated

Henrietta Award

1969
🏆 Won

Silver Shell for Best Actor

1968
🏆 Won

Henrietta Award

1968
Nominated

Henrietta Award

1968
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

In the Heat of the Night

1967
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

A Patch of Blue

1965
🏆 Won

Academy Award for Best Actor

Lilies of the Field

1964
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

Lilies of the Field

1964
🏆 Won

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Lilies of the Field

1963
🏆 Won

Silver Bear

Lilies of the Field

1963
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

Lilies of the Field

1963
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

A Raisin in the Sun

1961
Nominated

Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play

1960
Nominated

Academy Award for Best Actor

The Defiant Ones

1959
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

Porgy and Bess

1959
🏆 Won

Silver Bear

The Defiant Ones

1958
Nominated

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

The Defiant Ones

1958
🏆 Won

Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres

🏆 Won

Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences

🏆 Won

Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors

Acting98 titles

Directing9 titles

Writing1 title

Production1 title