Sidney Poitier
Acting
Also Known As
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Awards & Nominations27 won · 24 nominated
BAFTA Fellowship
Spingarn Medal
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Paul Robeson Award
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Marian Anderson Award
Academy Honorary Award
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie
Mandela and de Klerk
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Mandela and de Klerk
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Mandela and de Klerk
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
Children of the Dust
Kennedy Center Honors
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Sneakers
AFI Life Achievement Award
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series
Separate But Equal
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie
Separate But Equal
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture
Shoot to Kill
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Coretta Scott King Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
Henrietta Award
Henrietta Award
Silver Shell for Best Actor
Henrietta Award
Henrietta Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
In the Heat of the Night
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
A Patch of Blue
Academy Award for Best Actor
Lilies of the Field
Academy Award for Best Actor
Lilies of the Field
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Lilies of the Field
Silver Bear
Lilies of the Field
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Lilies of the Field
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
A Raisin in the Sun
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play
Academy Award for Best Actor
The Defiant Ones
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy
Porgy and Bess
Silver Bear
The Defiant Ones
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
The Defiant Ones
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors
