
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.

Sneakers
1992 · as Crease

The Jackal
1997 · as Carter Preston

Shoot to Kill
1988 · as Warren Stantin

Paris Blues
1961 · as Eddie Cook

In the Heat of the Night
1967 · as Virgil Tibbs

The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965 · as Simon of Cyrene

The Organization
1971 · as Virgil Tibbs

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967 · as John Prentice

To Sir, with Love
1967 · as Mark Thackeray

The Defiant Ones
1958 · as Noah Cullen

Duel at Diablo
1966 · as Toller

David and Lisa
1998 · as Dr. Jack Miller

Let's Do It Again
1975 · as Clyde Williams

Little Nikita
1988 · as Roy Parmenter

The Lost Man
1969 · as Jason Higgs

Nationtime
1972 · as Self - Narrator

Blackboard Jungle
1955 · as Gregory W. Miller

Mr. SOUL!
2018 · as Self (archive footage)