Sidney Poitier

Actor · Director · 1927–2022

Awards

• Academy Awards: Best Actor Lilies of the Field · 1964
• Berlin: Silver Bear Lilies of the Field · 1963
• Berlin: Silver Bear for Best Actor The Defiant Ones · 1958

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Now showing 1

• The Defiant Ones 1958 · Cast · as Noah Cullen

Known for

• Lilies of the Field 1963 · Cast · as Homer Smith
• The Jackal 1997 · Cast · as Carter Preston
• In the Heat of the Night 1967 · Cast · as Virgil Tibbs

Acting 42

• The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn 1999 · Cast · as Noah Dearborn
• David and Lisa 1998 · Cast · as Dr. Jack Miller
• The Jackal 1997 · Cast · as Carter Preston
• Mandela and de Klerk 1997 · Cast · as Nelson Mandela
• To Sir, with Love II 1996 · Cast · as Mark Thackeray
• Sneakers 1992 · Cast · as Crease
• Little Nikita 1988 · Cast · as Roy Parmenter
• Shoot to Kill 1988 · Cast · as Warren Stantin
• The Wilby Conspiracy 1975 · Cast · as Shack Twala
• The Organization 1971 · Cast · as Virgil Tibbs
• Brother John 1971 · Cast · as John Kane
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 1970 · Cast · as Virgil Tibbs
• The Lost Man 1969 · Cast · as Jason Higgs
• For Love of Ivy 1968 · Cast · as Jack Parks
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 1967 · Cast · as John Prentice
• In the Heat of the Night 1967 · Cast · as Virgil Tibbs
• To Sir, with Love 1967 · Cast · as Mark Thackeray
• Duel at Diablo 1966 · Cast · as Toller
• The Slender Thread 1965 · Cast · as Alan Newell
• A Patch of Blue 1965 · Cast · as Gordon Ralfe
• The Bedford Incident 1965 · Cast · as Ben Munceford
• The Greatest Story Ever Told 1965 · Cast · as Simon of Cyrene
• The Long Ships 1964 · Cast · as Aly Mansuh
• Lilies of the Field 1963 · Cast · as Homer Smith
• Pressure Point 1962 · Cast · as Doctor
• Paris Blues 1961 · Cast · as Eddie Cook
• A Raisin in the Sun 1961 · Cast · as Walter Lee Younger
• All the Young Men 1960 · Cast · as Sgt. Eddie Towler
• Virgin Island 1959 · Cast · as Marcus
• Porgy and Bess 1959 · Cast · as Porgy
• The Defiant Ones 1958 · Cast · as Noah Cullen
• The Mark of the Hawk 1957 · Cast · as Obam
• Band of Angels 1957 · Cast · as Rau-Ru
• Something of Value 1957 · Cast · as Kimani Wa Karanja
• Edge of the City 1957 · Cast · as Tommy Tyler
• Good-bye, My Lady 1956 · Cast · as Gates Watson
• Blackboard Jungle 1955 · Cast · as Gregory W. Miller
• Go Man Go 1954 · Cast · as Inman Jackson
• The Red Ball Express 1952 · Cast · as Robertson
• Cry, the Beloved Country 1951 · Cast · as Reverend Msimangu
• No Way Out 1950 · Cast · as Luther Brooks
• Sepia Cinderella 1947 · Cast · as Nightclub Extra

Directing 9

• Ghost Dad 1990 · Director
• Fast Forward 1985 · Director
• Hanky Panky 1982 · Director
• Stir Crazy 1980 · Director
• A Piece of the Action 1977 · Director
• Let's Do It Again 1975 · Director
• Uptown Saturday Night 1974 · Director
• A Warm December 1973 · Director
• Buck and the Preacher 1972 · Director