Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier is known for acting, with films including Sneakers, The Jackal, In the Heat of the Night. Browse the full filmography and find where to stream on sseenn.

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.

Filmography

• Sneakers (1992)
• The Jackal (1997)
• In the Heat of the Night (1967)
• The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
• The Bedford Incident (1965)
• To Sir, with Love (1967)
• Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
• The Organization (1971)
• Stir Crazy (1980)
• Paris Blues (1961)
• They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
• Shoot to Kill (1988)
• The Long Ships (1964)
• The Defiant Ones (1958)
• A Patch of Blue (1965)
• No Way Out (1950)
• Blackboard Jungle (1955)
• A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
• Little Nikita (1988)
• The Slender Thread (1965)
• Lilies of the Field (1963)
• Buck and the Preacher (1972)
• To Sir, with Love II (1996)
• Duel at Diablo (1966)
• Ghost Dad (1990)
• Hanky Panky (1982)
• Edge of the City (1957)