Sidney Poitier
Birthday: 1927-02-20
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, USA
Gender: Male
Drafted: 0
Drafted By: Unowned
Owned By: Unowned
Owned Wins: 0
Owned Noms: 0
Win Bonus: 5
Nom Bonus: 0
Total Points: 0
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. He received 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. Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Career Statisics
| Season | Age | Movie | Role | Result | Points | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1959 | 32 | The Defiant Ones (1958) | Leading Actor | Nom | 0 | |
| 1964 | 37 | Lilies of the Field (1963) | Leading Actor | Win | 0 | |
| Career | 0 |
Transaction History
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Credits
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2001-09-23 | The Last Brickmaker in America | Henry Cobb |
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2000-02-02 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | |
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1999-05-09 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Noah Dearborn |
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1999-02-21 | Free of Eden | Will Cleamons |
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1998-11-01 | David and Lisa | Dr. Jack Miller |
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1997-11-14 | The Jackal | Carter Preston |
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1997-02-16 | Mandela and de Klerk | Nelson Mandela |
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1996-04-07 | To Sir, with Love II | Mark Thackeray |
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1992-09-09 | Sneakers | Crease |
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1991-04-07 | Separate But Equal | Thurgood Marshall |
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1988-03-17 | Little Nikita | Roy Parmenter |
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1988-02-12 | Shoot to Kill | Warren Stantin |
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1977-10-07 | A Piece of the Action | Manny Durrell |
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1975-10-11 | Let's Do It Again | Clyde Williams |
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1975-02-01 | The Wilby Conspiracy | Shack Twala |
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1974-07-26 | Uptown Saturday Night | Steve Jackson |
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1973-05-23 | A Warm December | Dr. Matt Younger |
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1972-03-17 | Buck and the Preacher | Buck |
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1971-10-20 | The Organization | Virgil Tibbs |
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1971-08-15 | Brother John | John Kane |
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1970-07-10 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Virgil Tibbs |
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1969-07-11 | The Lost Man | Jason Higgs |
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1968-07-17 | For Love of Ivy | Jack Parks |
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1967-12-11 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | John Prentice |
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1967-08-02 | In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs |
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1967-06-14 | To Sir, with Love | Mark Thackeray |
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1966-06-15 | Duel at Diablo | Toller |
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1965-12-15 | The Slender Thread | Alan Newell |
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1965-12-10 | A Patch of Blue | Gordon Ralfe |
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1965-10-11 | The Bedford Incident | Ben Munceford |
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1965-04-09 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon of Cyrene |
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1964-04-22 | The Long Ships | Aly Mansuh |
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1963-06-04 | Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith |
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1962-10-10 | Pressure Point | Doctor |
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1961-09-27 | Paris Blues | Eddie Cook |
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1961-05-28 | A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger |
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1960-08-26 | All the Young Men | Sgt. Eddie Towler |
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1959-08-07 | Virgin Island | Marcus |
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1959-06-24 | Porgy and Bess | Porgy |
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1958-08-14 | The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen |
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1957-12-01 | The Mark of the Hawk | Obam |
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1957-08-03 | Band of Angels | Rau-Ru |
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1957-05-08 | Something of Value | Kimani Wa Karanja |
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1957-01-04 | Edge of the City | Tommy Tyler |
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1956-05-12 | Good-bye, My Lady | Gates Watson |
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1955-10-02 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Tommy Tyler |
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1955-03-25 | Blackboard Jungle | Gregory W. Miller |
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1954-01-27 | Go Man Go | Inman Jackson |
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1952-05-29 | The Red Ball Express | Robertson |
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1951-11-16 | Cry, the Beloved Country | Reverend Msimangu |
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1950-08-16 | No Way Out | Dr. Luther Brooks |