Sidney Poitier Actor director author

Sidney Poitier is a 95 years old Actor director author from Miami, Florida. He was born on February 20, 1927 in Miami, Florida.

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Biography

Sir Sidney Poitier KBE is a Bahamian-American actor film director author and diplomat. In 1964 Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field.
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Is Sidney Poitier still alive?

Yes, Sidney Poitier is still alive Last check: 7 months ago

Family

Wife

Children

He has six children, Pamela , Gina , Sherri , Beverly , Anika (50, Film director) and Sydney (48, Actress) .

Works

Sidney Poitier Movies (61)

There are 61 movies of Sidney Poitier.

His first feature film was The Jackal (1997, as Carter Preston). He was 70 when he starred in this movie. Since 1997, he has appeared in 61 feature films. The last one is Virgin Island (1960). In this movie, we watched him in the Marcus character .

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Sidney Poitier movie characters

The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:

Character/Job	Movie	Age
Carter Preston	The Jackal (1997)	70
Donald Crease	Sneakers (1992)	65
Simon of Cyrene	The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)	37
Warren Stantin	Shoot to Kill (1988)	60
Det. Virgil Tibbs	In the Heat of the Night (1967)	40
Dr. John Wade Prentice	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)	40
Mark Thackeray	To Sir, with Love (1967)	40
Noah Cullen	The Defiant Ones (1958)	31
	And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)	86
Gregory W. Miller	Blackboard Jungle (1955)	28
Walter Lee Younger	A Raisin in the Sun (1961)	34
Homer Smith	Lilies of the Field (1963)	36
Gordon Ralfe	A Patch of Blue (1965)	38
Toller	Duel at Diablo (1966)	39
Aly Mansuh	The Long Ships (1964)	37
Ben Munceford	The Bedford Incident (1965)	38
Roy Parmenter	Little Nikita (1988)	61
Mark Thackeray	To Sir, with Love II (1996)	69
Himself	Moms Mabley (2013)	86
Himself	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (2007)	80
Dr. Luther Brooks	No Way Out (1950)	23
Virgil Tibbs	They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)	43
Rau-Ru	Band of Angels (1957)	30
Virgil Tibbs	The Organization (1971)	44
Tommy Tyler	Edge of the City (1957)	30
Steve Jackson	Uptown Saturday Night (1974)	47
Shack Twala	The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)	47
Buck	Buck and the Preacher (1972)	45
Himself	Sing Your Song (2012)	84
Clyde Williams	Let's Do It Again (1975)	48
Alan Newell	The Slender Thread (1965)	38
Eddie Cook	Paris Blues (1961)	34
	The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn (1986)	59
Henry Cobb	The Last Brickmaker in America (2001)	74
Kimani Wa Karanja	Something of Value (1957)	30
Porgy	Porgy and Bess (1959)	32
	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970)	43
Narrator	Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979)	51
Doctor	Pressure Point (1962)	35
Manny Durrell	A Piece of the Action (1977)	50
Thurgood Marshall	Separate But Equal (1991)	64
Robertson	The Red Ball Express (1952)	25
Gates Watson	Good-bye, My Lady (1956)	29
John Kane	Brother John (1971)	44
Noah Dearborn	The Simple Life Of Noah Dearborn (1999)	72
Reverend Msimangu	Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)	24
Nelson Mandela	Mandela and de Klerk (1997)	69
Sgt. Eddie Towler	All the Young Men (1960)	33
Obam	The Mark of the Hawk (1957)	31
	Free of Eden (1999)	72
Reverend Msimangu	Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist (2000)	72
Dr. Matt Younger	A Warm December (1973)	46
Inman Jackson	Go Man Go (1954)	26
Jason Higgs	The Lost Man (1969)	42
Jack Parks	For Love of Ivy (1968)	41
Dr. Jack Miller	David and Lisa (1998)	71
	Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart (2017)	90
	Black History: Lost Stolen, or Strayed (1968)	41
Himself	Afro Promo (1997)	69
	The Strolling '20s (1966)	38
Marcus	Virgin Island (1959)	33

Sidney Poitier TV Shows (6)

His first TV Show was The Philco Television Playhouse (1948).

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Awards (30)

Nominated Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama in 1958 , nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Drama Series in 1992 , nominated Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or a Movie in 1991 , nominated NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special in 1998 , nominated Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award in 1981 ,

Education

He graduated from Actors Studio

What is Sidney's zodiac sign?

Sidney Poitier zodiac sign is pisces.

When is Poitier's next birthday?

Sidney Poitier was born on the 20th of February 1927, which was a Sunday. He will be turning 96 in only 277 days from today (19 May, 2022).

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