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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Yes, Sidney Poitier is still alive Last check: 7 months ago
Family
Wife
Joanna Shimkus, Actress
He married with Joanna Shimkus (76), on Friday, January 23rd, 1976. Sidney Poitier was 48 and Joanna Shimkus was 32 years old. Married for 46 years, 3 months.
Children
He has six children, Pamela , Gina , Sherri , Beverly , Anika (50, Film director) and Sydney (48, Actress) .
Sidney Poitier net worth
He has a net worth of 25 million dollars.
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 .
View all Sidney Poitier movies.Sidney Poitier movie characters
The names of the characters/jobs in the films he starred in are as follows:
Character/Job | Movie | Age |
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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).
View all Sidney Poitier TV shows.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 , which was a Sunday. He will be turning 96 in only 277 days from today (19 May, 2022).
Other facts about Sidney Poitier
Monarch | Elizabeth II |
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Office | Ambassador of the Bahamas to Japan |
Related category | Category:Films Directed By Sidney Poitier , of: film, directed by this person |
Time period | 20th Century |
Work period (start) | 1943-01-01T00:00:00Z |
Languages spoken, written or signed | English |
NLP ID (unique) | A27542233 |
Country of citizenship | United States Of America |
Employer | United Nations |
Given name | Sidney |
Conflict | World War II |
Religion | Catholicism |
U.S. National Archives Identifier | 10581351 |
Genre | Western |
Name in native language | Sidney Poitier |
Military branch | United States Army |
Position held | Ambassador |
Member of | American Academy Of Arts And Sciences |
Ethnic group | African Americans |
Family name | Poitier. Show people with the surname Poitier |
MovieMeter director ID (former scheme) | 12006 |
CiNii author ID (books) | DA16196273 |
CANTIC ID (old) | A11794938 |