Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Actor. Born 20 February 1927 in Miami, Florida, USA. Died 6 January 2022.

4

Titles on Fi1m

75

Average Fi1m scoreas actor · 4 titles

1

Oscar1 won · 1 nominated

Born

20 February 1927, Miami, Florida, USA

Died

6 January 2022

Active

1958–1967

Frequently works with

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Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierUnknown photographer, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actors Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston.], 08/28/1963 — Civil Rights March on Washington, D.C. [Actors Sidney Poitier, Harry Belafonte, and Charlton Heston.], 08/28/1963U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sidney Poitier's star on the Paseo de las Estrellas on Paseo Constitución in Victoria de Durango, Mexico (2018) — Sidney Poitier's star on the Paseo de las Estrellas on Paseo Constitución in Victoria de Durango, Mexico (2018)Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

President Barack Obama hugs Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient actor Sidney Poitier during the award ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Aug. — President Barack Obama hugs Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient actor Sidney Poitier during the award ceremony in the East Room of the White House, on Aug. The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Left to right: Mychal Thompson, a guest, Sidney Poitier, Rick Fox, and another guest at the 2012 Sidney Poitier Recognition Dinner in The Bahamas — Left to right: Mychal Thompson, a guest, Sidney Poitier, Rick Fox, and another guest at the 2012 Sidney Poitier Recognition Dinner in The BahamasRedsky Enterprise, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Gregory Peck, Annabella, Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft backstage at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles Original caption: "HAPPINESS IS AN OSCAR—Holding Oscars a (1964) — Gregory Peck, Annabella, Sidney Poitier and Anne Bancroft backstage at the Academy Awards, Los Angeles Original caption: "HAPPINESS IS AN OSCAR—Holding Oscars a (1964)Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Sidney Poitier — Sidney PoitierImage via TMDB

Photographs: Unknown photographer, Public domain; U.S. Information Agency. Press and Publications Service. (ca. 1953 - ca. 1978), Public domain; Thelmadatter, CC BY-SA 4.0 (licence); The White House from Washington, DC, Public domain; Redsky Enterprise, CC BY 2.0 (licence); Los Angeles Times, CC BY 4.0 (licence). Stills courtesy of the studios via TMDB.