Sidney Poitier

Sidney Poitier

Date of Birth:

Feb 20, 1927

Place of Birth:

Miami, Florida, USA

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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Sidney Poitier, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

filmography:

Sidney Sidney

2022

Go Man Go Go Man Go

1954

Nationtime Nationtime

1972

Mr. SOUL! Mr. SOUL!

2018

Afro Promo Afro Promo

1997

Sneakers Sneakers

1992

The Jackal The Jackal

1997

No Way Out No Way Out

1950

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