Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian-American retired actor, film director, and ambassador. In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the first black male and Afro-Bahamian actor to win that award. He is the oldest living and earliest surviving Best Actor Academy Award winner. From 1997 to 2007, he served as the Bahamian Ambassador to Japan.
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General Info
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Male
Date of Birth
February 20th, 1927
Age
97
Birth Place
The Bahamas
Date of Death
January 6th, 2022
Died Aged
94
Star Sign
Pisces
Height
189 cm | 6'2
Occupation
Filmmaker
Actor
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Roles
Preston in
The Jackal
Virgil Tibbs in
In the Heat of the Night
Crease in
Sneakers
John Prentice in
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
Mark Thackeray in
To Sir, with Love
Noah Cullen in
The Defiant Ones
Warren Stantin in
Shoot to Kill
Homer Smith in
Lilies of the Field
Gordon Ralfe in
A Patch of Blue
Walter Lee Younger in
A Raisin in the Sun
Dr. Luther Brooks in
No Way Out
Clyde Williams in
Let's Do It Again
Toller in
Duel at Diablo
Eddie Cook in
Paris Blues
Alan Newell in
The Slender Thread
Rau-Ru in
Band of Angels
Porgy in
Porgy and Bess
Thurgood Marshall in
Separate But Equal
Gypsy Smith in
Children of the Dust
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