Sidney Poitier
Acting
- Nacimiento:
- 1927-02-20
- Fallecimiento:
- 2022-01-06
- Lugar de nacimiento:
- Miami, Florida, USA
Biografía
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include 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. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
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Filmografía
A Ressureição de Cristo
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
Hollywood Black
Remembering Gene Wilder
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
La leyenda de Paul Newman
Sidney Poitier - Der Mann, der Hollywood veränderte
Sidney Poitier
Poitier's Walter Lee
Mr. SOUL!
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
The Madding Crowd
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Sing Your Song
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Hollywood Legenden
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
El constructor de sueños
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Escapar del Edén
David and Lisa
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
The Jackal (Chacal)
Mandela y de Klerk
Afro Promo
Rebelión en las aulas 2
Los hijos de la llanura
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
A Century of Cinema
Sneakers (Los fisgones)
Enfrentados (Miniserie de TV)
Separate but Equal
Espías sin identidad
Dispara a matar
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Night of 100 Stars II
I Love Quincy
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
The Kennedy Center Honors
De profesión estafadores
Dos tramposos con su suerte
La conspiración
Sucedió un sábado
Un cálido diciembre
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
Nationtime: Gary
Buck y el farsante
Film '72
El inspector Tibbs contra la organización
Como el viento
Ahora me llaman Señor Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
The Lost Man
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
Un hombre para Ivy
The Dick Cavett Show
Adivina quién viene esta noche
Omnibus
En el calor de la noche
Rebelión en las aulas
ABC Stage 67
Duelo en Diablo
The Strolling '20s
La vida vale más
Un retazo de azul
Estado de alarma
La historia más grande jamás contada
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
Los invasores
Los lirios del valle
La clave de la cuestión
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Merv Griffin Show
The Mike Douglas Show
Un día volveré
Un lunar en el Sol
El paso de la Muerte
Isla Virgen
Porgy y Bess
Fugitivos
The Mark of the Hawk
La esclava libre
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
Sangre sobre la tierra
Donde la ciudad termina
Good-bye, My Lady
Premios Tony
Cinépanorama
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
Semilla de maldad
Go Man Go
Kraft Television Theatre
The Oscars
Omnibus
Hermanos ante el peligro
Cry, the Beloved Country
Un rayo de luz
The Philco Television Playhouse
Sepia Cinderella
Premios Globo de Oro