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| Brief Biography |
Sidney Poitier is a veteran actor who helped break racial stereotyping of African-Americans in film. He typically played roles that showed African-American men who were strong, independent, intelligent and passionate. This was not common at the time, so combined with his enormous talent, Sidney Poitier was a breakthrough motion picture actor.
Sidney Poitier started his career as a stage actor with the famed American Negro Theatre (ANT). He made his film debut in 1950 in the movie No Way Out, at Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com film.
Sidney Poitier is the first African-American to win a Best Actor Academy Award. He won it for his outstanding performance in Lilies of the Field, another Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com film.
Sidney Poitier has multiple Top 100 BlackClassicMovies.com films. They are: No Way Out, The Defiant Ones, Lilies of the Field, For Love of Ivy, Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner, In the Heat of the Night, Buck and the Preacher, Uptown Saturday Night, A Piece of the Action, and Let’s Do It Again.
In addition to acting, he has successfully directed numerous films and written a New York Times bestselling book entitled, The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography. |
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| Sidney Poitier Movies (Filmography - Actor) |
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2001 |
The Last Brickmaker in America (TV) |
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1999 |
Free of Eden (TV) |
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1999 |
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (TV) |
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1998 |
David and Lisa (TV) |
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1997 |
Mandela and deKlerk (TV) |
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1997 |
The Jackal |
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1996 |
To Sir With Love 2 (TV) |
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1995 |
Children of the Dust (TV) |
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1992 |
Sneakers |
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1991 |
Separate But Equal (TV) |
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1988 |
Shoot to Kill |
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1988 |
Little Nikita |
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1977 |
A Piece of the Action |
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1975 |
Let’s Do It Again |
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1975 |
The Wilby Conspiracy |
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1974 |
Uptown Saturday Night |
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1973 |
A Warm December |
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1972 |
Buck and the Preacher |
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1971 |
The Organization |
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1970 |
King: A Filmed Record…from Montgomery to Memphis |
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1970 |
Brother John |
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1970 |
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! |
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1969 |
The Lost Man |
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1968 |
For Love of Ivy |
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1967 |
In the Heat of the Night |
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1967 |
To Sir, With Love |
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1967 |
Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner |
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1966 |
Duel at Diablo |
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1965 |
The Greatest Story Ever Told |
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1965 |
A Patch of Blue |
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1965 |
The Slender Thread |
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1965 |
The Bedford Incident |
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1964 |
The Long Ships |
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1963 |
Lilies of the Field |
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1962 |
Pressure Point |
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1961 |
A Raisin in the Sun |
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1961 |
Paris Blues |
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1960 |
All the Young Men |
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1959 |
Porgy & Bess |
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1958 |
Virgin Island |
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1958 |
The Defiant Ones |
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1957 |
Something of Value |
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1957 |
Edge of the City |
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1957 |
The Mark of the Hawk |
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1957 |
Band of Angels |
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1956 |
Goodbye, My Lady |
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1955 |
Blackboard Jungle |
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1954 |
Go, Man, Go! |
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1952 |
Red Ball Express |
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1951 |
Cry the Beloved Country |
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1950 |
No Way Out |
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| Sidney Poitier Movies (Filmography - Director) |
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1990 |
Ghost Dad |
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1985 |
Fast Forward |
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1982 |
Hanky Panky |
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1980 |
Stir Crazy |
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1977 |
A Piece of the Action |
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1975 |
Let’s Do It Again |
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1974 |
Uptown Saturday Night |
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1973 |
A Warm December |
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1972 |
Buck and the Preacher |
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| Sidney Poitier Movie DVD Sets |
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| 2004 |
Sidney Poitier Movie DVD Collection |
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Contains five movies: In the Heat of the Night, Lilies of the Field, The Organization, They Call Me Mister Tibbs and For Love of Ivy |
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| Sidney Poitier Books |
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| 2007 |
The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography by Sidney Poitier |
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Oprah's Book Club Selection |
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| Sidney Poitier Other |
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Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light |
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Biography DVD about Sidney Poitier |
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