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Sidney Poitier

  • Birth: February 20, 1927
  • Death: January 6, 2022
  • Age: 94
  • The Bahamas
  • United States

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... More

10

nominations

40%

winning rate

4

wins

Academy Awards

Edition Year Award Movie Status
74th edition 2002 Honorary Award - in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being. Winner
36th edition 1964 Best Actor in a Leading Role Lilies of the Field Winner
31st edition 1959 Best Actor in a Leading Role The Defiant Ones
Edition Year Award Movie Status
69th edition 2016 BAFTA Fellowship Winner
21st edition 1968 Best Foreign Actor In the Heat of the Night
20th edition 1967 Best Foreign Actor A Patch of Blue
18th edition 1965 Best Foreign Actor Lilies of the Field
15th edition 1962 Best Foreign Actor A Raisin in the Sun
12th edition 1959 Best Foreign Actor The Defiant Ones Winner
11th edition 1958 Best Foreign Actor Edge of the City