Sidney Poitier (Actor)

Reviews of Sidney Poitier Movies

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Movies starring Sidney Poitier have generally received positive reviews and hold an average score of 67%.

A Raisin in the Sun - released in 1961 - is Sidney Poitier's highest rated movie, with a score of 81% based on 3 reviews.

The lowest rated film from Sidney Poitier is The Organization - released in 1971 - with a score of 50% based on 11 reviews.

Actor Biography

Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE (born February 20, 1927) is a Bahamian American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three well-received films—To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner—making him the top box office star of that year. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. Poitier has directed a number of popular movies such as A Piece of the Action; Uptown Saturday Night, and Let's Do It Again (with friend Bill Cosby), and Stir Crazy (starring Richard Pryor and Gene Wilder). In 2002, 38 years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorary Award, designated "To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being." Since 1997 he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. On August 12, 2009, Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.

Sidney Poitier has acted in films with Harry Belafonte, Ivan Dixon, Ruby Dee and Diahann Carroll.

Sidney Poitier has worked with these film directors: Richard Brooks, Martin Ritt, Stanley Kramer and Ralph Nelson.