| Sidney Poitier  Born: 20-Feb-1927
Birthplace: Miami, FL
Gender: Male
Religion: Deist
Race or Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Film Director Nationality: United States
Executive summary: In The Heat Of The Night Father: (farmer)
Brother: Cyril Poitier (b. circa 1911, d. 13-Nov-1991)
Wife: Juanita Hardy (four daughters)
Daughter: Beverly
Daughter: Pamela
Daughter: Sherri
Daughter: Gina
Wife: Joanna Shimkus (m. 23-Jan-1976, two daughters)
Daughter: Anika
Daughter: Sydney Tamiia Poitier (actress, b. 15-Nov-1973)
American Academy of Arts and Sciences 2005
Oscar for Best Actor 1964 for Lilies of the Field
Oscar (honorary) 2002
Golden Globe 1964 for Lilies of the Field
Golden Globe 1969 for World Film Favorite, Male
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1992
Kennedy Center Honor 1995
Hollywood Walk of Fame 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
Knight of the British Empire 1974
Vagrancy New York
Haitian Ancestry Paternal
Risk Factors: Prostate Cancer, Gonorrhea
FILMOGRAPHY AS DIRECTOR
Ghost Dad (29-Jun-1990)
Fast Forward (15-Feb-1985)
Hanky Panky (04-Jun-1982)
Stir Crazy (12-Dec-1980)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
A Warm December (1973)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Tell Them Who You Are (11-Sep-2004) Himself
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (9-May-1999)
David and Lisa (1-Nov-1998)
The Jackal (14-Nov-1997)
Mandela and de Klerk (16-Feb-1997)
To Sir, with Love II (7-Apr-1996)
Children of the Dust (26-Feb-1995)
Sneakers (9-Sep-1992)
Separate But Equal (7-Apr-1991)
Little Nikita (18-Mar-1988)
Shoot To Kill (12-Feb-1988)
A Piece of the Action (1977)
The Wilby Conspiracy (13-Feb-1975)
Let's Do It Again (1975)
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
A Warm December (1973)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
The Organization (20-Oct-1971)
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (08-Jul-1970)
For Love of Ivy (17-Jul-1968)
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (11-Dec-1967)
In the Heat of the Night (2-Aug-1967)
To Sir, With Love (14-Jun-1967)
Duel at Diablo (15-Jun-1966)
The Slender Thread (23-Dec-1965)
A Patch of Blue (10-Dec-1965)
The Greatest Story Ever Told (15-Feb-1965)
The Bedford Incident (Jan-1965)
Lilies of the Field (5-Jul-1963)
The Long Ships (1963)
Pressure Point (2-Dec-1962)
Paris Blues (27-Sep-1961)
A Raisin in the Sun (29-May-1961)
Porgy and Bess (24-Jun-1959)
The Defiant Ones (14-Aug-1958)
Band of Angels (3-Aug-1957)
Something of Value (10-May-1957)
Edge of the City (29-Jan-1957)
Good-bye, My Lady (12-May-1956)
Blackboard Jungle (19-Mar-1955)
Cry, the Beloved Country (23-Jan-1952)
No Way Out (16-Aug-1950)
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