| 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: Reginald James Poitier (farmer)
Mother: Evelyn Outten
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
Obama for America
Student Nonviolent Coordinating Committee Major financial backer
Oscar for Best Actor 1964 for Lilies of the Field
Oscar (honorary) 2002, for "extraordinary performances and unique presence"
Golden Globe 1964 for Lilies of the Field
Golden Globe 1969 for World Film Favorite, Male
Golden Globe 1982 Cecil B. DeMille Award
American Film Institute Life Achievement Award 1992
Kennedy Center Honor 1995
Presidential Medal of Freedom 12-Aug-2009
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 (4-Jun-1982)
Stir Crazy (12-Dec-1980)
A Piece of the Action (7-Oct-1977)
Let's Do It Again (11-Oct-1975)
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
A Warm December (1973)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project (13-Oct-2007) · Himself
Tell Them Who You Are (11-Sep-2004) · Himself
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn (9-May-1999) · Noah Dearborn
David and Lisa (1-Nov-1998)
The Jackal (14-Nov-1997) · Preston
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) · Crease
Separate But Equal (7-Apr-1991)
Little Nikita (18-Mar-1988)
Shoot To Kill (12-Feb-1988)
A Piece of the Action (7-Oct-1977)
Let's Do It Again (11-Oct-1975)
The Wilby Conspiracy (13-Feb-1975)
Uptown Saturday Night (26-Jul-1974)
A Warm December (1973)
Buck and the Preacher (17-Mar-1972)
The Organization (20-Oct-1971)
Brother John (24-Mar-1971)
They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (8-Jul-1970) · Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (24-Mar-1970) · Narrator
The Lost Man (25-Jun-1969)
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) · Mark Thackeray
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) · Simon of Cyrene
The Bedford Incident (Jan-1965)
The Long Ships (3-Mar-1964)
Lilies of the Field (5-Jul-1963) · Homer Smith
Pressure Point (2-Dec-1962) · Doctor
Paris Blues (27-Sep-1961)
A Raisin in the Sun (29-May-1961) · Walter Lee Younger
All the Young Men (26-Aug-1960) · Towler
Porgy and Bess (24-Jun-1959)
The Defiant Ones (14-Aug-1958) · Noah Cullen
Virgin Island (1958)
The Mark of the Hawk (Dec-1957)
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) · Gates
Blackboard Jungle (19-Mar-1955) · Gregory W. Miller
Go, Man, Go! (27-Jan-1954)
Red Ball Express (24-May-1952) · Cpl. Andrew Robertson
Cry, the Beloved Country (23-Jan-1952) · Rev. Msimangu
No Way Out (16-Aug-1950) · Dr. Luther Brooks
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