Sidney Poitier
Biography
Movies 84
The Jackal
as Carter Preston
1997
Sneakers
as Crease
1992
In the Heat of the Night
as Det. Virgil Tibbs
1967
To Sir, with Love
as Mark Thackeray
1967
The Greatest Story Ever Told
as Simon of Cyrene
1965
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
as John Prentice
1967
The Defiant Ones
as Noah Cullen
1958
Lilies of the Field
as Homer Smith
1963
A Patch of Blue
as Gordon Ralfe
1965
Shoot to Kill
as Warren Stantin
1988
A Raisin in the Sun
as Walter Lee Younger
1961
Blackboard Jungle
as Gregory W. Miller
1955
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
as Virgil Tibbs
1970
The Wilby Conspiracy
as Shack Twala
1975
Paris Blues
as Eddie Cook
1961
The Organization
as Virgil Tibbs
1971
A Piece of the Action
as Manny Durrell
1977
Duel at Diablo
as Toller
1966
The Bedford Incident
as Ben Munceford
1965
Little Nikita
as Roy Parmenter
1988
Let's Do It Again
as Clyde Williams
1975
Buck and the Preacher
as Buck
1972
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
as Noah Dearborn
1999
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
as Self - Audience Member
1988
Sidney
as Self
2022
No Way Out
as Luther Brooks
1950
The Long Ships
as Aly Mansuh
1964
Cry, the Beloved Country
as Reverend Msimangu
1951
Band of Angels
as Rau-Ru
1957
Pressure Point
as Doctor
1962
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
as Self
2007
The Red Ball Express
as Robertson
1952
The Slender Thread
as Alan Newell
1965
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
Edge of the City
as Tommy Tyler
1957
Good-bye, My Lady
as Gates Watson
1956
Porgy and Bess
as Porgy
1959
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
as Self (archive footage)
1970
To Sir, with Love II
as Mark Thackeray
1996
David and Lisa
as Dr. Jack Miller
1998
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
as Self
2013
Nationtime: Gary
as Self - Narrator
1972
Remembering Gene Wilder
as Self (archive photos)
2024
For Love of Ivy
as Jack Parks
1968
Something of Value
as Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Paul Newman: The Restless
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
as Self (archive footage)
2023
Uptown Saturday Night
as Steve Jackson
1974
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998
A Century of Cinema
as Self
1994
The Lost Man
as Jason Higgs
1969
Mr. SOUL!
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
as Self
2013
Mandela and de Klerk
as Nelson Mandela
1997
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
as Self
1986
All the Young Men
as Sgt. Eddie Towler
1960
Separate but Equal
as Thurgood Marshall
1991
Brother John
as John Kane
1971
A Warm December
as Dr. Matt Younger
1973
Sing Your Song
as Self
2012
The Mark of the Hawk
as Obam
1957
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
as Self
1995
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
as Self
2003
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
as Self
2025
Virgin Island
as Marcus
1959
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
as Narrator (voice)
1979
The Last Brickmaker in America
as Henry Cobb
2001
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
as Tommy Tyler
1955
Hollywood Legenden
as Self
2004
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
as Self
2017
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
as Self
1965
Free of Eden
as Will Cleamons
1999
I Love Quincy
as Self
1984
The Strolling '20s
as Self
1966
The Madding Crowd
as Self (archive footage)
2017
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
as Self
2001
Go Man Go
as Inman Jackson
1954
Poitier's Walter Lee
as Self (archive footage)
2018
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
as Self
2000
Sepia Cinderella
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)
1947
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
as Himself
1969
Afro Promo
as Self (archive footage)
1997TV Shows 23
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self - Taped Tribute
1961
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
1962
The Dick Cavett Show
as Self - Guest
1968
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Nominee
1944
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Presenter
1944
Film '72
as Self
1971
Tonight Starring Jack Paar
as Self
1957
Tony Awards
as Self - Presenter
1956
Omnibus
1967
The Philco Television Playhouse
1948
The Philco Television Playhouse
as Tommy Tyler
1948
The Oscars
as Self
1953
Omnibus
1952
The Kennedy Center Honors
as Self
1978
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
The American Film Institute Salute to ...
as Self
1973
ABC Stage 67
as Self - Host
1966
Hollywood Black
as Self (archive footage)
2024
Children of the Dust
as Gypsy Smith
1995
Kraft Television Theatre
1953
Separate but Equal
as Thurgood Marshall
1991