---
title: 'Sidney Poitier'
type: 'person'
roles:
  - 'autobiographer'
  - 'activist'
  - 'film actor'
  - 'television actor'
  - 'director'
born: '1927-02-20'
died: '2022-01-06'
birthplace: 'Miami'
deathplace: 'Los Angeles'
films_in_library: 45
reviews_of_their_work: 0
canonical: 'https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier'
updated: '2026-08-07'
wikipedia: 'https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sidney_Poitier'
wikidata: 'Q104049'
publisher: 'CinePixo'
---

# Sidney Poitier

autobiographer, activist, film actor, television actor, director.

## Filmography on CinePixo

- 2016 · [I Am Not Your Negro](https://cinepixo.com/movies/i-am-not-your-negro-2016) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1997 · [The Jackal](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-jackal-1997) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1997 · [Mandela and de Klerk](https://cinepixo.com/movies/mandela-and-de-klerk-1997) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1992 · [Sneakers](https://cinepixo.com/movies/sneakers-1992) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1990 · [Ghost Dad](https://cinepixo.com/movies/ghost-dad-1990) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1988 · [Little Nikita](https://cinepixo.com/movies/little-nikita-1988) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1985 · [Fast Forward](https://cinepixo.com/movies/fast-forward-1985) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1982 · [Hanky Panky](https://cinepixo.com/movies/hanky-panky-1982) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1980 · [Stir Crazy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/stir-crazy-1980) — Director · unreviewed here
- 1977 · [A Piece of the Action](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-piece-of-the-action-1977) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [Let's Do It Again](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lets-do-it-again-1975) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1975 · [The Wilby Conspiracy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-wilby-conspiracy-1975) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1974 · [Uptown Saturday Night](https://cinepixo.com/movies/uptown-saturday-night-1974) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1973 · [A Warm December](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-warm-december-1973) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1972 · [Buck and the Preacher](https://cinepixo.com/movies/buck-and-the-preacher-1972) — actor, Director · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [The Organization](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-organization-1971) — as Virgil Tibbs · unreviewed here
- 1971 · [Brother John](https://cinepixo.com/movies/brother-john-1971) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis](https://cinepixo.com/movies/king-a-filmed-record-montgomery-to-memphis-1970) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1970 · [They Call Me Mister Tibbs!](https://cinepixo.com/movies/they-call-me-mister-tibbs-1970) — as Virgil Tibbs · unreviewed here
- 1969 · [The Lost Man](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-lost-man-1969) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1968 · [For Love of Ivy](https://cinepixo.com/movies/for-love-of-ivy-1968) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [Guess Who's Coming to Dinner](https://cinepixo.com/movies/guess-whos-coming-to-dinner-1967) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [In the Heat of the Night](https://cinepixo.com/movies/in-the-heat-of-the-night-1967) — as Virgil Tibbs · unreviewed here
- 1967 · [To Sir, with Love](https://cinepixo.com/movies/to-sir-with-love-1967) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1966 · [Duel at Diablo](https://cinepixo.com/movies/duel-at-diablo-1966) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [The Greatest Story Ever Told](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-greatest-story-ever-told-1965) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [A Patch of Blue](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-patch-of-blue-1965) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [The Bedford Incident](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-bedford-incident-1965) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1965 · [The Slender Thread](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-slender-thread-1965) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1964 · [The Long Ships](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-long-ships-1964) — as Aly Mansuh · unreviewed here
- 1963 · [Lilies of the Field](https://cinepixo.com/movies/lilies-of-the-field-1963) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1962 · [Pressure Point](https://cinepixo.com/movies/pressure-point-1962) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [Paris Blues](https://cinepixo.com/movies/paris-blues-1961) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1961 · [A Raisin in the Sun](https://cinepixo.com/movies/a-raisin-in-the-sun-1961) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1960 · [All the Young Men](https://cinepixo.com/movies/all-the-young-men-1960) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [Porgy and Bess](https://cinepixo.com/movies/porgy-and-bess-1959) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1959 · [Our Virgin Island](https://cinepixo.com/movies/our-virgin-island-1959) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1958 · [The Defiant Ones](https://cinepixo.com/movies/the-defiant-ones-1958) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Something of Value](https://cinepixo.com/movies/something-of-value-1957) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Band of Angels](https://cinepixo.com/movies/band-of-angels-1957) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1957 · [Edge of the City](https://cinepixo.com/movies/edge-of-the-city-1957) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1956 · [Good-bye, My Lady](https://cinepixo.com/movies/good-bye-my-lady-1956) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1955 · [Blackboard Jungle](https://cinepixo.com/movies/blackboard-jungle-1955) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1952 · [Red Ball Express](https://cinepixo.com/movies/red-ball-express-1952) — actor · unreviewed here
- 1951 · [Cry, the Beloved Country](https://cinepixo.com/movies/cry-the-beloved-country-1951) — actor · unreviewed here

## Criticism on CinePixo

Nothing written about their work here yet.

Source: https://cinepixo.com/people/sidney-poitier
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