Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.
Known for
The Jackal 
In the Heat of the Night 
Sneakers 
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner 
Stir Crazy 
To Sir, with Love 
The Defiant Ones 
Shoot to Kill 
Lilies of the Field 
Blackboard Jungle 
A Raisin in the Sun 
Ghost Dad 
No Way Out 
They Call Me Mister Tibbs! 
Duel at Diablo 
Let's Do It Again 
Hanky Panky 
Buck and the Preacher 
Band of Angels 
The Slender Thread 
The Wilby Conspiracy 
Pressure Point 
The Organization 
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn 
To Sir, with Love II 
A Piece of the Action 
Sidney 
Cry, the Beloved Country 
For Love of Ivy 
Fast Forward 
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist 
Sing Your Song 
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley 
The Lost Man