Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia Sidney Poitier ( ˈpwɑːtjeɪ PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor [2]
Sidney Poitier - IMDb One of these films, The Defiant Ones (1958), earned Poitier his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor Five years later, he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first African American to win for a leading role
Sidney Poitier | Biography, Movies, Facts | Britannica Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian American actor, director, and producer who broke the color barrier in the U S motion-picture industry by becoming the first African American actor to win an Academy Award for best actor (for Lilies of the Field [1963]) and the first Black movie star
Sidney Poitier - Oscar, Movies Death - Biography Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, receiving the honor in 1964 for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field '
Sidney Poitier Biography - life, family, childhood, children, name . . . Actor Sidney Poitier's presence in film during the 1950s and 1960s opened up the possibility for bigger and better roles for African American performers Born on February 20, 1924, in Miami, Florida, but raised in the Bahamas, Sidney Poitier was the son of Reginald and Evelyn Poitier
Sidney Poitier movies: 20 greatest films ranked - GoldDerby Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier broke down barriers for actors of color, becoming a Hollywood leading man at a time before Black Americans were even granted full civil rights He also opened
Sidney Poitier - New World Encyclopedia Sidney Poitier, the first male black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, was a great actor whose groundbreaking achievements influenced the way society viewed people of color