Acting
Sidney Poitier
- Titles
- 89movies13TV showsmovies and TV shows
- Career
- 19502023
- Leading roles
- 49top three billing
- Average score
66/100
- Highest rated
No Way Out87/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 36 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.4average 2.6
- Politics4.7average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.4average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.6
- Crime4.7average 3.7
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.1average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Uncanny1.3, average 2.5
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.8
- Contemporary Realism4.2, average 5.2
Main genres
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Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 9
- Character-Driven 5
- Character Study 4
- Social Justice 3
- Historical Drama 3
- Nostalgic 2
- Witty Dialogue 2
- Police Procedural 2
- Psychological Thriller 2
- Period Piece 2
- Feel-Good Movie 2
- Racial Conflict 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
Quincy JonesComposerIn the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Slender Thread, For Love of Ivy, Brother John, +1 more- PPembroke J. HerringEditorGhost Dad, Buck and the Preacher, A Piece of the Action, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, +1 more
Ruby DeeActorBuck and the Preacher, Edge of the City, A Raisin in the Sun, Virgin Island, Go Man Go
Richard WidmarkActorHanky Panky, The Long Ships, The Bedford Incident, No Way Out
Bill CosbyActorGhost Dad, A Piece of the Action, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night- RRichard WesleyWriterLet's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, Mandela and de Klerk, Fast Forward
- TTom ScottComposerStir Crazy, Hanky Panky, Uptown Saturday Night, Fast Forward
Juano HernándezActorThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, Something of Value, The Mark of the Hawk
Denise NicholasActorGhost Dad, A Piece of the Action, Let's Do It Again
Ivan DixonActorA Patch of Blue, A Raisin in the Sun, Something of Value
Ralph NelsonActorLilies of the Field, Duel at Diablo, The Wilby Conspiracy- RRobert Alan AurthurWriterEdge of the City, For Love of Ivy, The Lost Man
Movies and TV shows
632020s
1 titles
as (archive footage)
2010s
1 titles · average score 78
78
as Various Roles (archive footage)
2000s
1 titles · average score 72
72
as Henry Cobb
1990s
12 titles · average score 66
67
as Noah Dearborn
81
as Will Cleamons
as Dr. Jack Miller
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
63
as Carter Preston
67
as Nelson Mandela
64
as Mark Thackeray
69
TV show · as Gypsy Smith
70
as Crease
68
TV show · as Thurgood Marshall
70as Thurgood Marshall
47
Director
1980s
5 titles · average score 60
59
as Roy Parmenter
66
as Warren Stantin
56
Director
54
Director
66
Director
1970s
10 titles · average score 62
as Narrator (voice)
61
as Manny Durrell
68
as Clyde Williams
64
as Shack Twala
63
as Steve Jackson
63
as Dr. Matt Younger
61
as Virgil Tibbs
63
as John Kane
59
as Virgil Tibbs
1960s
16 titles · average score 68
77
as Virgil Tibbs
75
as Mark Thackeray
76
as John Prentice
64
as Toller
77
as Gordon Ralfe
71
as Ben Munceford
70
as Alan Newell
60
as Aly Mansuh
73
as Homer Smith
68
as Doctor
65
as Eddie Cook
78
as Walter Lee Younger
1950s
15 titles · average score 67
65
as Porgy
as Marcus
73
as Noah Cullen
71
as Tommy Tyler
63
as Rau-Ru
60
as Kimani Wa Karanja
74
as Gates Watson
61
as Robertson
71
TV show
65
as Reverend Msimangu
87
as Luther Brooks
1940s
2 titles
TV show · as Tommy Tyler
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)