Acting
Sidney Poitier
- Titles
- 86movies20TV shows
- Career
Active from 1950 to 2001, busiest in 1957 with 4 main titles.
- Leading roles
- 48top three billing
- Average score
64/100
- Highest rated
A Raisin in the Sun85/100
What stands out
Compared with the average well-known movie, over 47 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.1average 2.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.8average 3.3
- Nostalgia4.7average 3.7
- Crime4.6average 3.7
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.4, average 2.6
- Fantasy0.6, average 1.7
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
- Uncanny1.5, average 2.5
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 11
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 5
- Moral Ambiguity 4
- Historical Drama 4
- Social Justice 3
- Racial Tension 3
- Gritty Realism 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Feel-Good Movie 2
- Classic Cinema 2
- Psychological Drama 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- PPembroke J. HerringEditorBuck and the Preacher, Ghost Dad, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, A Piece of the Action, +1 more
Quincy JonesComposerIn the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Slender Thread, The Lost Man, Brother John, +1 more
Ruby DeeActorA Raisin in the Sun, Buck and the Preacher, Edge of the City, Virgin Island, Go Man Go
Bill CosbyActorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, A Piece of the Action
Richard WidmarkActorHanky Panky, The Long Ships, No Way Out, The Bedford Incident- TTom ScottComposerStir Crazy, Hanky Panky, Uptown Saturday Night, Fast Forward
- RRichard WesleyWriterLet's Do It Again, Uptown Saturday Night, Fast Forward, Mandela and de Klerk
Juano HernándezActorThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Mark of the Hawk, Something of Value
Denise NicholasActorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action
Ralph NelsonActorLilies of the Field, The Wilby Conspiracy, Duel at Diablo- GGerald Perry FinnermanCinematographerThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Lost Man, Brother John
- RRobert Alan AurthurWriterEdge of the City, The Lost Man, For Love of Ivy
Movies and TV shows
632000s
1 title · average score 73
as Henry Cobb
1990s
12 titles · average score 64
as Noah Dearborn
as Will Cleamons
as Dr. Jack Miller
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
as Carter Preston
as Nelson Mandela
as Mark Thackeray
TV show · as Gypsy Smith
as Crease
TV show · as Thurgood Marshall
as Thurgood Marshall
Director
1980s
5 titles · average score 57
as Warren Stantin
as Roy Parmenter
Director
Director
Director
1970s
10 titles · average score 59
as Narrator (voice)
as Manny Durrell
as Shack Twala
as Clyde Williams
as Steve Jackson
as Dr. Matt Younger
as Virgil Tibbs
as John Kane
as Virgil Tibbs
1960s
17 titles · average score 67
as Virgil Tibbs
as John Prentice
as Mark Thackeray
as Toller
as Gordon Ralfe
as Ben Munceford
as Alan Newell
as Aly Mansuh
as Homer Smith
as Doctor
as Walter Lee Younger
as Eddie Cook
1950s
16 titles · average score 68
as Porgy
as Marcus
as Noah Cullen
as Tommy Tyler
as Rau-Ru
as Kimani Wa Karanja
as Gates Watson
as Inman Jackson
as Robertson
as Reverend Msimangu
as Luther Brooks
1940s
2 titles
TV show · as Tommy Tyler
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)