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 43 of their titles. Select a trait to filter titles.
- Historical5.1average 2.6
- Politics4.5average 2.6
- Social Commentary6.5average 4.9
- Class & Capitalism4.6average 3.3
- Crime4.8average 3.7
- Nostalgia4.6average 3.7
- Catharsis5.7average 5.1
- Wit & Wordplay4.2average 3.7
Rarely in their work
- Scare1.5, average 2.6
- Fantasy0.7, average 1.7
- Dark Humor1.8, average 2.8
- Absurdist Humor1.0, average 2.0
Main genres
Select a genre to see those titles.
Recurring tags
- Social Commentary 10
- Character-Driven 6
- Character Study 5
- Historical Drama 4
- Social Justice 3
- Psychological Thriller 3
- Moral Ambiguity 3
- Race Relations 2
- Racial Tensions 2
- Southern Gothic 2
- Police Procedural 2
- Coming-of-Age 2
Works often with
People in at least two of their main titles.
- PPembroke J. HerringEditorGhost Dad, Buck and the Preacher, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action, Uptown Saturday Night, +1 more
Quincy JonesComposerIn the Heat of the Night, They Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Slender Thread, For Love of Ivy, The Lost Man, +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, A Piece of the Action, Uptown Saturday Night
Richard WidmarkActorHanky Panky, The Bedford Incident, No Way Out, The Long Ships- 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
Ralph NelsonActorLilies of the Field, Duel at Diablo, The Wilby Conspiracy
Denise NicholasActorGhost Dad, Let's Do It Again, A Piece of the Action
Juano HernándezActorThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Mark of the Hawk, Something of Value- GGerald Perry FinnermanCinematographerThey Call Me Mister Tibbs!, The Lost Man, Brother John
- RRobert Alan AurthurWriterEdge of the City, For Love of Ivy, The Lost Man
Movies and TV shows
91990s
1 title · average score 24
24
Ghost Dad (1990)
Director
1980s
3 titles · average score 58
1970s
5 titles · average score 64
66
A Piece of the Action (1977)
as Manny Durrell
66
Let's Do It Again (1975)
as Clyde Williams
69
Uptown Saturday Night (1974)
as Steve Jackson
57
A Warm December (1973)
as Dr. Matt Younger
