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
632000s
1 title · average score 73
73
as Henry Cobb
1990s
12 titles · average score 64
73
as Noah Dearborn
79
as Will Cleamons
63
as Dr. Jack Miller
as Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
45
as Carter Preston
69
as Nelson Mandela
63
as Mark Thackeray
69
TV show · as Gypsy Smith
72
as Crease
68
TV show · as Thurgood Marshall
78as Thurgood Marshall
24
Director
1980s
5 titles · average score 57
63
as Warren Stantin
45
as Roy Parmenter
65
Director
44
Director
66
Director
1970s
10 titles · average score 59
74
as Narrator (voice)
66
as Manny Durrell
66
as Clyde Williams
53
as Shack Twala
69
as Steve Jackson
57
as Dr. Matt Younger
37
as Virgil Tibbs
61
as John Kane
50
as Virgil Tibbs
1960s
17 titles · average score 67
50
as Jack Parks
83
as Virgil Tibbs
72
as John Prentice
74
as Mark Thackeray
62
as Toller
71
as Gordon Ralfe
79
as Ben Munceford
71
as Alan Newell
53
as Aly Mansuh
76
as Homer Smith
85
as Walter Lee Younger
57
as Eddie Cook
1950s
16 titles · average score 68
63
as Porgy
as Marcus
78
as Noah Cullen
72
as Tommy Tyler
62
as Rau-Ru
53
as Kimani Wa Karanja
77
as Gates Watson
59
as Inman Jackson
62
as Robertson
78
as Reverend Msimangu
80
as Luther Brooks
1940s
2 titles
TV show · as Tommy Tyler
as Nightclub Extra (uncredited)