Sidney Poitier
ActingTotal Credits
107
Acting
103
First Credit
1944
Latest Credit
2026
A Raisin in the Sun
Walter Lee Younger
1961
In the Heat of the Night
Virgil Tibbs
1967
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
John Prentice
1967
A Patch of Blue
Gordon Ralfe
1965
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
Self - Audience Member
1988
To Sir, with Love
Mark Thackeray
1967
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
Self (archive footage)
1970
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
Narrator (voice)
1979
Sidney
Self
2022
Lilies of the Field
Homer Smith
1963
Remembering Gene Wilder
Self (archive photos)
2024
Edge of the City
Tommy Tyler
1957
The Slender Thread
Alan Newell
1965
The Defiant Ones
Noah Cullen
1958
Let's Do It Again
Clyde Williams · Director
1975
The Bedford Incident
Ben Munceford
1965
Blackboard Jungle
Gregory W. Miller
1955
Sneakers
Crease
1992
No Way Out
Luther Brooks
1950
Sing Your Song
Self
2012
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
Self
2007
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
Self
2013
All the Young Men
Sgt. Eddie Towler
1960
Shoot to Kill
Warren Stantin
1988
Stir Crazy
Director
1980
Pressure Point
Doctor
1962
Separate But Equal
Thurgood Marshall
1991
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
Self (archive footage)
2023
A Warm December
Dr. Matt Younger · Director
1973
Paris Blues
Eddie Cook
1961
Brother John
John Kane
1971
The Wilby Conspiracy
Shack Twala
1975
The Greatest Story Ever Told
Simon of Cyrene
1965
To Sir, with Love II
Mark Thackeray
1996
The Jackal
Carter Preston
1997
Duel at Diablo
Toller
1966
Cry, the Beloved Country
Reverend Msimangu
1951
Band of Angels
Rau-Ru
1957
Buck and the Preacher
Buck · Producer · Director
1972
The Organization
Virgil Tibbs
1971
Porgy and Bess
Porgy
1959
Uptown Saturday Night
Steve Jackson · Director
1974
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Noah Dearborn
1999
Little Nikita
Roy Parmenter
1988
The Long Ships
Aly Mansuh
1964
David and Lisa
Dr. Jack Miller
1998
The Red Ball Express
Robertson
1952
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
Virgil Tibbs
1970
A Piece of the Action
Manny Durrell · Director
1977
Fast Forward
Director
1985
Something of Value
Kimani Wa Karanja
1957
Hanky Panky
Director
1982
Ghost Dad
Director
1990
Kraft Television Theatre
Actor
1953
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
Self
2013
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
Self
2001
Free of Eden
Will Cleamons
1999
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
Self
1986
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
1998
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
Self
1995