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Sidney Poitier Acting Filmography (82)

The Resurrection of Christ
2026
Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood
2023·Self (archive footage)
Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback
2023·Self (archive footage)
Sidney
2022·Self
A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story
2022·Self
Poitier's Walter Lee
2018·Self (archive footage)
Mr. SOUL!
2018·Self (archive footage)
Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart
2017·Self
The Madding Crowd
2017·Self (archive footage)
Martin Luther King and the March on Washington
2013·Self
Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley
2013·Self
Sing Your Song
2012·Self
Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project
2007·Self
Hollywood Legenden
2004·Self
The Making of ‘Sneakers’
2003·Self
Quincy Jones: In the Pocket
2001·Self
The Last Brickmaker in America
2001·Henry Cobb
Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters
2000·Self
Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light
2000
The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
1999·Noah Dearborn
Free of Eden
1999·Will Cleamons
David and Lisa
1998·Dr. Jack Miller
Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist
1998·Reverend Msimangu (archive footage)
The Jackal
1997·Carter Preston
Mandela and de Klerk
1997·Nelson Mandela
Afro Promo
1997·Self (archive footage)
To Sir, with Love II
1996·Mark Thackeray
Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick
1995·Self
Sneakers
1992·Crease
Separate But Equal
1991·Thurgood Marshall
Shoot to Kill
1988·Warren Stantin
Little Nikita
1988·Roy Parmenter
Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night
1988·Self - Audience Member
The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn
1986·Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985·Self
I Love Quincy
1984·Self
Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist
1979·Narrator (voice)
A Piece of the Action
1977·Manny Durrell
The Wilby Conspiracy
1975·Shack Twala
Let's Do It Again
1975·Clyde Williams
Uptown Saturday Night
1974·Steve Jackson
A Warm December
1973·Dr. Matt Younger
Buck and the Preacher
1972·Buck
Nationtime
1972·Self - Narrator
The Organization
1971·Virgil Tibbs
Brother John
1971·John Kane
They Call Me Mister Tibbs!
1970·Virgil Tibbs
King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis
1970·Self (archive footage)
The Lost Man
1969·Jason Higgs
Three Young Americans in Search of Survival
1969·Himself
For Love of Ivy
1968·Jack Parks
Guess Who's Coming to Dinner
1967·John Prentice
In the Heat of the Night
1967·Virgil Tibbs
To Sir, with Love
1967·Mark Thackeray
Duel at Diablo
1966·Toller
The Strolling '20s
1966·Self
The Greatest Story Ever Told
1965·Simon of Cyrene
A Patch of Blue
1965·Gordon Ralfe
The Bedford Incident
1965·Ben Munceford
The Slender Thread
1965·Alan Newell
A Cinderella Named Elizabeth
1965·Self
The Long Ships
1964·Aly Mansuh
Lilies of the Field
1963·Homer Smith
Pressure Point
1962·Doctor
Paris Blues
1961·Eddie Cook
A Raisin in the Sun
1961·Walter Lee Younger
All the Young Men
1960·Sgt. Eddie Towler
Porgy and Bess
1959·Porgy
Virgin Island
1959·Marcus
The Defiant Ones
1958·Noah Cullen
Edge of the City
1957·Tommy Tyler
Band of Angels
1957·Rau-Ru
Something of Value
1957·Kimani Wa Karanja
The Mark of the Hawk
1957·Obam
Good-bye, My Lady
1956·Gates Watson
Blackboard Jungle
1955·Gregory W. Miller
A Man Is Ten Feet Tall
1955·Tommy Tyler
Go Man Go
1954·Inman Jackson
The Red Ball Express
1952·Robertson
Cry, the Beloved Country
1951·Reverend Msimangu
No Way Out
1950·Luther Brooks
Sepia Cinderella
1947·Nightclub Extra (uncredited)