Sidney Poitier
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Sir Sidney Poitier (20. helmikuuta 1927) on afroamerikkalainen näyttelijä. Hän syntyi Miamissa, Floridassa, mutta kasvoi Bahamasaarilla. Poitier voitti ensimmäisenä afroamerikkalaisena parhaan miespääosan Oscarin roolistaan elokuvassa Kedon kukkaset (Lilies of the Field, 1963). Hänen kuuluisimmat elokuvansa ovat Yön kuumuudessa (1967) ja Arvaa kuka tulee päivälliselle (1967). Hän sai kunnia-Oscarin vuonna 2002.
Elokuvat:
- From Whence Cometh My Help (1949) (documentary)
- No Way Out (1950)
- Cry, the Beloved Country (1951)
- Red Ball Express (1952)
- Go, Man, Go! (1954)
- Blackboard Jungle (1955)
- Good-bye, My Lady (1956)
- Edge of the City (1957)
- Something of Value (1957)
- Band of Angels (1957)
- Virgin Island (1958)
- The Mark of the Hawk (1958)
- The Defiant Ones (1958)
- Porgy and Bess (1959)
- All the Young Men (1960)
- A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
- Paris Blues (1961)
- Pressure Point (1962)
- The Long Ships (1963)
- Lilies of the Field (1963)
- The Bedford Incident (1965)
- The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
- A Patch of Blue (1965)
- The Slender Thread (1965)
- Duel at Diablo (1966)
- To Sir, with Love (1967)
- In the Heat of the Night (1967)
- Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
- For Love of Ivy (1968)
- The Lost Man (1969)
- King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis (1970) (documentary) (narrator)
- They Call Me MISTER Tibbs! (1970)
- Brother John (1971)
- The Organization (1971)
- Buck and the Preacher (1972) (also director)
- A Warm December (1973) (also director)
- Uptown Saturday Night (1974) (also director)
- Let's Do It Again (1975) (also director)
- The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
- A Piece of the Action (1977) (also director)
- Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist (1979) (short subject) (narrator)
- Stir Crazy (1980) (director)
- Hanky Panky (1982) (director)
- Fast Forward (1985) (director)
- Bopha! (1986) (documentary) (narrator)
- Shoot to Kill (1988)
- Little Nikita (1988)
- Ghost Dad (1990) (director)
- Sneakers (1992)
- A Century of Cinema (1994) (documentary)
- Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick (1996) (documentary)
- The Jackal (1997)
- Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey (2001) (documentary) (narrator)
- Tell Them Who You Are (2004) (documentary)
