Sidney Poitier
Actor

Sidney Poitier

Section Title: Actor
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Year	Title	Role	Notes

1947	Sepia Cinderella	Extra	Uncredited

1949	From Whence Cometh My Help	Himself	Documentary

1950	No Way Out	Dr. Luther Brooks

1951	Cry, the Beloved Country	Reverend Msimangu

1952	Red Ball Express	Cpl. Andrew Robertson

1954	Go, Man, Go!	Inman Jackson

1955	Blackboard Jungle	Gregory W. Miller

1956	Good-bye, My Lady	Gates Watson

1957	Edge of the City	Tommy Tyler	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role

1957	Something of Value	Kimani Wa Karanja

1957	Band of Angels	Rau-Ru Ponce de Leon

1957	The Mark of the Hawk	Obam

1958	Virgin Island	Marcus

1958	The Defiant Ones	Noah Cullen	BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Silver Bear for Best Actor Nominated – Academy Award for Best Actor Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance

1959	Porgy and Bess	Porgy	Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Musical or Comedy

1960	All the Young Men	Sgt. Eddie Towler

1961	A Raisin in the Sun	Walter Lee Younger	Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama

1961	Paris Blues	Eddie Cook

1962	Pressure Point	Doctor (Chief Psychiatrist)

1963	The Long Ships	Aly Mansuh

1963	Lilies of the Field	Homer Smith	Academy Award for Best Actor Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Silver Bear for Best Actor Nominated – BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance Nominated – New York Film Critics Circle Award for Best Actor

1965	The Bedford Incident	Ben Munceford

1965	The Greatest Story Ever Told	Simon of Cyrene

1965	A Patch of Blue	Gordon Ralfe	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated—Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance

1965	The Slender Thread	Alan Newell

1966	Duel at Diablo	Toller (contract horse dealer)	Nominated—Laurel Award for Top Male Action Performance

1967	To Sir, with Love	Mark Thackeray

1967	In the Heat of the Night	Det. Virgil Tibbs	Nominated—BAFTA Award for Best Actor in a Leading Role Nominated – Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama Nominated – Laurel Award for Top Male Dramatic Performance

1967	Guess Who's Coming to Dinner	Dr. John Wade Prentice	Fotogramas de Plata Award for Best Foreign Performer

1968	For Love of Ivy	Jack Parks	Prize San Sebastián for Best Actor

1969	The Lost Man	Jason Higgs

1970	King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis	Narrator	Documentary

1970	They Call Me Mister Tibbs!	Lt. Virgil Tibbs

1971	Brother John	John Kane

1971	The Organization	Lt. Virgil Tibbs

1972	Buck and the Preacher	Buck

1973	A Warm December	Matt Younger

1974	Uptown Saturday Night	Steve Jackson

1975	The Wilby Conspiracy	Shack Twala

1975	Let's Do it Again	Clyde Williams	NAACP Image Award for Best Director

1977	A Piece of the Action	Manny Durrell

1979	Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist	Narrator	Short subject

1988	Shoot to Kill	Warren Stantin

1988	Little Nikita	Roy Parmenter

1992	Sneakers	Donald Crease	Nominated—NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture

1994	A Century of Cinema	Himself	Documentary

1996	Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick	Himself	Documentary

1996	To Sir, with Love II	Mark Thackeray

1997	The Jackal	FBI Deputy Director Carter Preston	Blockbuster Entertainment Award for Favorite Supporting Actor – Suspense

2001	Ralph Bunche: An American Odyssey	Narrator	Documentary

2004	Tell Them Who You Are	Himself	Documentary

2008	Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project	Himself	Documentary

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Poitier played a role as Gregory W. Miller in Blackboard Jungle in 1955.

final_sentence: Poitier played a role as Gregory W. Miller in Blackboard Jungle in 1955.