List of awards and nominations received by Sidney Poitier
WEBSidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen. He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award.
Sidney Poitier - Wikipedia
WEBSidney Poitier KBE (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first Black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.
Sidney Poitier - Awards - IMDb
WEBJump to. 29 wins & 48 nominations. Academy Awards, USA. 1964 Winner Oscar. Best Actor in a Leading Role. Lilies of the Field. Sidney Poitier became the first African American to win the Best Actor Oscar and the only one until Denzel Washington for Training Day (2001), 38 years later.
Sidney Poitier, Oscar-winning actor and Hollywood’s first Black …
WEBJan 7, 2022 · CNN — Sidney Poitier, whose elegant bearing and principled onscreen characters made him Hollywood’s first Black movie star and the first Black man to win the best actor Oscar, has died. He...
Sidney Poitier - Oscar, Movies & Death - Biography
WEBApr 3, 2014 · Hollywood icon Sidney Poitier was the first African American to win an Academy Award for Best Actor, receiving the honor in 1964 for his performance in 'Lilies of the Field.' Updated: Jan...
The Meaning of Sidney Poitier’s Historic 1964 Oscar
WEBJan 12, 2022 · Cultural Comment. The Meaning of Sidney Poitier’s Historic 1964 Oscar. The actor felt trapped in his role as the one Black actor whom Hollywood would accept. By Michael Schulman. January...
Sidney Poitier | Oscars.org | Academy of Motion Picture Arts and …
WEBSHARE. Both an esteemed actor and a respected humanitarian, Sidney Poitier received an Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963) and an Honorary Award presented in 2001. Born in Miami, he grew up both in the Bahamas and the United States and became a noted actor both on the stage and in such films as The Defiant Ones …
Sidney Poitier - IMDb
WEBOne of these films, The Defiant Ones (1958), earned Poitier his first Academy Award nomination as Best Actor. Five years later, he won the Oscar for Lilies of the Field (1963), the first African American to win for a leading role. He remained active on stage and screen as well as in the burgeoning Civil Rights movement.
Sidney Poitier becomes first African American to win Best Actor Oscar ...
WEBNov 13, 2009 · April | 13. Choose another date. 1964. Sidney Poitier becomes first African American to win Best Actor Oscar. On April 13, 1964, Sidney Poitier becomes the first African American to win...
Sidney Poitier Dead: First Black Man to Win Best Actor Oscar …
WEBJan 7, 2022 · AP. Sidney Poitier, whose dignity and self-assertion ushered in a new era in the depiction of African-Americans in Hollywood films as the civil rights movement was remaking America, has died, a...
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