Sidney Poitier - Awards & Nominations

Date of Birth	20-February-1927
Place of Birth	Miami (Florida, United States of America, Area codes 305 and 786, Area code 305, Area code 786, Miami-Dade County)
Nationality	United States of America, Bahamas
Also know as	Sidney L. Poitier, Sir Sidney Poitier, Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE
Profession	Actor, Writer, Diplomat, Film Director
Sir Sidney Poitier, KBE, is a Bahamian-American actor, film director, author, and diplomat. In 1963, Poitier became the first black person to win an Academy Award for Best Actor for his role in Lilies of the Field. The significance of this achievement was later bolstered in 1967 when he starred in three successful films, all of which dealt with issues involving race: To Sir, with Love; In the Heat of the Night; and Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, making him the top box-office star of that year. In 1999, the American Film Institute named Poitier among the Greatest Male Stars of All Time, ranking 22nd on the list of 25. Poitier has directed a number of popular movies, such as A Piece of the Action, Uptown Saturday Night, Let's Do It Again, Stir Crazy and Ghost Dad. In 2002, thirty-eight years after receiving the Best Actor Award, Poitier was chosen by the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences to receive an Honorary Award, designated "To Sidney Poitier in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human being." Since 1997, he has been the Bahamian ambassador to Japan. On August 12, 2009, Sidney Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom, the United States of America's highest civilian honor, by President Barack Obama.

Awards by Sidney Poitier

Check all the awards nominated and won by Sidney Poitier.

2008

Nominations 2008 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album	Life Beyond Measure

2001

NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
Academy Honorary Award	(in recognition of his remarkable accomplishments as an artist and as a human)

2000

NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special

Honored for : The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn

Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album

Honored for : The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award

Nominations 2000 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn
Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album	The Measure of a Man: A Spiritual Autobiography

1998

Nominations 1998 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Screen Actors Guild Award for Outstanding Performance by a Male Actor in a Miniseries or Television Movie	Mandela and de Klerk Role: Nelson Mandela
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Mandela and de Klerk
Satellite Award for Best Actor – Miniseries or Television Film	Mandela and de Klerk

1997

Nominations 1997 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie	Mandela and de Klerk Outstanding Lead Actor in a Miniseries or Special

1996

Nominations 1996 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special	Children of the Dust

1995

Kennedy Center Honors

Nominations 1995 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Motion Picture	Sneakers

1992

AFI Life Achievement Award

Nominations 1992 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Performance by an Actor in a Mini-Series or Motion Picture Made for Television	Separate but Equal

1991

Nominations 1991 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Primetime Emmy Award for Outstanding Lead Actor - Miniseries or a Movie	Separate but Equal Outstanding Lead Actor In A Miniseries Or Special

1982

Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

Nominations 1982 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award

1981

Coretta Scott King Award for Authors

Honored for : This life

Nominations 1981 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Coretta Scott King Award for Authors	This life

1971

Nominations 1971 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites

1970

Nominations 1970 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites

1969

Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites

Nominations 1969 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Henrietta Award for World Film Favorites

1968

Nominations 1968 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	In the Heat of the Night
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama	In the Heat of the Night

1967

Nominations 1967 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	A Patch of Blue

1966

Nominations 1966 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama	A Patch of Blue

1965

Nominations 1965 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	Lilies of the Field

1964

Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama

Honored for : Lilies of the Field

Nominations 1964 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama	Lilies of the Field

1963

Academy Award for Best Actor

Honored for : Lilies of the Field

(Role: Homer Smith)

Nominations 1963 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor	Lilies of the Field Role: Homer Smith

1962

Nominations 1962 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama	A Raisin in the Sun
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	A Raisin in the Sun

1960

Nominations 1960 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Tony Award for Best Actor in a Play	A Raisin in the Sun
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Musical or Comedy	Porgy and Bess

1959

BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor

Honored for : The Defiant Ones

Nominations 1959 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture – Drama	The Defiant Ones
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	The Defiant Ones

1958

Nominations 1958 »

Award Nominated	Nominated Work
Academy Award for Best Actor	The Defiant Ones Role: Noah Cullen
BAFTA Award for Best Foreign Actor	Edge of the City

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