Sidney PoitierAwards

Born:
February 20, 1927 in Miami, FL
Occupation:
Actor, Director
Biography:
Sidney Poitier was to Hollywood what Jackie Robinson was to major league baseball: simply put, the man who broke the color barrier. An actor, director, and producer, he forever altered the racial perceptions long held by both motion picture audiences and executives, rising to superstar status in...Read More

  • In the Heat of the Night

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1967

  • A Patch of Blue

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1965

  • Lilies of the Field

    Best Actor

    Won
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1963

  • Lilies of the Field

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Won
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1963

  • Lilies of the Field

    Silver Bear for Best Actor

    Won
    Berlin International Film Festival
    1963

  • A Raisin in the Sun

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1961

  • The Defiant Ones

    Best Foreign Actor

    Won
    British Academy of Film and Television Arts
    1958

  • The Defiant Ones

    Silver Bear for Best Actor

    Won
    Berlin International Film Festival
    1958

  • The Defiant Ones

    Best Actor

    Nominated
    Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences
    1958

  • The Defiant Ones

    Best Performance by an Actor in a Motion Picture - Drama

    Nominated
    Hollywood Foreign Press Association
    1958

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