Sidney Poitier - Filmography

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Filmography

Duel at Diablo (1966)
Character: Toller - Leading

Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)
Character: John Prentice - Leading

Sneakers (1992)
Character: Crease - Leading

The Greatest Story Ever Told (1965)
Character: Simon of Cyrene

The Jackal (1997)
Character: Carter Preston - Leading

The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)
Character: Shack Twala - Leading

Shoot to Kill (1988)
Character: Warren Stantin - Leading

Ghost Dad (1990)

Position: Director

In the Heat of the Night (1967)
Character: Virgil Tibbs - Leading

The Defiant Ones (1958)
Character: Noah Cullen - Leading

Little Nikita (1988)
Character: Roy Parmenter - Leading

Stir Crazy (1980)

Position: Director

Hanky Panky (1982)

Position: Director

To Sir, with Love (1967)
Character: Mark Thackeray - Leading

Blackboard Jungle (1955)
Character: Gregory W. Miller

Buck and the Preacher (1972)
Character: Buck - Leading
Position: Director, Producer

No Way Out (1950)
Character: Dr. Luther Brooks - Leading

A Raisin in the Sun (1961)
Character: Walter Lee Younger - Leading

A Piece of the Action (1977)
Character: Manny Durrell - Leading
Position: Director

A Patch of Blue (1965)
Character: Gordon Ralfe - Leading

They Call Me Mister Tibbs! (1970)
Character: Virgil Tibbs - Leading

Lilies of the Field (1963)
Character: Homer Smith - Leading

The Long Ships (1964)
Character: Aly Mansuh - Leading

Brother John (1971)
Character: John Kane - Leading

Separate But Equal (1991)
Character: Thurgood Marshall - Leading

And the Oscar Goes To... (2014)
Character: Self (archive footage)

I Am Not Your Negro (2017)
Character: Various Roles (archive footage)

Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
Character: Self

Sidney (2022)
Character: Self - Leading

AFI Life Achievement Award: 50th Anniversary Special (2023)
Character: Self (archive footage) - Leading

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