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About Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Everything about Sidney Poitier →- Occupation
- film actor, film director, diplomat, autobiographer
- Position held
- ambassador of the Bahamas, ambassador of the Bahamas
- Citizenship
- United States, The Bahamas
- Born
- February 20, 1927
- Died
- January 6, 2022