Actor and director Sidney Poitier on the set of the movie 'Lilies of the Field' for which he won the Academy Award for best actor Legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who broke barriers in 1963 as the ...

Sidney Poitier KBE (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 ...

Sydney Poitier, the charismatic actor with the smooth-toned voice and intense gaze, rose to stardom in the 1960s. Honored by the Screen Actors Guild, winner of an Academy Award and recipient of the ...

Denzel Washington and Halle Berry are two of the best actors working today, and made history at the Oscars together in 2002.

The Black Movie Hall of Fame (BMHOF) will host its inaugural Induction Gala on Saturday, February 28, 2026, at the newly restored Boone Theater, its future home, located in the heart of Kansas City’s ...

The New York Public Library’s Schomburg Center celebrates its beginnings, at a moment when Black history is under attack. By Jennifer Schuessler By Gabe Cohn Sidney Poitier is memorialized in this ...

Emmy-winning actress Sheryl Lee Ralph received the Sidney Poitier Icon Tribute at the Gotham Television Awards June 2. The “Abbott Elementary” star has a special history with the tribute’s namesake.

Unlock access to every one of the hundreds of articles published daily on BroadwayWorld by logging in with one click. Founded in 2023 by The Gotham in partnership with the Poitier family, and chaired ...