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 ...

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 ...

Sidney Poitier came to America from the Bahamas when Jim Crow laws were in effect and racial segregation was a painful daily reality. As the first Black man to win an Oscar, he challenged that reality ...

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 ...

Sidney Poitier in a scene from the film ‘Pressure Point’. It wasn’t long ago in American history when signs hung above public restrooms, water fountains, and restaurants proclaiming “Whites Only.” The ...

The Oprah Winfrey-produced documentary will premiere in September on the streaming service. Apple TV+ just dropped the trailer for “Sidney,” a new documentary from Oprah Winfrey that follows the life ...

HOLLYWOOD, Calif. (KFSN) -- A documentary about legendary film actor Sidney Poitier appears to be in the works. Sources tell The Hollywood Reporter the project has been quietly under development for ...

Fans are rewatching Sidney Poitier’s emotional and historic 1964 Academy Award win following the actor’s death aged 94. The death of the Hollywood star, who was known for films including Guess Who’s ...

Oscar-winning actor Sidney Poitier has five daughters, but it is his youngest--his namesake--who decided to follow in his acting footsteps. Sydney Tamiia Poitier, 29, is the star of "Abby" a new ...

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 ...

During an interview for Apple TV+’s “Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood,” Murphy revealed he bumped into Poitier and brought up that he had been approached to play Alex Haley ...