Sidney Poitier Bio, Age, Wife, Daughter, Net Worth, Movies & Wiki

Sidney Poitier Bio, Age, Wife, Daughter, Net Worth, Movies & Wiki

Sidney Poitier is an actor, director and diplomat best known for being the first black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor. He won the award for his portrayal of Homer Smith, an African-American employee in the film “Lilies of the Field.” This was a very emblematic achievement of the wanton discrimination in the United States in the 1960s. He was born to poor Bahamian peasant parents with little formal education. As a teenager, he was turning to road crime when his father sent him to the US to start his life over. He had a huge culture shock in New York, where he saw endless racism and rifts between his classes.

After struggling to finish Dishwasher, he followed the African American Theater. Through his determination and hard work, he quickly became a sought-after after-screen artist and soon began receiving film offers. In his debut, “No Way Out,” he played a doctor who manages white paranoia. This appearance caught his attention and he received certain offers. After establishing himself as a successful actor, he also turned in this direction. In 1999, he was named one of the greatest male stars of all time by the Motion Picture Association of America.

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Wiki/Biodata

birth name	Sir Sidney Poitier KBE
Nick name	Sidney Poitier
age	(as in 2022) 95 years
religion	Christianity
Sun Sign / Zodiac Sign	Pisces
place of birth	Міаmі, Florida, United Ѕtаtеѕ
date of birth	February 20, 1927
Country of Citizenship	American
Residential	Beverly Hills, California
hometown	Міаmі
Hobby	Not available
family
mother’s name	Evelyn Poitier
father’s name	Reginald James Poitier
brother	Cyril Poitier (elder)
elder sister	Not available
girlfriend / affair
affairs/girlfriend	Not available
Marital status, wife and children
wife/spouse	Joanna Simkus (m. 1976) Juanita Hardy (m. 1950–1965) Sidney Poitier and his wife
wedding date	January 23, 1976 (with Joanna Simkus) April 29, 1950 (with Juanita Hardy)
children	son – none Daughters- • Beverly Poitier-Henderson • Pamela Poitier • Shirley Poitier • Gina Poitier • Anica Poitier • Sydney Tamiia Poitier Sidney Poitier with his wife and daughter
educate
School	Actors Studio Inc
College University	no
Education	He had little formal education.
Profession	Actor, Director, Writer and Diplomat
Brand recognition	Not available
professional manager	Not available
Height, Weight and Body Measurements
height (approximately)	in cm – 189 cm in meters – 1.89 m feet inches – 6’2″
Weight (approximately)	in kilograms – 85 kilograms in pounds – 187 pounds
graph measurement
chest circumference	Not available
bicep size	Not available
waistline	Not available
Extra ordinary functions
race/ethnicity	Black
hair color	salt and pepper
eye color	Black
sexuality	Completely correct
clothing size	Not available
shoe size	Not available
favorite things
favorite food	Not available
favorite actor	Not available
favourite colour	Not available
favorite sport	Not available
dispute	no

The journey of life

A native of Cat Island, Bahamas (though born two months premature, born in Miami during his parents’ visit), Poitier grew up in poverty, the son of farmer Evelyn (nee Outten) and Reginald James Poitier, who also runs a family of taxi.

He had little formal education and was sent to Miami to live with his brother at the age of 15 to prevent a growing trend of crime. In the U.S., he faced a racial divide that divided the country, a huge shock for a boy from a predominantly African-American society.

At 18, he went to New York to do small jobs and sleep in toilets at bus terminals. After a brief stint as an army staff member at a VA hospital, he took up more menial jobs in Harlem. A brilliant audition at the African American theater was rejected so strongly that Poitiers devoted the next six months to overcoming his accent and improving his acting skills. On his second attempt, he was accepted.

Focusing on rehearsals as a casting agent, he won some roles in the production of “Lysistrata” on Broadway, for which he received critical acclaim. By the end of 1949, he had to choose between starring on stage and working for Darryl F. Zanuck in the film No Way Out (1950). His performance as a doctor treating white paranoia brought him widespread attention and led to more roles.

Still, the roles are not as interesting and prominent as the white actors who got them in time. But seven years later, after rejecting several projects he deemed degrading, Poitiers was offered a number of roles that catapulted him into a category that few African-Americans at the time were capable of, namely, a leader.

One of these films, The Defiant Ones (1958), earned Poitiers his first Oscar nomination for Best Actor. Five years later, he won an Oscar for “Lilies of the Field” (1963), the first African-American to win a leading role.

Sidney Poitier net worth

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Sidney Poitier Movies & TV Shows

• Poitiers made his Hollywood debut in the 1950 feature film “No Way Out”, followed by a 1951 drama “Beloved Country” set during apartheid South Africa.
• He loved his career breakthrough in 1955 with the popular Blackboard Jungle, which portrayed a troubled but gifted student at a downtown school.
• Poitiers’ success as an actor reached new heights when Tony Curtis’ crime drama “The Defiant Ones” was nominated for an Oscar in 1958.
• The following year, he landed a leading role in the musical “Porgy and Bess,” co-starring with Dorothy Dandridge. Both the film and his impressive turnaround in his 1961 adaptation of A Raisin in the Sun helped the actor become a top star.
• In 1964, Poitiers won the Academy Award for Best Actor for his performance in “Lilies of the Field” (1963), the first such win for an African-American actor in the category.
• In 1967, Poitier delivered three distinct but equally strong performances. He played Philadelphia detective Virgil Tibbs in the Southern crime drama “Night Heat.” In “Guess Who’s Coming to Dinner,” he played a black man engaged to a white woman, a seminal observation of interracial marriage.
• While he helped break down the color barriers in film and brought dignity to the depiction of noble and intelligent characters, Poitiers found himself under fire for not being more politically radical in the late 1960s.
• He was particularly disturbed by a scathing New York Times article about him and decided to step back from the spotlight, opting to live in the Bahamas for a while before returning to Hollywood.
• In 1972, Poitiers made his directorial debut and co-starred in Western Bucks and Missionaries with his friend Harry Belafonte. The pair also appeared together in the 1974 comedy “Saturday Night Uptown,” the first of several Poitiers-directed films starring Bill Cosby.
• In 1980, Poitiers directed the Richard Pryor-Gene Wilder comedy “Crazy Churn,” which became the highest-grossing film by an African-American director in years.
• After leaving the big screen for about 10 years as an actor, Poitiers returned in 1988 with two plays – “The Shot” and “Little Nikita.” Other notable late films include Sneakers (1992) and One Man, One Vote (1997).
• On the small screen, Poitier has won accolades for portraying some of the biggest names in history. He played US Supreme Court Justice Thurgood Marshall in “Separate But Equal” in 1991 and South African leaders Nelson Mandela and Michael De Klerk in “Mandela” and De Klerk in 1997 Kane Opposition.

Books and Honors

Turning his attention to sharing his many personal experiences, Poitiers published The Measure of a Man in 2000, a book known as a spiritual autobiography. That same year, he won a Grammy for Best Spoken Album for the audio version of the book. He later shared his years of wisdom for future generations in 2008’s “The Unmeasurable Life: A Letter to a Great-Granddaughter.”

Poitiers received numerous honors during his storied career. In 1974 he was appointed Knight Commander of the British Empire, which gave him the right to use the title of “Sir”, although he chose not to.

In 2009, he received the Presidential Medal of Freedom from President Barack Obama. Two years later, he was welcomed by the Film Society of Lincoln Center, receiving the organization’s Chaplin Lifetime Achievement Award.

Poitier has also served as a non-resident Bahamian ambassador to Japan and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.

fact

1. Nominated for two Oscars and won one. Also won an honorary Oscar.
2. Nominated for two Grammys and won one.
3. Twice Primetime Emmy nominee.
4. Raised on Cat Island in the Bahamas. Then the family moved to…

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