Sidney Poitier: movies and TV shows
Sidney Poitier has 118 credits in the archive: 95 films and 23 TV series, from 1944 to 2026. Highest rated: Cinépanorama (8.7/10).
Career timeline
1944 – 2026 · busiest year: 1957 (5 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | The Resurrection of Christ | Film | — | 99 | |
| 2024 | Hollywood Black | Self (archive footage) | TV | 3.7 | 97 |
| 2024 | Remembering Gene Wilder | Self (archive photos) | Film | 7.2 | 97 |
| 2023 | Paul Newman: The Restless | Self | Film | 7.7 | 96 |
| 2023 | Reinventing Elvis: The 68' Comeback | Self (archive footage) | Film | 6.5 | 96 |
| 2023 | Sidney Poitier - The Man Who Changed Hollywood | Self (archive footage) | Film | 3.0 | 96 |
| 2022 | Sidney | Self | Film | 7.0 | 95 |
| 2022 | A Star Without a Star: The Untold Juanita Moore Story | Self | Film | — | 95 |
| 2018 | Mr. SOUL! | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.0 | 91 |
| 2018 | Poitier's Walter Lee | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 91 |
| 2017 | The Madding Crowd | Self (archive footage) | Film | — | 90 |
| 2017 | Lorraine Hansberry: Sighted Eyes / Feeling Heart | Self | Film | 6.2 | 90 |
| 2013 | Whoopi Goldberg Presents Moms Mabley | Self | Film | 6.7 | 86 |
| 2013 | Martin Luther King and the March on Washington | Self | Film | 10.0 | 86 |
| 2012 | Sing Your Song | Self | Film | 6.9 | 85 |
| 2007 | Mr. Warmth: The Don Rickles Project | Self | Film | 6.8 | 80 |
| 2004 | Hollywood Legenden | Self | Film | 4.5 | 77 |
| 2003 | The Making of ‘Sneakers’ | Self | Film | 7.5 | 76 |
| 2001 | The Last Brickmaker in America | Henry Cobb | Film | 8.0 | 74 |
| 2001 | Quincy Jones: In the Pocket | Self | Film | 10.0 | 74 |
| 2000 | Sidney Poitier: One Bright Light | Film | 6.7 | 73 | |
| 2000 | Richard Widmark: Strength of Characters | Self | Film | — | 73 |
| 1999 | Free of Eden | Will Cleamons | Film | 9.7 | 72 |
| 1999 | The Simple Life of Noah Dearborn | Noah Dearborn | Film | 6.2 | 72 |
| 1998 | David and Lisa | Dr. Jack Miller | Film | 6.0 | 71 |
| 1998 | Scandalize My Name: Stories from the Blacklist | Reverend Msimangu (archive footage) | Film | 8.3 | 71 |
| 1997 | The Jackal | Carter Preston | Film | 6.4 | 70 |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | Nelson Mandela | Film | 7.0 | 70 |
| 1997 | Afro Promo | Self (archive footage) | Film | 8.0 | 70 |
| 1996 | To Sir, with Love II | Mark Thackeray | Film | 6.4 | 69 |
| 1995 | Children of the Dust | Gypsy Smith | TV | 7.1 | 68 |
| 1995 | Wild Bill: Hollywood Maverick | Self | Film | 8.3 | 68 |
| 1992 | Sneakers | Crease | Film | 6.9 | 65 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Thurgood Marshall | TV | 6.0 | 64 |
| 1991 | Separate but Equal | Thurgood Marshall | Film | 6.5 | 64 |
| 1990 | Ghost Dad | Film | 5.1 | 63 | |
| 1988 | Shoot to Kill | Warren Stantin | Film | 6.6 | 61 |
| 1988 | Little Nikita | Roy Parmenter | Film | 6.1 | 61 |
| 1988 | Roy Orbison and Friends: A Black and White Night | Self - Audience Member | Film | 7.6 | 61 |
| 1986 | The Spencer Tracy Legacy: A Tribute by Katharine Hepburn | Self | Film | 8.3 | 59 |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self | Film | 6.8 | 58 |
| 1985 | Fast Forward | Film | 5.6 | 58 | |
| 1984 | I Love Quincy | Self | Film | — | 57 |
| 1982 | Hanky Panky | Film | 5.3 | 55 | |
| 1980 | Stir Crazy | Film | 6.5 | 53 | |
| 1979 | Paul Robeson: Tribute to an Artist | Narrator (voice) | Film | 7.3 | 52 |
| 1978 | The Kennedy Center Honors | Self | TV | 7.4 | 51 |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Manny Durrell | Film | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1977 | A Piece of the Action | Film | 5.8 | 50 | |
| 1975 | The Wilby Conspiracy | Shack Twala | Film | 6.4 | 48 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Clyde Williams | Film | 7.0 | 48 |
| 1975 | Let's Do It Again | Film | 7.0 | 48 | |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Steve Jackson | Film | 6.2 | 47 |
| 1974 | Uptown Saturday Night | Film | 6.2 | 47 | |
| 1973 | The American Film Institute Salute to ... | Self | TV | 6.3 | 46 |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Dr. Matt Younger | Film | 6.5 | 46 |
| 1973 | A Warm December | Film | 6.5 | 46 | |
| 1972 | Nationtime: Gary | Self - Narrator | Film | 8.0 | 45 |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Buck | Film | 6.3 | 45 |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1972 | Buck and the Preacher | Film | 6.3 | 45 | |
| 1971 | Film '72 | Self | TV | 4.7 | 44 |
| 1971 | The Organization | Virgil Tibbs | Film | 6.3 | 44 |
| 1971 | Brother John | John Kane | Film | 6.5 | 44 |
| 1970 | They Call Me Mister Tibbs! | Virgil Tibbs | Film | 5.9 | 43 |
| 1970 | King: A Filmed Record... Montgomery to Memphis | Self (archive footage) | Film | 7.3 | 43 |
| 1969 | Three Young Americans in Search of Survival | Himself | Film | — | 42 |
| 1969 | The Lost Man | Jason Higgs | Film | 4.3 | 42 |
| 1968 | The Dick Cavett Show | Self - Guest | TV | 6.8 | 41 |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | Jack Parks | Film | 6.2 | 41 |
| 1968 | For Love of Ivy | Film | 6.2 | 41 | |
| 1967 | Omnibus | TV | 7.2 | 40 | |
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Virgil Tibbs | Film | 7.7 | 40 |
| 1967 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | John Prentice | Film | 7.6 | 40 |
| 1967 | To Sir, with Love | Mark Thackeray | Film | 7.5 | 40 |
| 1966 | ABC Stage 67 | Self - Host | TV | 6.8 | 39 |
| 1966 | Duel at Diablo | Toller | Film | 6.4 | 39 |
| 1966 | The Strolling '20s | Self | Film | — | 39 |
| 1965 | The Greatest Story Ever Told | Simon of Cyrene | Film | 6.4 | 38 |
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Gordon Ralfe | Film | 7.6 | 38 |
| 1965 | The Bedford Incident | Ben Munceford | Film | 7.0 | 38 |
| 1965 | The Slender Thread | Alan Newell | Film | 7.1 | 38 |
| 1965 | A Cinderella Named Elizabeth | Self | Film | 6.5 | 38 |
| 1964 | The Long Ships | Aly Mansuh | Film | 6.1 | 37 |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Homer Smith | Film | 7.2 | 36 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 35 |
| 1962 | The Merv Griffin Show | Self | TV | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1962 | Pressure Point | Doctor | Film | 6.5 | 35 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self | TV | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self - Taped Tribute | TV | 5.8 | 34 |
| 1961 | Paris Blues | Eddie Cook | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1961 | A Raisin in the Sun | Walter Lee Younger | Film | 7.7 | 34 |
| 1960 | All the Young Men | Sgt. Eddie Towler | Film | 6.7 | 33 |
| 1959 | Virgin Island | Marcus | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1959 | Porgy and Bess | Porgy | Film | 6.3 | 32 |
| 1958 | The Defiant Ones | Noah Cullen | Film | 7.1 | 31 |
| 1957 | Tonight Starring Jack Paar | Self | TV | 7.5 | 30 |
| 1957 | Band of Angels | Rau-Ru | Film | 6.3 | 30 |
| 1957 | Something of Value | Kimani Wa Karanja | Film | 5.5 | 30 |
| 1957 | Edge of the City | Tommy Tyler | Film | 7.2 | 30 |
| 1957 | The Mark of the Hawk | Obam | Film | 3.4 | 30 |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | — | 29 |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self | TV | 8.7 | 29 |
| 1956 | Good-bye, My Lady | Gates Watson | Film | 7.8 | 29 |
| 1955 | Blackboard Jungle | Gregory W. Miller | Film | 6.9 | 28 |
| 1955 | A Man Is Ten Feet Tall | Tommy Tyler | Film | — | 28 |
| 1954 | Go Man Go | Inman Jackson | Film | 5.4 | 27 |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self | TV | 7.0 | 26 |
| 1953 | Kraft Television Theatre | TV | 10.0 | 26 | |
| 1952 | Omnibus | TV | 6.3 | 25 | |
| 1952 | The Red Ball Express | Robertson | Film | 5.9 | 25 |
| 1951 | Cry, the Beloved Country | Reverend Msimangu | Film | 6.3 | 24 |
| 1950 | No Way Out | Luther Brooks | Film | 6.9 | 23 |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | TV | 6.6 | 21 | |
| 1948 | The Philco Television Playhouse | Tommy Tyler | TV | 6.6 | 21 |
| 1947 | Sepia Cinderella | Nightclub Extra (uncredited) | Film | 5.2 | 20 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Nominee | TV | 7.1 | 17 |
| 1944 | Golden Globe Awards | Self - Presenter | TV | 7.1 | 17 |