Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen.
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He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Poitier received numerous honoraries during his lifetime including the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement in film in 2001. In 1992, he received the AFI Life Achievement Award. In 1994, he received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. In 1981, he received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award and in 2016 he received the BAFTA Fellowship.
In 1995, Poitier received the Kennedy Center Honor and in 2009, he was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.[1][2] He was also awarded as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1974.[3]
Awards
edit| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Best Actor | The Defiant Ones | Nominated | [4] |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Won | ||
| 2001 | Honorary Academy Award | Received | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Silver Bear for Best Actor | The Defiant Ones | Won | [5] |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Won | [6] |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Best Foreign Actor | Edge of the City | Nominated | [7] |
| 1959 | The Defiant Ones | Won | ||
| 1962 | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated | ||
| 1965 | Lilies of the Field | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | A Patch of Blue | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated | ||
| 2016 | BAFTA Fellowship | Received | ||
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama | The Defiant Ones | Nominated | [8] |
| 1959 | Best Actor - Motion Picture Musical or Comedy | Porgy and Bess | Nominated | |
| 1961 | Best Actor - Motion Picture Drama | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated | |
| 1963 | Lilies of the Field | Won | ||
| 1965 | A Patch of Blue | Nominated | ||
| 1967 | In the Heat of the Night | Nominated | ||
| 1968 | Henrietta Award | World Film Favorite | Won | |
| 1969 | Nominated | |||
| 1970 | Nominated | |||
| 1981 | Cecil B. DeMille Award | Received | ||
| 1991 | Best Actor - Miniseries or Television Film | Separate but Equal | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | Best Spoken Word Album | The Measure of a Man | Won | [9] |
| 2009 | Life Beyond Measure | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1991 | Outstanding Actor in a Limited Series or Movie | Separate but Equal | Nominated | [10] |
| 1997 | Mandela and de Klerk | Nominated |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | Outstanding Actor in a Miniseries of Television Movie | Mandela and de Klerk | Nominated | [11] |
| 2000 | Life Achievement Award | Received | [12] | |
| Year | Category | Nominated work | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1960 | Best Actor in a Play | A Raisin in the Sun | Nominated |
Honorary Awards
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- In 1992, Poitier received the AFI Life Achievement Award.
- In 1995, Poitier received the Kennedy Center Honor
- In 2009, Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.[13]
Walk of Fame
edit- In 1994, Poitier received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.
Honorary Knighthood
editOther tributes
edit- 1958: Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin Film Festival) for The Defiant Ones
- 1963: Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin Film Festival) for Lilies of the Field[17]
- 1997: Appointed non-resident Bahamian Ambassador to Japan
- 2011: Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute[18] honoring his life and careers
- 2014: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement,[19] presented by Awards Council member Oprah Winfrey[20]
References
edit- ^ "Kennedy Center Honors Neil Simon, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier". Associated Press. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Presidential Medal of Freedom". CBS. August 12, 2009. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Sir Sidney Poitier". American Academy of Arts & Sciences. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Poitier". Oscars.org. September 27, 2014. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 1958". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on October 15, 2013. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ^ "PRIZES & HONOURS 1963". berlinale.de. Archived from the original on May 2, 2014. Retrieved June 7, 2014.
- ^ "BAFTA: Sidney Poitier". awards.bafta.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Poitier". goldenglobes.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Poitier - Artist". grammys.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "Sidney Poitier". emmys.com. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "4th Screen Actors Guild Awards". sagawards.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "THE 6TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS". sagawards.org. Retrieved February 20, 2021.
- ^ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients", White House Office of the Press Secretary, July 30, 2009.
- ^ "Award of Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) to Sidney Poitier, actor... | The National Archives". Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk. Retrieved February 5, 2020.
- ^ "CNN.com - U.S. general knighthood sparks row - May 25, 2004". www.cnn.com.
- ^ "Reagan Now a Knight but Not a Sir : Queen Bestows Title--No Dubbing, No Kneeling Required". Los Angeles Times. June 14, 1989.
- ^ "Berlinale 1963: Prize Winners". berlinale.de. Retrieved February 14, 2010.
- ^ "Film Society of Lincoln Center honors the life and career of Sidney Poitier" Archived September 11, 2012, at archive.today, Lincoln Center of the Performing Arts, May 2, 2011.
- ^ "Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement". www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
- ^ "Photos: 2014: Oprah Winfrey introducing legend of American cinema, Sidney Poitier, at an American Academy of Achievement ceremony in Los Angeles, California; Oprah Winfrey presents Sidney Poitier with the Academy of Achievement's Gold Medal". American Academy of Achievement.