Acting

시드니 포이티어

시드니 포이티어의 대표작은 조니 카슨의 투나잇 쇼, 아카데미상, The Dick Cavett Show, 골든 글로브상입니다. 시드니 포이티어은(는) 1927년 2월 20일에 태어났습니다. 시드니 포이티어은(는) 2022년 1월 6일에 94세의 나이로 세상을 떠났습니다.

출생: 1927년 2월 20일
출생지: Miami, Florida, USA
사망: 2022년 1월 6일 (94세)

프로필

Sidney Poitier KBE (February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, film director, and diplomat. In 1964, he became the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor, for Lilies of the Field. Other accolades include two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a competitive British Academy of Film and Television Arts award (BAFTA), and a Grammy Award for Best Spoken Word Album. Major films featuring Poitier in a starring role include Blackboard Jungle (1955), The Defiant Ones (1958), To Sir, with Love (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), In the Heat of the Night (1967), Sneakers (1992), and The Jackal (1997). Later in his career, he turned to directing with features such as Buck and the Preacher (1972), Uptown Saturday Night (1974), Stir Crazy (1980), and Ghost Dad (1990). At the time of his death, Poitier was one of the last major stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood cinema.