About Sidney Poitier
Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor. Among his other accolades are two competitive Golden Globe Awards, a BAFTA Award and a Grammy Award, in addition to nominations for two Emmy Awards and a Tony Award. In 1999, he was ranked number 22 among the "American Film Institute's 100 Stars". Poitier was one of the last surviving stars from the Golden Age of Hollywood.
Biography source:
Wikipedia
Awards & Honors
Presidential Medal of Freedom
Academy Award for Best Actor
AFI Life Achievement Award
Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama
Silver Shell for Best Actor
Academy Honorary Award
Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award
Silver Bear
Show 19 more awards
BAFTA Fellowship
Silver Bear for Best Actor
Screen Actors Guild Life Achievement Award
Black Filmmakers Hall of Fame
Henrietta Award
Kennedy Center Honors
Spingarn Medal
Marian Anderson Award
Coretta Scott King Award
Grammy Award for Best Audio Book, Narration & Storytelling Recording
NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Actor in a Television Movie, Mini-Series or Dramatic Special
NAACP Image Award – Hall of Fame Award
Commandeur des Arts et des Lettres
Paul Robeson Award
Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire
star on Hollywood Walk of Fame
Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences
honorary doctor of the University of Miami
Audie Award for Narration by the Author or Authors
