Morgan Freeman, Helen Mirren, and Sidney Poitier

Clint Eastwood, Morgan Freeman, and Sidney Poitier

Best Actor Sidney Poitier ("Lilies of the Field") accepts his Oscar from Anne Bancroft. 36th Academy Awards.

Sidney Poitier at an event for Precious (2009)

Brad Pitt, Angelina Jolie, Sidney Poitier, and Sydney Tamiia Poitier at an event for Inglourious Basterds (2009)

Sidney Poitier and Joanna Shimkus at an event for The Great Debaters (2007)

Sidney Poitier in All the Young Men (1960)

Sidney Poitier and Don Murray in Television (1988)

Sidney Poitier in TCM Remembers 2022 (2022)

Sidney Poitier in A Raisin in the Sun (1961)

Sidney Poitier in TCM Remembers Sidney Poitier (2022)

Tony Curtis and Sidney Poitier in TCM Remembers Sidney Poitier (2022)

Sidney Poitier and Katharine Houghton in TCM Remembers Sidney Poitier (2022)

Sidney Poitier and Calvin Lockhart in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Bill Cosby and Sidney Poitier in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Harry Belafonte, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Jophery C. Brown, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Harry Belafonte, Sidney Poitier, Jophery C. Brown, and Johnny Sekka in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Sidney Poitier in Uptown Saturday Night (1974)

Katharine Hepburn, Spencer Tracy, Sidney Poitier, and Katharine Houghton in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)

James Earl Jones, Bill Cosby, Sidney Poitier, Denise Nicholas, and Tracy Reed in A Piece of the Action (1977)

Sidney Poitier and Abbey Lincoln in For Love of Ivy (1968)

Michael Caine and Sidney Poitier in The Wilby Conspiracy (1975)

Sidney Poitier in The Organization (1971)

Lukas Haas, Sidney Poitier, and Brittany Murphy in David and Lisa (1998)

James Garner and Sidney Poitier in Duel at Diablo (1966)

Sidney Poitier and Elizabeth Hartman in A Patch of Blue (1965)

Dan Aykroyd, River Phoenix, Robert Redford, David Strathairn, Mary McDonnell, and Sidney Poitier in Sneakers (1992)