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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.
From Cillian Murphy and Will Smith to Sidney Poitier and Daniel Day-Lewis, a roll call of every Best Actor winner since the first-ever Academy Awards in 1929 ... Nicolas Cage won the award for ...
Sidney Poitier (/ ˈ p w ɑː t j eɪ / PWAH-tyay; [1] February 20, 1927 – January 6, 2022) 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. [2]
Sidney Poitier Won Blue Ribbon Awards: Best Foreign Language Film: Ralph Nelson Won British Academy Film Awards: Best Foreign Actor: Sidney Poitier Nominated [11] United Nations Award Nominated Directors Guild of America Awards: Outstanding Directorial Achievement in Motion Pictures: Ralph Nelson Nominated [12] Golden Globe Awards: Best Motion ...
Sidney Poitier — who turns 94 on Feb. 20 — has received virtually every showbiz award possible: An Oscar, Grammy, Golden Globe, plus Life Achievement Awards from AFI, BAFTA, NAACP Image Awards ...
Sidney Poitier became the first Black man to win when he was awarded best actor for "Lilies of the Field" (1963). Sidney Poitier admired the Oscar he received in 1964. Bettmann/Getty Images
Sidney Poitier won for Lilies of the Field (1963); first black actor to win. Rex Harrison won for My Fair Lady (1964). Lee Marvin won for playing dual roles in Cat Ballou (1965).
And when he won an Academy Award for his performance in the 1963 film Lilies of the Field, Poitier changed film history: He became the first and only Black person to receive an Oscar for Best Actor.