Sidney Poitier

About

Sidney Poitier is a Bahamian-American retired actor, film director, activist, and ambassador. In 1964, Poitier won the Academy Award for Best Actor becoming the first black male and Bahamian actor to win that award. He is currently the oldest living and earliest surviving Best Actor Academy Award winner. 1Source: wikipedia.org

Below you will learn about Sidney Poitier bio, age, height, body measurements, ethnicity, political views, diet, net worth, house map, hobbies, education, tattoo, faith, languages spoken, IQ, daily routine, favourite things, quotes, news and much more.

Path to fame
Poitier’s success as an actor reached new heights when he scored an Academy Award nomination for the 1958 crime drama The Defiant Ones, with Tony Curtis. The following year, he lit up the screen as a leading man in the musical Porgy and Bess, co-starring with Dorothy Dandridge. 2Source: biography.com

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BIRTHDAY
February 20, 1927 (age 97)

ZODIAC SIGN
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BORN
Miami, Florida, United States (Map)

EDUCATION
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POLITICAL VIEWS
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Nationality
American

Ethnicity
African-Bahamian 3Source: ethnicelebs.com

HEIGHT
6ft 2 ½ (189.2 cm) 4Source: celebheights.com

WEIGHT
97 kg (213 lbs)

DIET
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EYE COLOR
Brown

HAIR COLOR
Gray

HANDEDNESS
Right-handed 5Source: amazon.com

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SMOKE
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NET WORTH
$25 Million (2021) 6Source: celebritynetworth.com

Faith
Non-religious 7Source: oprah.com

languages spoken
English, Russian

IQ
Unknown

House
Beverly Hills, California, US (Map)

Daily routine
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Sexual Orientation
Heterosexual

Personal Quotes

Living consciously involves being genuine; it involves listening and responding to others honestly and openly; it involves being in the moment.

You don’t have to become something you’re not to be better than you were.

When you walk with someone, something unspoken happens. Either you match their pace or they match yours.

I never had an occasion to question color, therefore, I only saw myself as what I was… a human being.

To simply wake up every morning a better person than when I went to bed. 8Source: azquotes.com

Favorite Things

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Travelling

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Harry Belafonte

place to visit
Europe

color
Blue

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Filmography

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The Legacy of Sidney Poitier

News

February 20, 2021
Sidney Poitier turns 94: The trailblazing actor’s career in photos