Sidney Poitier (1927-2022)
89.1 TOPICAL actor score · #36 of 1,977 actors
Sidney Poitier (1927-2022) has a TOPICAL actor score of 89.1 - one of the 100 best actors of all time by TOPICAL's score. Their strongest parts are acting honours and career standing. They've won 8 acting honours from 11 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1958-1967. Best films: In the Heat of the Night (1967), Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967), Lilies of the Field (1963).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours100
Prime95
Their movies82
Credits43
Career standing98
- Acting honours8 wins, 11 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; AFI Life Achievement Award; Academy Honorary Award
- Prime1958-1967
- Credits50 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 13 scored films (10 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 100 languages
“For his role in diversifying Hollywood and for his role in paving the way for further Black actors, he was described as one of "the most important figures of 20th century Hollywood".”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 10/10
Sidney Poitier's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 202 | In the Heat of the Night | 1967 | 1 |
| 320 | Guess Who's Coming to Dinner | 1967 | 2 |
| 800 | Lilies of the Field | 1963 | 1 |
| 802 | The Defiant Ones | 1958 | 2 |
| 1,690 | A Patch of Blue | 1965 | 1 |
| 2,332 | Porgy and Bess | 1959 | 1 |
| 2,343 | A Raisin in the Sun | 1961 | 1 |
| 2,420 | Sneakers | 1992 | 2 |
| 3,206 | No Way Out | 1950 | 3 |
| 3,915 | Edge of the City | 1957 | 2 |
| 4,312 | The Slender Thread | 1965 | 1 |
| 4,357 | Paris Blues | 1961 | 3 |
| 4,834 | The Jackal | 1997 | 3 |