"I accept this award in memory of all the African-American actors and actresses who went before me in the difficult years," Poitier said during his speech Sidney ... to win an Academy Award ...

Sidney Poitier, who made history as the first Black man to win an Oscar for Best Actor, died Friday at age 94 Hollywood is mourning the loss of legendary actor Sidney Poitier, who died at age 94 ...

Eddie Murphy looked back on confusing career advice he received from Sidney Poitier.In the new documentary Number One on the Call Sheet: Black Leading Men in Hollywood, the Beverly Hills Cop ...

23. The Academy Award-winning actor reflects on making 'Roots' 45 years later and working with Sidney Poitier. ET chats with Louis Gossett Jr. to discuss his Hollywood career, from ‘Roots’ to ...

Washington considered the late actor Sidney Poitier a major ... African American performer to win an Academy Award for Best Actor in 1964. By the time Poitier had already made history, Washington ...

Sidney Poitier wasn ... In March 2022, two months after Poitier died at 94, Perry called Poitier his “north star” while presenting at the Academy Awards ceremony. “When he stood on that ...

When film star Sidney Poitier died last week aged 94, there was an outpouring of praise and grief. Poitier was after all the first black man to win an Oscar. He won the Academy award for Best ...