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Sidney Poitier

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Actor

The Resume

    (February 20, 1927-January 6, 2022)
    Won the 1963 Oscar for Best Actor (Lilies of the Field)
    Won lifetime Oscar (2002)
    Acted in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner,' 'In the Heat of the Night,' 'The Defiant Ones,' 'Lilies of the Field,' 'To Sir With Love' and 'No Way Out'

Why he might be annoying:

    He divorced.
    To get his first major role in 'No Way Out (1950)' he lied to director John Mankiewicz and told him he was twenty-seven (he was twenty-two).
    His early roles, while compelling, were still less interesting and prominent than those white actors routinely obtained.
    He cut his roles significantly after the 60's.
    He achieved only moderate success as a director.

Why he might not be annoying:

    He overcame his poor background and made it big.
    He was the first African American to win the best actor 'Academy Award.'
    His roles in 'Guess Who's Coming to Dinner (1967)' and 'To Sir, with Love (1967)' broke racial barriers.
    Awarded the American Film Institute Life Achievement Award (1992)
    Appointed ambassador of the Bahamas to Japan (April 1997)
    He influenced several generations of African American actors.
    He remained one of the most respected and beloved figures of American cinema into the 2020s.
    He is ranked in People Magazine's 50 Most beautiful People in the World (2001).

Credit: Jet


Featured in the following Annoying Collections:

Year In Review:

    For 2024, as of last weekly ranking, Out of 2 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2023, Out of 90 Votes: 56.67% Annoying
    In 2022, Out of 251 Votes: 53.78% Annoying
    In 2021, Out of 23 Votes: 26.09% Annoying
    In 2020, Out of 51 Votes: 45.10% Annoying
    In 2019, Out of 93 Votes: 51.61% Annoying
    In 2018, Out of 72 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2017, Out of 17 Votes: 29.41% Annoying
    In 2016, Out of 4 Votes: 25.00% Annoying
    In 2015, Out of 29 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2014, Out of 77 Votes: 49.35% Annoying
    In 2013, Out of 64 Votes: 53.12% Annoying
    In 2012, Out of 70 Votes: 50.0% Annoying
    In 2011, Out of 58 Votes: 44.83% Annoying
    In 2010, Out of 210 Votes: 52.86% Annoying
    In 2009, Out of 375 Votes: 36.27% Annoying
    In 2008, Out of 92 Votes: 39.13% Annoying
    In 2007, Out of 256 Votes: 44.14% Annoying
    In 2006, Out of 347 Votes: 40.06% Annoying
    In 2005, Out of 1345 Votes: 42.01% Annoying
    In 2004, Out of 744 Votes: 44.35% Annoying
    In 2003, Out of 1164 Votes: 42.78% Annoying
    In 2002, Out of 2498 Votes: 35.15% Annoying