List of awards and nominations received by Sidney Poitier explained

**List of Sidney Poitier awards**

Award	Wins	Nominations
Academy Awards
BAFTA Awards
Golden Globe Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Primetime Emmy Awards
Screen Actors Guild Awards
Tony Awards

Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor known for his appearances on the stage and screen.

He became the first Black actor to win the Academy Award for Best Actor for Lilies of the Field (1963). He also received a Grammy Award, two Golden Globe Awards and a British Academy Film Award. Poitier received numerous honoraries during his lifetime including the Academy Honorary Award for his lifetime achievement in film in 2001. 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.^[1] ^[2] He was also awarded as Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire by Queen Elizabeth II in 1974.^[3]

Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
		The Defiant Ones		^[4]
		Lilies of the Field

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
1958	Silver Bear for Best Actor	The Defiant Ones		^[5]
1963	Silver Bear for Best Actor	Lilies of the Field		^[6]

Year	Nominated work	Ref.
	Edge of the City	^[7]
	The Defiant Ones
	A Raisin in the Sun
	Lilies of the Field
	A Patch of Blue
	In the Heat of the Night
2016

Category	Nominated work	Ref.
	The Defiant Ones	^[8]
	Porgy and Bess
	A Raisin in the Sun
	Lilies of the Field
	A Patch of Blue
	In the Heat of the Night
Henrietta Award	World Film Favorite



	Separate but Equal

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
		The Measure of a Man		^[9]
		Life Beyond Measure		^[9]

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
		Separate but Equal		^[10]
		Mandela and de Klerk		^[10]

Screen Actors Guild Awards

Year	Category	Nominated work	Result	Ref.
		Mandela and de Klerk		^[11]
				^[12]

Honorary Awards

In 1992, Poitier received the AFI Life Achievement Award.

In 1995, Poitier received the Kennedy Center Honor

In 2009, Poitier was awarded the Presidential Medal of Freedom from Barack Obama.^[13]

Walk of Fame

In 1994, Poitier received a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 7065 Hollywood Blvd.

Honorary Knighthood

1974: Honorary Knight Commander of the Order of the British Empire (KBE)^[14] ^[15] ^[16]

Other tributes

1958: Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin Film Festival) for The Defiant Ones
1963: Silver Bear for Best Actor (Berlin Film Festival) for Lilies of the Field^[17]
1997: Appointed non-resident Bahamian Ambassador to Japan
2011: Film Society of Lincoln Center Gala Tribute^[18] honoring his life and careers
2014: Golden Plate Award of the American Academy of Achievement,^[19] presented by Awards Council member Oprah Winfrey^[20]

Notes and References

Web site: Kennedy Center Honors Neil Simon, B.B. King, Sidney Poitier. Associated Press. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Presidential Medal of Freedom. CBS. August 12, 2009. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Sir Sidney Poitier. American Academy of Arts & Sciences. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Sidney Poitier. Oscars.org. September 27, 2014. February 20, 2021.
Web site: PRIZES & HONOURS 1958 . 7 June 2014 . berlinale.de . https://web.archive.org/web/20131015121020/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1958/03_preistr_ger_1958/03_Preistraeger_1958.html . 15 October 2013 . dead .
Web site: PRIZES & HONOURS 1963 . 7 June 2014 . berlinale.de . https://web.archive.org/web/20140502235655/http://www.berlinale.de/en/archiv/jahresarchive/1963/03_preistr_ger_1963/03_Preistraeger_1963.html . 2 May 2014 . live .
Web site: BAFTA: Sidney Poitier. awards.bafta.org. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Sidney Poitier. goldenglobes.com. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Sidney Poitier - Artist. grammys.com. February 20, 2021.
Web site: Sidney Poitier. emmys.com. February 20, 2021.
Web site: 4th Screen Actors Guild Awards. sagawards.org. February 20, 2021.
Web site: THE 6TH ANNUAL SCREEN ACTORS GUILD AWARDS. sagawards.org. February 20, 2021.
https://obamawhitehouse.archives.gov/the_press_office/President-Obama-Names-Medal-of-Freedom-Recipients/ "President Obama Names Medal of Freedom Recipients"
Web site: Award of Honorary Knight Commander of the British Empire (KBE) to Sidney Poitier, actor... | The National Archives . Discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk . 2020-02-05.
News: CNN.com - U.S. general knighthood sparks row - May 25, 2004. www.cnn.com.
Web site: Reagan Now a Knight but Not a Sir : Queen Bestows Title--No Dubbing, No Kneeling Required. June 14, 1989. Los Angeles Times.
Web site: Berlinale 1963: Prize Winners . February 14, 2010 . berlinale.de.
http://www.societyhae.com/profiles/blogs/film-society-of-lincoln-1/ "Film Society of Lincoln Center honors the life and career of Sidney Poitier"
Web site: Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement . www.achievement.org. American Academy of Achievement.
Web site: Photos: 2014: Oprah Winfrey introducing legend of American cinema, Sidney Poitier, at an American Academy of Achievement ceremony in Los Angeles, California; Oprah Winfrey presents Sidney Poitier with the Academy of Achievement's Gold Medal.. American Academy of Achievement.