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Sidney Poitier
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Sidney Poitier

Politician · born February 20, 1927 · died 2022

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Sidney Poitier was a Bahamian-American actor, film director, activist, and diplomat. In 1964, he was the first black actor and first Bahamian to win the Academy Award for Best Actor.

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Milestones, by age

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  1. ~36Received the Golden Globe Award for Best Actor – Motion Picture Drama1963
  2. 37Received the Academy Award for Best ActorApril 13, 1964
  3. ~54Received the Golden Globe Cecil B. DeMille Award1981
  4. ~68Named Kennedy Center Honors1995
  5. ~75Received the Academy Honorary Award2002
  6. ~82Received the Presidential Medal of Freedom2009

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