SIDNEY POITIER

Sidney Poitier KBE was born on February 20, 1927. He is a Bahamian American actor, film director and ambassador. In 1964, Poitiers won the Oscar for Best Actor (second nomination), becoming the first black and African Bahamian actor to receive this honor. He is the winner of the Oscar for Best Actor and the oldest person. Multiple awards winning African-American actor Sidney Poitier started his career in acting in the ’50s. He is a pioneer to other African-American actors in the entertainment world.

He has won both an Academic Award and a Golden Globe Award. He starred in television programs such as Lilies of the Field, In the Heat of the Night and many others. Even with his charity works around the world, he is still able to have an investment fortune with $25million net worth in addition to his other accomplishments in the movie industry so cash loans and personal loans won’t be much of a problem to him.

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