What is Sidney Poitier?
{{Infobox person | honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBEh}} | image = Sidney Poitier 1968.jpg | caption = Poitier in 1968 | birth_date = {{Birth date|1927|2|20}} | birth_place = [[Miami, Florida]], U.S. | death_date = {{Death date and age|2022|1|6|1927|2|20}} | death_place = [[Beverly Hills, California]], U.S. | nationality = {{hlist|American|Bahamian}} | occupation = {{flatlist| * Actor * movie director * diplomat }} | spouse = {{plainlist| * {{marriage|Juanita Hardy|1950|1965|end=divorced}} * {{marriage|[[Joanna Shimkus]]|1976}} }} | partner = [[Diahann Carroll]] (1959–1968) | children = 6, including [[Sydney Tamiia Poitier|Sydney Tamiia]] | years_active = 1946–2009 | works = [[Sidney Poitier filmography|Full list]] | awards = [[List of awards and nominations received by Sidney Poitier|Full list]] | module = {{Infobox officeholder|embed=yes | office = [[Foreign relations of the Bahamas|Ambassador of the Bahamas]] | suboffice = <!-- Bahamian --> Ambassador to Japan | subterm = 1997–2007 | suboffice2 = <!-- Bahamian --> Ambassador to [[UNESCO]] | subterm2 = 2002–2007 }} <!-- Military Service --> | module2 = {{Infobox military person|embed=yes | allegiance = <!-- United States; obvious --> | branch = [[United States Army]] | battles = [[World War II]] | serviceyears = 1943–1944 }}}} '''Sidney Poitier''' {{post-nominals|country=GBR|size=100%|KBEh}} (February 20, 1927 &ndash; January 6, 2022) was a Bahamian and American actor, movie director, and diplomat. He became a star in American [[movie]]s and [[Play (theatre)|plays]] which went against [[race (biology)|racial]] [[stereotype]]s, and made [[Black people|black]] actors more respected in [[mainstream]] roles. From 1997 through 2007, he was the [[The Bahamas|Bahamian]] [[ambassador]] to [[Japan]].<ref>{{cite web|title=Legendary Actor Sidney Poitier Dead at 94|date=January 7, 2022 |url=https://www.nbcsandiego.com/entertainment/entertainment-news/lege