Born:	20 February 1927	Miami, Florida, USA
Known As:	Virgil Tibbs	"In the Heat of the Night" (1967 Movie)
Trivia:	Children: Beverly, Pamela, Sherri, Gina, Anika and Sydney.
	Former brother-in-law of light-heavyweight champion Archie Moore.
	When Poitier came to New York from the Caribbean to become an actor, he was so impoverished at first that he slept in the bus station.
	Became the first black man to win an Academy Award for his role as Homer Smith in "Lilies of the Field" (1963).
	(1992) American Film Institute Life Achievement Award.
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Filmography:	The Internet Movie Database	Click here.
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