How old was Sidney Poitier in the movie In the Heat of the Night?
Sidney Poitier was 39 in In the Heat of the Night when he played the character 'Det. Virgil Tibbs'.
That was over 57 years ago in 1967.
In 2022 he died aged 94, starring in 73 films in his career, 44 of those after In the Heat of the Night was first released. If he were alive today he would be 97.
How old do you think he looks in the movie?
In In the Heat of the Night, I think Sidney Poitier looks:
Did you know?
- Director Norman Jewison has worked with Sidney Poitier just once in his career.
- Sidney Poitier's first movie was as 'Dr. Luther Brooks' in No Way Out, released in 1950 when he was 22
- In the Heat of the Night scores 7.7 out of 10 on TMDB.
