How old was Sidney Poitier in the movie Guess Who's Coming to Dinner?

Sidney Poitier was 39 in Guess Who's Coming to Dinner when he played the character 'Dr. John Wade Prentice'.

That was over 56 years ago in 1967.

In 2022 he died aged 94, starring in 73 films in his career, 43 of those after Guess Who's Coming to Dinner was first released. If he were alive today he would be 97.

How old do you think he looks in the movie?

In Guess Who's Coming to Dinner, I think Sidney Poitier looks:

Did you know?

  • Director Stanley Kramer has worked with Sidney Poitier a total of 3 times in his career.
  • Sidney Poitier's first movie was as 'Dr. Luther Brooks' in No Way Out, released in 1950 when he was 22
  • Guess Who's Coming to Dinner scores 7.64 out of 10 on TMDB.

The cast of Guess Who's Coming to Dinner

Sidney Poitier's other movies