Yaphet Kotto
Biography
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 16, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor known for numerous film roles, as well as starring in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993-99) as Lieutenant Al Giardello. His films include the science-fiction and horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction and action film The Running Man (1987). He portrayed the main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in the James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973). He appeared opposite Robert De Niro in the comedy thriller Midnight Run (1988) as FBI Agent Alonzo Mosley.
Movies (71)
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Witless Protection
2008
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Stiletto Dance
2001
The Ride
2000
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
The Defenders: Payback
1997
Two If by Sea
1996
The World of James Bond
1995
Out-of-Sync
1995
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
Dead Badge
1995
The Puppet Masters
1994
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
Almost Blue
1993
Extreme Justice
1993
It's Nothing Personal
1993
The American Clock
1993
Intent to Kill
1992
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Hangfire
1991
After the Shock
1990
Tripwire
1989
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
Prime Target
1989
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
Terminal Entry
1988
Midnight Run
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
The Running Man
1987
In Self Defense
1987
Desperado
1987
Pretty Kill
1987
The Park Is Mine
1986
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Harem
1986
Warning Sign
1985
Playing with Fire
1985
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Women of San Quentin
1983
For Love and Honor
1983
The Star Chamber
1983
Fighting Back
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Rage!
1980
Brubaker
1980
Othello
1980
Alien
1979
Blue Collar
1978
Raid on Entebbe
1976
The Monkey Hustle
1976
Drum
1976
Crunch
1976
Friday Foster
1975
Sharks' Treasure
1975
Report to the Commissioner
1975
Truck Turner
1974
Live and Let Die
1973
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
Across 110th Street
1972
The Limit
1972
Bone
1972
Man and Boy
1971
Night Chase
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
5 Card Stud
1968
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Nothing But a Man
1964
TV Shows (26)
seaQuest DSV
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
Law & Order
1990
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
Harem
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
Hill Street Blues
1981
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Night Gallery
1970
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The Name of the Game
1968
Mannix
1967
Cowboy in Africa
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
Tarzan
1966
The Big Valley
1965
The Big Valley
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Bonanza
1959
Gunsmoke
1955