Yaphet Kotto
Acting
1939-11-16 · New York City, New York, U.S.A
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.
Filmography
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018 · Movie
Witless Protection
2008 · Movie
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Movie
Stiletto Dance
2001 · Movie
The Ride
2000 · Movie
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Movie
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999 · Movie
The Defenders: Payback
1997 · Movie
Two If by Sea
1996 · Movie
The World of James Bond
1995 · Movie
Out-of-Sync
1995 · Movie
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · Movie
Dead Badge
1995 · Movie
The Puppet Masters
1994 · Movie
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · Movie
seaQuest DSV
1993 · Series
Almost Blue
1993 · Movie
Extreme Justice
1993 · Movie
It's Nothing Personal
1993 · Movie
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · Series
The American Clock
1993 · Movie
Intent to Kill
1992 · Movie
Chrome Soldiers
1992 · Movie
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991 · Movie
Hangfire
1991 · Movie
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · Series
Law & Order
1990 · Series
After the Shock
1990 · Movie
Tripwire
1989 · Movie
Ministry of Vengeance
1989 · Movie
Prime Target
1989 · Movie
The Jigsaw Murders
1989 · Movie
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989 · Series
A Whisper to a Scream
1989 · Movie
Midnight Run
1988 · Movie
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987 · Movie
The Running Man
1987 · Movie
Terminal Entry
1987 · Movie
In Self Defense
1987 · Movie
Desperado
1987 · Movie
Pretty Kill
1987 · Movie
The Park Is Mine
1986 · Movie
Eye of the Tiger
1986 · Movie
Harem
1986 · Series
Harem
1986 · Movie
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · Series
Warning Sign
1985 · Movie
Playing with Fire
1985 · Movie
Badge of the Assassin
1985 · Movie
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · Series
Women of San Quentin
1983 · Movie
For Love and Honor
1983 · Series
For Love and Honor
1983 · Movie
The Star Chamber
1983 · Movie
The A-Team
1983 · Series
Fighting Back
1982 · Movie
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · Movie
American Playhouse
1982 · Series
Hill Street Blues
1981 · Series
Rage!
1980 · Movie
Brubaker
1980 · Movie
Othello
1980 · Movie
Alien
1979 · Movie
Blue Collar
1978 · Movie
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · Movie
The Monkey Hustle
1976 · Movie
Drum
1976 · Movie
Crunch
1976 · Movie
Friday Foster
1975 · Movie
Doctors' Hospital
1975 · Series
Sharks' Treasure
1975 · Movie
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · Movie
Truck Turner
1974 · Movie
Live and Let Die
1973 · Movie
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973 · Movie
Across 110th Street
1972 · Movie
The Limit
1972 · Movie
Bone
1972 · Movie
Man and Boy
1971 · Movie
Night Gallery
1970 · Series
Night Chase
1970 · Movie
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Movie
Hawaii Five-O
1968 · Series
The Name of the Game
1968 · Series
5 Card Stud
1968 · Movie
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Movie
Mannix
1967 · Series
Cowboy in Africa
1967 · Series
The High Chaparral
1967 · Series
Tarzan
1966 · Series
The Big Valley
1965 · Series
Nothing But a Man
1964 · Movie
Daniel Boone
1964 · Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962 · Series
Bonanza
1959 · Series
Gunsmoke
1955 · Series