Yaphet Kotto
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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.
Known for
Credits
Alien (1979)
as Parker
The Running Man (1987)
as William Laughlin
Live and Let Die (1973)
as Kananga/Mr. Big
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (1991)
as Doc
Midnight Run (1988)
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Brubaker (1980)
as Dickie Coombes
The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
as Carl
Blue Collar (1978)
as Sam 'Smokey' James
The Star Chamber (1983)
as Detective Harry Lowes
The Puppet Masters (1994)
as Ressler
5 Card Stud (1968)
as Little George
Two If by Sea (1996)
as FBI Agent O'Malley
Across 110th Street (1972)
as Lt. William Pope
Friday Foster (1975)
as Colt Hawkins
Homicide: The Movie (2000)
as Al Giardello
Truck Turner (1974)
as Blue
Eye of the Tiger (1986)
as J.B. Deveraux
Raid on Entebbe (1976)
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
Warning Sign (1985)
as Major Connolly
Harem (1986)
as Agha Kislar
Witless Protection (2008)
as Ricardo Bodi
Drum (1976)
as Blase
Prime Target (1989)
as Gilmore Brown
Dead Badge (1995)
as Captain Hunt
Almost Blue (1993)
as Terry
The Park Is Mine (1986)
as Eubanks
Fighting Back (1982)
as Ivanhoe Washington
Extreme Justice (1993)
as Larson
The Defenders: Payback (1997)
as Judge Williams
Out-of-Sync (1995)
as Quincy
BaadAsssss Cinema (2002)
as Self
Intent to Kill (1992)
as Captain Jackson
The American Clock (1993)
as Isaac
Rage! (1980)
as Ernie
Report to the Commissioner (1975)
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Bone (1972)
as Bone
Badge of the Assassin (1985)
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Chrome Soldiers (1992)
as Perry Beach
Pretty Kill (1987)
as Harris
It's Nothing Personal (1993)
as Lt. Tom Riley
Night Chase (1970)
as Ernie Green
Hangfire (1991)
as Police Lieutenant
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (1987)
as General Sorenson
The Ride (2000)
as Carter
Terminal Entry (1987)
as Col. Styles
Women of San Quentin (1983)
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
as Sonny Boy Mosby
Sharks' Treasure (1975)
as Ben Flynn
Othello (1980)
as Othello
Ministry of Vengeance (1989)
as Mr. Whiteside
Stiletto Dance (2001)
as Captain Rick Sands
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018)
as Self
Nothing But a Man (1964)
as Jocko
The World of James Bond (1995)
as Self
Man and Boy (1971)
as Nate Hodges
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan (1995)
as Marty Talbot
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion (1982)
as Denmark Vessey
Desperado (1987)
as Bede
Tripwire (1989)
as Lee Pitt
For Love and Honor (1983)
as Sgt. China Bell
The Limit (1972)
as Mark Johnson
The Monkey Hustle (1976)
as Daddy Foxx
In Self Defense (1987)
as Lt. Tyrell
The Jigsaw Murders (1989)
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary (1973)
as Self
Playing with Fire (1985)
as Fire Chief Walker
A Whisper to a Scream (1989)
as Jules Tallard
After the Shock (1990)
as William McElroy
Inside 'Live and Let Die' (1999)
Actor
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face (1994)
as Detective Martin Talbot
Crunch (1976)
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone