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