Yaphet Kotto
Acting
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.
As actor 97
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Bonanza
1959
The A-Team
1983
Mannix
1967
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Hill Street Blues
1981
American Playhouse
1982
Alien
1979
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
seaQuest DSV
1993
The Big Valley
1965
Daniel Boone
1964
Night Gallery
1970
Gunsmoke
1955
Tarzan
1966
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
The High Chaparral
1967
The Name of the Game
1968
The Running Man
1987
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Midnight Run
1988
Live and Let Die
1973
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Brubaker
1980
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
The Puppet Masters
1994
Warning Sign
1985
Blue Collar
1978
For Love and Honor
1983
The Star Chamber
1983
5 Card Stud
1968
Two If by Sea
1996
Harem
1986
Friday Foster
1975
Drum
1976
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Harem
1986
Truck Turner
1974
Sharks' Treasure
1975
Across 110th Street
1972
Fighting Back
1982
Witless Protection
2008
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Extreme Justice
1993
Dead Badge
1995
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Tripwire
1989
The Park Is Mine
1986
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
The American Clock
1993
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
Man and Boy
1971
Report to the Commissioner
1975
The Defenders: Payback
1997
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
Nothing But a Man
1964
Hangfire
1991
Desperado
1987
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
Women of San Quentin
1983
The World of James Bond
1995
The Ride
2000
It's Nothing Personal
1993
After the Shock
1990
Terminal Entry
1987
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
Stiletto Dance
2001
Night Chase
1970
Out-of-Sync
1995
Almost Blue
1993
Intent to Kill
1992
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
For Love and Honor
1983
The Limit
1972
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Prime Target
1989
In Self Defense
1987
Pretty Kill
1987
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Bone
1972
Playing with Fire
1985
Rage!
1980
The Monkey Hustle
1976
Othello
1980
Derelict by Job Willins
2015
Crunch
1976