Yaphet Kotto
November 16, 1939 (85 years old) in 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.
Known For
Credits
- 2018 · King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
- 2010 · Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy as Self (archive footage)
- 2008 · Witless Protection as Ricardo Bodi
- 2003 · The Beast Within: Making Alien as (archive footage)
- 2002 · Best Ever Bond as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
- 2002 · BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
- 2001 · Stiletto Dance as Captain Rick Sands
- 2000 · Homicide: The Movie as Al Giardello
- 1999 · Inside 'Live and Let Die' as
- 1997 · The Defenders: Payback as Judge Williams
- 1996 · Two If by Sea as FBI Agent O'Malley
- 1995 · The World of James Bond as
- 1995 · Out-of-Sync as Quincy
- 1995 · Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan as Marty Talbot
- 1995 · Dead Badge as Captain Hunt
- 1994 · The Puppet Masters as Ressler
- 1994 · The Corpse Had a Familiar Face as Detective Martin Talbot
- 1993 · seaQuest DSV as Captain Jack Clayton
- 1993 · Almost Blue as Terry
- 1993 · Extreme Justice as Larson
- 1993 · It's Nothing Personal as Lt. Tom Riley
- 1993 · Homicide: Life on the Street as Al Giardello
- 1993 · The American Clock as
- 1992 · Intent to Kill as Captain Jackson
- 1992 · Chrome Soldiers as Perry Beach
- 1991 · Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Doc
- 1991 · Hangfire as Police Lieutenant
- 1990 · Law & Order as Al Giardello
- 1990 · After the Shock as William McElroy
- 1989 · Tripwire as Lee Pitt
- 1989 · Ministry of Vengeance as Mr. Whiteside
- 1989 · Prime Target as Gilmore Brown
- 1989 · The Jigsaw Murders as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
- 1989 · Father Dowling Mysteries as Lt. Fleming
- 1989 · A Whisper to a Scream as Jules Tallard
- 1988 · Terminal Entry as Col. Styles
- 1988 · Midnight Run as Alonzo Mosely
- 1987 · Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as General Sorenson
- 1987 · The Running Man as William Laughlin
- 1987 · In Self Defense as Lt. Tyrell
- 1987 · Desperado as Bede
- 1987 · Pretty Kill as Harris
- 1986 · The Park Is Mine as Eubanks
- 1986 · Eye of the Tiger as J.B. Deveraux
- 1986 · Harem as Agha Kislar
- 1986 · Harem as Agha Kislar
- 1985 · The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Convict
- 1985 · Warning Sign as Major Connolly
- 1985 · Playing with Fire as Fire Chief Walker
- 1985 · Badge of the Assassin as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
- 1984 · Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Bradshaw
- 1983 · Women of San Quentin as Sgt. Therman Patterson
- 1983 · For Love and Honor as
- 1983 · For Love and Honor as Sgt. China Bell
- 1983 · The Star Chamber as Detective Harry Lowes
- 1983 · The A-Team as Charles Struthers
- 1982 · Fighting Back as Ivanhoe Washington
- 1982 · A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Denmark Vessey
- 1981 · Hill Street Blues as Calvin Matthias
- 1980 · Rage! as Ernie
- 1980 · Brubaker as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
- 1980 · Othello as Othello
- 1979 · Alien as Parker
- 1978 · Blue Collar as Sam 'Smokey' James
- 1976 · Raid on Entebbe as President Idi Amin - Jr.
- 1976 · The Monkey Hustle as Daddy Foxx
- 1976 · Drum as Blase
- 1976 · Crunch as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
- 1975 · Friday Foster as Colt Hawkins
- 1975 · Doctors' Hospital as
- 1975 · Sharks' Treasure as Ben Flynn
- 1975 · Report to the Commissioner as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
- 1974 · Truck Turner as Blue
- 1973 · Live and Let Die as Kananga/Mr. Big
- 1973 · Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary as Self
- 1972 · Across 110th Street as Lt. William Pope
- 1972 · The Limit as Mark Johnson
- 1972 · Bone as Bone
- 1971 · Man and Boy as Nate Hodges
- 1970 · Night Gallery as
- 1970 · Night Chase as Ernie Green
- 1970 · The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Sonny Boy Mosby
- 1968 · Hawaii Five-O as LCpl. John T. Auston
- 1968 · The Name of the Game as Wyman Jackson
- 1968 · 5 Card Stud as Little George
- 1968 · The Thomas Crown Affair as Carl
- 1967 · Mannix as
- 1967 · Cowboy in Africa as
- 1967 · The High Chaparral as Sgt. Major Creason
- 1966 · Tarzan as
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Lobo Brown
- 1965 · The Big Valley as Damien
- 1964 · Nothing But a Man as Jocko
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Luke
- 1964 · Daniel Boone as Jonah
- 1959 · Bonanza as Child Barnett
- 1955 · Gunsmoke as Piney Biggs