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