Yaphet Kotto
Acting • Born 1939-11-16 – Died 2021-03-15
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.
Filmography
98 credits
Live and Let Die
Movie • 1973
Kananga/Mr. Big
The Running Man
Movie • 1987
William Laughlin
The Thomas Crown Affair
Movie • 1968
Carl
Brubaker
Movie • 1980
Dickie Coombes
5 Card Stud
Movie • 1968
Little George
Homicide: The Movie
Movie • 2000
Al Giardello
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Movie • 1991
Doc
Truck Turner
Movie • 1974
Blue
Across 110th Street
Movie • 1972
Lt. William Pope
Raid on Entebbe
Movie • 1976
President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Puppet Masters
Movie • 1994
Ressler
Midnight Run
Movie • 1988
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Bone
Movie • 1972
Bone
The Star Chamber
Movie • 1983
Detective Harry Lowes
Warning Sign
Movie • 1985
Major Connolly
Eye of the Tiger
Movie • 1986
J.B. Deveraux
Terminal Entry
Movie • 1988
Col. Styles
Report to the Commissioner
Movie • 1975
Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Blue Collar
Movie • 1978
Sam 'Smokey' James
Witless Protection
Movie • 2008
Ricardo Bodi
BaadAsssss Cinema
Movie • 2002
Self
Two If by Sea
Movie • 1996
FBI Agent O'Malley
The Park Is Mine
Movie • 1986
Eubanks
Tripwire
Movie • 1989
Lee Pitt
The Monkey Hustle
Movie • 1976
Daddy Foxx
Friday Foster
Movie • 1975
Colt Hawkins
Nothing But a Man
Movie • 1964
Jocko
Drum
Movie • 1976
Blase
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Movie • 1970
Sonny Boy Mosby
Fighting Back
Movie • 1982
Ivanhoe Washington
Extreme Justice
Movie • 1993
Larson
Man and Boy
Movie • 1971
Nate Hodges
Ministry of Vengeance
Movie • 1989
Mr. Whiteside
In Self Defense
Movie • 1987
Lt. Tyrell
The Defenders: Payback
Movie • 1997
Judge Williams
Stiletto Dance
Movie • 2001
Captain Rick Sands
Chrome Soldiers
Movie • 1992
Perry Beach
Pretty Kill
Movie • 1987
Harris
Badge of the Assassin
Movie • 1985
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
It's Nothing Personal
Movie • 1993
Lt. Tom Riley
Out-of-Sync
Movie • 1995
Quincy
A Whisper to a Scream
Movie • 1989
Jules Tallard
Hangfire
Movie • 1991
Police Lieutenant
Intent to Kill
Movie • 1992
Captain Jackson
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Movie • 1973
Self
Crunch
Movie • 1976
Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
Desperado
Movie • 1987
Bede
The Jigsaw Murders
Movie • 1989
Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
After the Shock
Movie • 1990
William McElroy
The Limit
Movie • 1972
Mark Johnson
Alien
Movie • 1979
Parker
Night Chase
Movie • 1970
Ernie Green
Harem
Movie • 1986
Agha Kislar
Prime Target
Movie • 1989
Gilmore Brown
Sharks' Treasure
Movie • 1975
Ben Flynn
Playing with Fire
Movie • 1985
Fire Chief Walker
Women of San Quentin
Movie • 1983
Sgt. Therman Patterson
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Movie • 1994
Detective Martin Talbot
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Movie • 1995
Marty Talbot
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Movie • 2018
Self
Othello
Movie • 1980
Othello
The American Clock
Movie • 1993
Isaac
For Love and Honor
Movie • 1983
Sgt. China Bell
Rage!
Movie • 1980
Ernie
Dead Badge
Movie • 1995
Captain Hunt
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Movie • 1987
General Sorenson
Almost Blue
Movie • 1993
Terry
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Movie • 1999
The World of James Bond
Movie • 1995
Self
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Movie • 1982
Denmark Vessey
The Ride
Movie • 2000
Carter
The A-Team
TV • 1983
Charles Struthers
seaQuest DSV
TV • 1993
Captain Jack Clayton
Hawaii Five-O
TV • 1968
LCpl. John T. Auston
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
TV • 1985
Convict
Mannix
TV • 1967
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
Hill Street Blues
TV • 1981
Calvin Matthias
Gunsmoke
TV • 1955
Piney Biggs
Night Gallery
TV • 1970
Buckner
Homicide: Life on the Street
TV • 1993
Al Giardello
Doctors' Hospital
TV • 1975
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Luke
The High Chaparral
TV • 1967
Sgt. Major Creason
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Lobo Brown
Cowboy in Africa
TV • 1967
Musa
Tarzan
TV • 1966
For Love and Honor
TV • 1983
The Big Valley
TV • 1965
Damien
Murder, She Wrote
TV • 1984
Lt. Bradshaw
Harem
TV • 1986
Agha Kislar
Daniel Boone
TV • 1964
Jonah
Bonanza
TV • 1959
Child Barnett
Law & Order
TV • 1990
Al Giardello
Father Dowling Mysteries
TV • 1989
Lt. Fleming
The Name of the Game
TV • 1968
Wyman Jackson
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV • 1990
Kelly
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
TV • 1990
ADA Kelley
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
TV • 1962
Self