Yaphet Kotto
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.
95 acting credits · 1 directing credit
Acting · 95
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Mannix
1967
Bonanza
1959
The A-Team
1983
Hill Street Blues
1981
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Daniel Boone
1964
The Big Valley
1965
Alien
1979
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
seaQuest DSV
1993
Night Gallery
1970
The Name of the Game
1968
Gunsmoke
1955
The High Chaparral
1967
Tarzan
1966
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
The Running Man
1987
Live and Let Die
1973
Harem
1986
Midnight Run
1988
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Doctors' Hospital
1975
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Cowboy in Africa
1967
For Love and Honor
1983
Brubaker
1980
The Puppet Masters
1994
Two If by Sea
1996
The Star Chamber
1983
Blue Collar
1978
Rage!
1980
Across 110th Street
1972
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Homicide: The Movie
2000
5 Card Stud
1968
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
Harem
1986
Truck Turner
1974
The American Clock
1993
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
Witless Protection
2008
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Friday Foster
1975
Drum
1976
Fighting Back
1982
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
Report to the Commissioner
1975
Warning Sign
1985
Prime Target
1989
Nothing But a Man
1964
Desperado
1987
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Terminal Entry
1987
The World of James Bond
1995
Tripwire
1989
Hangfire
1991
Night Chase
1970
After the Shock
1990
The Defenders: Payback
1997
Extreme Justice
1993
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
Playing with Fire
1985
Stiletto Dance
2001
Badge of the Assassin
1985
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
The Monkey Hustle
1976
Bone
1972
Out-of-Sync
1995
Pretty Kill
1987
Women of San Quentin
1983
For Love and Honor
1983
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
Man and Boy
1971
Almost Blue
1993
The Park Is Mine
1986
In Self Defense
1987
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
Intent to Kill
1992
Sharks' Treasure
1975
Dead Badge
1995
The Ride
2000
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
It's Nothing Personal
1993
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
Crunch
1976
The Limit
1972
Othello
1980