Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

101

Gender

Male

Birthday

1939-11-16

Deathday

2021-03-15 (81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.A

Also Known As

Yaphet Frederick Kotto
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Yaphet Kotto

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.

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Acting

2018

King 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		The Ride as Carter
2000		Homicide: The Movie as Al Giardello

1999

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

1997

The Defenders: Payback as Judge Williams

1996

Two If by Sea as FBI Agent O'Malley

1995		The World of James Bond
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

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		The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Kelly
1990		The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as ADA Kelley
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, Special Agent, F.B.I.

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 Sgt. China Bell
1983		For Love and Honor
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
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 Buckner
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 Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1967		Cowboy in Africa as Musa
1967		The High Chaparral as Sgt. Major Creason

1966

Tarzan

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

1962

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self

1959

Bonanza as Child Barnett

1955

Gunsmoke as Piney Biggs

Directing

1972

The Limit as Director

Production

1972

The Limit as Producer

Writing

1972

The Limit as Story