Yaphet Kotto
Acting
Born November 16, 1939 · New York City, New York, U.S.A
Died March 15, 2021
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
Filmography
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018 · Self
Witless Protection
2008 · Ricardo Bodi
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002 · Self
Stiletto Dance
2001 · Captain Rick Sands
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · Al Giardello
Two If by Sea
1996 · FBI Agent O'Malley
The Puppet Masters
1994 · Ressler
Extreme Justice
1993 · Larson
Intent to Kill
1992 · Captain Jackson
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991 · Doc
The Jigsaw Murders
1989 · Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
Midnight Run
1988 · Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
The Running Man
1987 · William Laughlin
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987 · General Sorenson
Eye of the Tiger
1986 · J.B. Deveraux
The Park Is Mine
1986 · Eubanks
Warning Sign
1985 · Major Connolly
The Star Chamber
1983 · Detective Harry Lowes
Fighting Back
1982 · Ivanhoe Washington
Brubaker
1980 · Dickie Coombes
Alien
1979 · Parker
Blue Collar
1978 · Sam 'Smokey' James
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · President Idi Amin - Jr.
Drum
1976 · Blase
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Friday Foster
1975 · Colt Hawkins
Sharks' Treasure
1975 · Ben Flynn
Truck Turner
1974 · Blue
Live and Let Die
1973 · Kananga/Mr. Big
Across 110th Street
1972 · Lt. William Pope
Bone
1972 · Bone
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · Sonny Boy Mosby
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · Carl
5 Card Stud
1968 · Little George
Nothing But a Man
1964 · Jocko