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.
Filmography
The Limit
1972 · 10.0
Alien
1979 · 8.2
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993 · 8.1
Othello
1980 · 8.0
Rage!
1980 · 8.0
Crunch
1976 · 8.0
Night Gallery
1970 · 7.9
Hill Street Blues
1981 · 7.6
Murder, She Wrote
1984 · 7.5
The A-Team
1983 · 7.5
Bonanza
1959 · 7.5
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989 · 7.4
Nothing But a Man
1964 · 7.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987 · 7.4
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999 · 7.4
Blue Collar
1978 · 7.3
Law & Order
1990 · 7.3
Hawaii Five-O
1969 · 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985 · 7.2
Midnight Run
1988 · 7.2
Brubaker
1980 · 7.1
seaQuest DSV
1993 · 7.1
Almost Blue
1993 · 7.1
Daniel Boone
1964 · 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968 · 7.0
Doctors' Hospital
1975 · 7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982 · 7.0
It's Nothing Personal
1993 · 7.0
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995 · 7.0
Mannix
1967 · 6.9
Tarzan
1966 · 6.9
Homicide: The Movie
2000 · 6.9
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968 · 6.8
Dead Badge
1995 · 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967 · 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955 · 6.7
Across 110th Street
1972 · 6.7
Man and Boy
1971 · 6.7
American Playhouse
1982 · 6.6
Report to the Commissioner
1975 · 6.6
The Running Man
1987 · 6.5
Truck Turner
1974 · 6.5
Live and Let Die
1973 · 6.5
5 Card Stud
1968 · 6.3
The Big Valley
1965 · 6.2
Bone
1972 · 6.2
Eye of the Tiger
1986 · 6.1
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970 · 6.1
Friday Foster
1975 · 6.1
Cowboy in Africa
1967 · 6.0
For Love and Honor
1983 · 6.0
The Star Chamber
1983 · 6.0
In Self Defense
1987 · 6.0
Warning Sign
1985 · 6.0
Tripwire
1989 · 6.0
Playing with Fire
1985 · 6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976 · 6.0
The Monkey Hustle
1976 · 5.9
Night Chase
1970 · 5.9
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990 · 5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994 · 5.8
Fighting Back
1982 · 5.8
The Park Is Mine
1986 · 5.6
Badge of the Assassin
1985 · 5.6
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991 · 5.3
Sharks' Treasure
1975 · 5.3
Drum
1976 · 5.2
Prime Target
1989 · 5.2
Two If by Sea
1996 · 5.0
Harem
1986 · 5.0
Women of San Quentin
1983 · 5.0
Extreme Justice
1993 · 5.0
Stiletto Dance
2001 · 4.9
Hangfire
1991 · 4.7
The Jigsaw Murders
1989 · 4.7
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994 · 4.7
Out-of-Sync
1995 · 4.5
Intent to Kill
1992 · 4.5
The Defenders: Payback
1997 · 4.5
Witless Protection
2008 · 4.4
Chrome Soldiers
1992 · 4.4
A Whisper to a Scream
1989 · 4.3
Desperado
1987 · 4.2
Terminal Entry
1987 · 4.1
Ministry of Vengeance
1989 · 3.8
Pretty Kill
1987 · 2.4