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 History
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen as Self
2008Witless Protection as Ricardo Bodi
2002BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
2001Stiletto Dance as Captain Rick Sands
2000The Ride as Carter
2000Homicide: The Movie as Al Giardello
1999Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1997The Defenders: Payback as Judge Williams
1996Two If by Sea as FBI Agent O'Malley
1995The World of James Bond as Self
1995Out-of-Sync as Quincy
1995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan as Marty Talbot
1995Dead Badge as Captain Hunt
1994The Puppet Masters as Ressler
1994The Corpse Had a Familiar Face as Detective Martin Talbot
1993seaQuest DSV as Captain Jack Clayton
1993Almost Blue as Terry
1993Extreme Justice as Larson
1993It's Nothing Personal as Lt. Tom Riley
1993Homicide: Life on the Street as Al Giardello
1993The American Clock as Isaac
1992Intent to Kill as Captain Jackson
1992Chrome Soldiers as Perry Beach
1991Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Doc
1991Hangfire as Police Lieutenant
1990The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Kelly
1990The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as ADA Kelley
1990Law & Order as Al Giardello
1990After the Shock as William McElroy
1989Tripwire as Lee Pitt
1989Ministry of Vengeance as Mr. Whiteside
1989Prime Target as Gilmore Brown
1989The Jigsaw Murders as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
1989Father Dowling Mysteries as Lt. Fleming
1989A Whisper to a Scream as Jules Tallard
1988Terminal Entry as Col. Styles
1988Midnight Run as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1987Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as General Sorenson
1987The Running Man as William Laughlin
1987In Self Defense as Lt. Tyrell
1987Desperado as Bede
1987Pretty Kill as Harris
1986The Park Is Mine as Eubanks
1986Eye of the Tiger as J.B. Deveraux
1986Harem as Agha Kislar
1986Harem as Agha Kislar
1985The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Convict
1985Warning Sign as Major Connolly
1985Playing with Fire as Fire Chief Walker
1985Badge of the Assassin as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
1984Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Bradshaw
1983Women of San Quentin as Sgt. Therman Patterson
1983For Love and Honor
1983For Love and Honor as Sgt. China Bell
1983The Star Chamber as Detective Harry Lowes
1983The A-Team as Charles Struthers
1982Fighting Back as Ivanhoe Washington
1982A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Denmark Vessey
1981Hill Street Blues as Calvin Matthias
1980Rage! as Ernie
1980Brubaker as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
1980Othello as Othello
1979Alien as Parker
1978Blue Collar as Sam 'Smokey' James
1976Raid on Entebbe as President Idi Amin - Jr.
1976The Monkey Hustle as Daddy Foxx
1976Drum as Blase
1976Crunch as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1975Friday Foster as Colt Hawkins
1975Doctors' Hospital
1975Sharks' Treasure as Ben Flynn
1975Report to the Commissioner as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1974Truck Turner as Blue
1973Live and Let Die as Kananga/Mr. Big
1973Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary as Self
1972Across 110th Street as Lt. William Pope
1972The Limit as Mark Johnson
1972Bone as Bone
1971Man and Boy as Nate Hodges
1970Night Gallery as Buckner
1970Night Chase as Ernie Green
1970The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Sonny Boy Mosby
1968Hawaii Five-O as LCpl. John T. Auston
1968The Name of the Game as Wyman Jackson
19685 Card Stud as Little George
1968The Thomas Crown Affair as Carl
1967Mannix as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1967Cowboy in Africa as Musa
1967The High Chaparral as Sgt. Major Creason
1966Tarzan
1965The Big Valley as Lobo Brown
1965The Big Valley as Damien
1964Nothing But a Man as Jocko
1964Daniel Boone as Luke
1964Daniel Boone as Jonah
1962The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
1959Bonanza as Child Barnett
1955Gunsmoke as Piney Biggs