Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1939-11-16 (82 years old)
Deathday
2021-03-15
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.A
Also known As
Yaphet Frederick Kotto
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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.
1973
as Kananga/Mr. Big
1987
as William Laughlin
1968
as Carl
1980
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
1968
as Little George
2000
as Al Giardello
1991
1974
as Blue
1972
as Lt. William Pope
1976
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
1994
as Ressler
1988
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1972
as Bone
1983
as Detective Harry Lowes
1985
as Major Connolly
1986
as J.B. Deveraux
1988
as Col. Styles
1975
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1978
as Sam 'Smokey' James
2008
as Ricardo Bodi
2002
as Self
1996
as FBI Agent O'Malley
1986
as Eubanks
1989
as Lee Pitt
1976
as Daddy Foxx
1975
as Colt Hawkins
1964
as Jocko
1976
as Blase
1970
as Sonny Boy Mosby
1982
as Ivanhoe Washington
1993
as Larson
1971
as Nate Hodges
1989
as Mr. Whiteside
1987
as Lt. Tyrell
1997
as Judge Williams
2001
as Captain Rick Sands
1992
as Perry Beach
1987
as Harris
1985
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
1993
as Lt. Tom Riley
1995
as Quincy
1989
as Jules Tallard
1991
as Police Lieutenant
1992
as Captain Jackson
1973
1976
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1987
as Bede
1989
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
2002
as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
1990
as William McElroy
1972
as Mark Johnson
1979
as Parker
1970
as Ernie Green
1986
as Agha Kislar
1989
as Gilmore Brown
1975
as Ben Flynn
1985
as Fire Chief Walker
1983
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
1994
as Detective Martin Talbot
1995
as Marty Talbot
1980
as Othello
1983
as Sgt. China Bell
2003
as (archive footage)
1980
as Ernie
1995
as Captain Hunt
1987
as General Sorenson
1993
as Terry
1982
as Denmark Vessey
2000
as Carter
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