Yaphet Kotto
Born: 1939-11-16 in New York City, New York, U.S.A
Died: 2021-03-15
Known For: Acting
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
2018
2008
- Witless Protection as Ricardo Bodi
2002
- BaadAsssss Cinema as Self
2001
- Stiletto Dance as Captain Rick Sands
2000
- Homicide: The Movie as Al Giardello
- The Ride as Carter
1997
- The Defenders: Payback as Judge Williams
1996
- Two If by Sea as FBI Agent O'Malley
1995
- Dead Badge as Captain Hunt
- The World of James Bond as Self
- Out-of-Sync as Quincy
- Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan as Marty Talbot
1994
- The Puppet Masters as Ressler
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face as Detective Martin Talbot
1993
- seaQuest DSV as Captain Jack Clayton
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Al Giardello
- Extreme Justice as Larson
- Almost Blue as Terry
- The American Clock as Isaac
- It's Nothing Personal as Lt. Tom Riley
1992
- Intent to Kill as Captain Jackson
- Chrome Soldiers as Perry Beach
1991
- Hangfire as Police Lieutenant
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Doc
1990
- Law & Order as Al Giardello
- After the Shock as William McElroy
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Kelly
1989
- Tripwire as Lee Pitt
- Prime Target as Gilmore Brown
- Father Dowling Mysteries as Lt. Fleming
- The Jigsaw Murders as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
- Ministry of Vengeance as Mr. Whiteside
- A Whisper to a Scream as Jules Tallard
1988
- Terminal Entry as Col. Styles
- Midnight Run as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1987
- The Running Man as William Laughlin
- Desperado as Bede
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as General Sorenson
- Pretty Kill as Harris
- In Self Defense as Lt. Tyrell
1986
- Harem as Agha Kislar
- Eye of the Tiger as J.B. Deveraux
- The Park Is Mine as Eubanks
- Harem as Agha Kislar
1985
- The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents as Convict
- Warning Sign as Major Connolly
- Badge of the Assassin as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
- Playing with Fire as Fire Chief Walker
1984
- Murder, She Wrote as Lt. Bradshaw
1983
- The A-Team as Charles Struthers
- The Star Chamber as Detective Harry Lowes
- For Love and Honor as Sgt. China Bell
- For Love and Honor
- Women of San Quentin as Sgt. Therman Patterson
1982
- Fighting Back as Ivanhoe Washington
- A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion as Denmark Vessey
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Calvin Matthias
1979
- Alien as Parker
1978
- Blue Collar as Sam 'Smokey' James
1976
- Drum as Blase
- Raid on Entebbe as President Idi Amin - Jr.
- The Monkey Hustle as Daddy Foxx
- Crunch as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1975
- Friday Foster as Colt Hawkins
- Sharks' Treasure as Ben Flynn
- Report to the Commissioner as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
- Doctors' Hospital
1974
- Truck Turner as Blue
1973
- Live and Let Die as Kananga/Mr. Big
- Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary as Self
1972
- Bone as Bone
- The Limit as Mark Johnson
- Across 110th Street as Lt. William Pope
1971
- Man and Boy as Nate Hodges
1970
- Night Gallery as Buckner
- Night Chase as Ernie Green
- The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Sonny Boy Mosby
1968
- Hawaii Five-O as LCpl. John T. Auston
- The Name of the Game as Wyman Jackson
- The Thomas Crown Affair as Carl
- 5 Card Stud as Little George
1967
- Mannix as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
- The High Chaparral as Sgt. Major Creason
- Cowboy in Africa as Musa
1966
1965
- The Big Valley as Lobo Brown
1964
- Daniel Boone as Luke
- Nothing But a Man as Jocko
1962
1959
- Bonanza as Child Barnett
1955
- Gunsmoke as Piney Biggs