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
- Out-of-Sync as Quincy
- Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan as Marty Talbot
- The World of James Bond as Self
- Dead Badge as Captain Hunt
1994
- The Puppet Masters as Ressler
- The Corpse Had a Familiar Face as Detective Martin Talbot
1993
- Homicide: Life on the Street as Al Giardello
- seaQuest DSV as Captain Jack Clayton
- The American Clock as Isaac
- Extreme Justice as Larson
- Almost Blue as Terry
- It's Nothing Personal as Lt. Tom Riley
1992
- Chrome Soldiers as Perry Beach
- Intent to Kill as Captain Jackson
1991
- Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare as Doc
- Hangfire as Police Lieutenant
1990
- Law & Order as Al Giardello
- The Trials of Rosie O'Neill as Kelly
- After the Shock as William McElroy
1989
- Father Dowling Mysteries as Lt. Fleming
- Tripwire as Lee Pitt
- Ministry of Vengeance as Mr. Whiteside
- The Jigsaw Murders as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
- Prime Target as Gilmore Brown
- A Whisper to a Scream as Jules Tallard
1988
- Midnight Run as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
- Terminal Entry as Col. Styles
1987
- The Running Man as William Laughlin
- Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel as General Sorenson
- Desperado as Bede
- Pretty Kill as Harris
- In Self Defense as Lt. Tyrell
1986
- Harem as Agha Kislar
- The Park Is Mine as Eubanks
- Eye of the Tiger as J.B. Deveraux
- 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
- For Love and Honor
- The Star Chamber as Detective Harry Lowes
- Women of San Quentin as Sgt. Therman Patterson
- For Love and Honor as Sgt. China Bell
1982
- Fighting Back as Ivanhoe Washington
- A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion as Denmark Vessey
1981
- Hill Street Blues as Calvin Matthias
1979
- Alien as Parker
1978
- Blue Collar as Sam 'Smokey' James
1976
- Raid on Entebbe as President Idi Amin - Jr.
- Drum as Blase
- The Monkey Hustle as Daddy Foxx
- Crunch as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1975
- Doctors' Hospital
- Friday Foster as Colt Hawkins
- Report to the Commissioner as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
- Sharks' Treasure as Ben Flynn
1974
- Truck Turner as Blue
1973
- Live and Let Die as Kananga/Mr. Big
- Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary as Self
1972
- Across 110th Street as Lt. William Pope
- Bone as Bone
- The Limit as Mark Johnson
1971
- Man and Boy as Nate Hodges
1970
- Night Gallery as Buckner
- The Liberation of L.B. Jones as Sonny Boy Mosby
- Night Chase as Ernie Green
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