Yaphet Kotto
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.
Movies
Alien
1979
The Running Man
1987
Friday Foster
1975
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
Live and Let Die
1973
Brubaker
1980
Fighting Back
1982
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Blue Collar
1978
The Limit
1972
Prime Target
1989
Midnight Run
1988
Raid on Entebbe
1976
The Defenders: Payback
1997
After the Shock
1990
Sharks' Treasure
1975
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Tripwire
1989
Drum
1976
Night Chase
1970
TV Shows
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Bonanza
1959
The A-Team
1983
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Hawaii Five-O
1968
Mannix
1967
Hill Street Blues
1981
seaQuest DSV
1993
The Big Valley
1965
The Big Valley
1965
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Daniel Boone
1964
Daniel Boone
1964
Gunsmoke
1955
The High Chaparral
1967
The Name of the Game
1968
Night Gallery
1970
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990