Yaphet Kotto
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 (96)
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Witless Protection
BaadAsssss Cinema
Stiletto Dance
Homicide: The Movie
The Ride
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The Defenders: Payback
Two If by Sea
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Dead Badge
The World of James Bond
Out-of-Sync
The Puppet Masters
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Homicide: Life on the Street
Almost Blue
seaQuest DSV
It's Nothing Personal
The American Clock
Extreme Justice
Intent to Kill
Chrome Soldiers
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Hangfire
Law & Order
After the Shock
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Father Dowling Mysteries
Tripwire
Prime Target
The Jigsaw Murders
A Whisper to a Scream
Ministry of Vengeance
Midnight Run
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
The Running Man
In Self Defense
Desperado
Terminal Entry
Pretty Kill
Eye of the Tiger
The Park Is Mine
Harem
Harem
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Playing with Fire
Warning Sign
Badge of the Assassin
Murder, She Wrote
For Love and Honor
The A-Team
The Star Chamber- For Love and Honor
Women of San Quentin
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
American Playhouse
Fighting Back
Hill Street Blues
Othello
Rage!
Brubaker
Alien
Blue Collar
Crunch
Raid on Entebbe
The Monkey Hustle
Drum
Doctors' Hospital
Report to the Commissioner
Friday Foster
Sharks' Treasure
Truck Turner
Live and Let Die
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
The Limit
Across 110th Street
Bone
Man and Boy
Night Gallery
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Night Chase
Hawaii Five-O
The Name of the Game
The Thomas Crown Affair
5 Card Stud
Mannix
The High Chaparral
Cowboy in Africa
Tarzan
The Big Valley
Nothing But a Man
Daniel Boone
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Bonanza
Gunsmoke