Yaphet Kotto

Known for: Acting

Born: 1939-11-16 – 2021-03-15 (aged 81)

From: New York City, New York, U.S.A

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)

MOVIE★ 6.4
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Witless Protection
2008
as Ricardo Bodi
MOVIE★ 6.0
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.9
Stiletto Dance
2001
as Captain Rick Sands
MOVIE★ 3.7
The Ride
2000
as Carter
MOVIE★ 6.9
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Al Giardello
MOVIE★ 7.4
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
MOVIE★ 4.5
The Defenders: Payback
1997
as Judge Williams
MOVIE★ 5.0
Two If by Sea
1996
as FBI Agent O'Malley
MOVIE★ 6.7
The World of James Bond
1995
as Self
MOVIE★ 4.5
Out-of-Sync
1995
as Quincy
MOVIE★ 7.0
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Marty Talbot
MOVIE★ 6.8
Dead Badge
1995
as Captain Hunt
MOVIE★ 5.8
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Ressler
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
as Detective Martin Talbot
TV★ 7.1
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Jack Clayton
MOVIE★ 7.1
Almost Blue
1993
as Terry
MOVIE★ 5.0
Extreme Justice
1993
as Larson
MOVIE★ 7.0
It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Lt. Tom Riley
TV★ 8.1
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Al Giardello
MOVIE★ 5.7
The American Clock
1993
as Isaac
MOVIE★ 4.5
Intent to Kill
1992
as Captain Jackson
MOVIE★ 4.4
Chrome Soldiers
1992
as Perry Beach
MOVIE★ 5.3
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
as Doc
MOVIE★ 4.7
Hangfire
1991
as Police Lieutenant
TV★ 5.8
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
as Kelly
TV★ 7.3
Law & Order
1990
as Al Giardello
MOVIE★ 6.4
After the Shock
1990
as William McElroy
MOVIE★ 6.0
Tripwire
1989
as Lee Pitt
MOVIE★ 3.8
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
as Mr. Whiteside
MOVIE★ 5.2
Prime Target
1989
as Gilmore Brown
MOVIE★ 4.7
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
TV★ 7.4
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
as Lt. Fleming
MOVIE★ 4.0
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
as Jules Tallard
MOVIE★ 7.2
Midnight Run
1988
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
MOVIE★ 7.4
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
as General Sorenson
MOVIE★ 6.5
The Running Man
1987
as William Laughlin
MOVIE★ 4.1
Terminal Entry
1987
as Col. Styles
MOVIE★ 6.0
In Self Defense
1987
as Lt. Tyrell
MOVIE★ 4.2
Desperado
1987
as Bede
MOVIE★ 2.4
Pretty Kill
1987
as Harris
MOVIE★ 5.5
The Park Is Mine
1986
as Eubanks
MOVIE★ 6.1
Eye of the Tiger
1986
as J.B. Deveraux
MOVIE★ 5.4
Harem
1986
as Agha Kislar
TV★ 5.0
Harem
1986
as Agha Kislar
TV★ 7.2
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Convict
MOVIE★ 5.9
Warning Sign
1985
as Major Connolly
MOVIE★ 6.0
Playing with Fire
1985
as Fire Chief Walker
MOVIE★ 5.6
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
TV★ 7.5
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Bradshaw
MOVIE★ 5.0
Women of San Quentin
1983
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
MOVIE★ 9.7
For Love and Honor
1983
as Sgt. China Bell
TV★ 6.0
For Love and Honor
1983
MOVIE★ 6.1
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Harry Lowes
TV★ 7.5
The A-Team
1983
as Charles Struthers
MOVIE★ 5.8
Fighting Back
1982
as Ivanhoe Washington
MOVIE★ 7.0
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
as Denmark Vessey
TV★ 6.6
American Playhouse
1982
as Jocko
TV★ 7.6
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Calvin Matthias
MOVIE★ 8.0
Rage!
1980
as Ernie
MOVIE★ 7.1
Brubaker
1980
as Dickie Coombes
MOVIE★ 8.0
Othello
1980
as Othello
MOVIE★ 8.2
Alien
1979
as Parker
MOVIE★ 7.3
Blue Collar
1978
as Sam 'Smokey' James
MOVIE★ 6.0
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
MOVIE★ 5.7
The Monkey Hustle
1976
as Daddy Foxx
MOVIE★ 5.3
Drum
1976
as Blase
MOVIE★ 8.0
Crunch
1976
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
MOVIE★ 6.1
Friday Foster
1975
as Colt Hawkins
TV★ 7.0
Doctors' Hospital
1975
MOVIE★ 5.3
Sharks' Treasure
1975
as Ben Flynn
MOVIE★ 6.6
Report to the Commissioner
1975
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
MOVIE★ 6.5
Truck Turner
1974
as Blue
MOVIE★ 6.5
Live and Let Die
1973
as Kananga/Mr. Big
MOVIE★ 6.0
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
as Self
MOVIE★ 6.7
Across 110th Street
1972
as Lt. William Pope
MOVIE★ 10.0
The Limit
1972
as Mark Johnson
MOVIE★ 6.1
Bone
1972
as Bone
MOVIE★ 6.7
Man and Boy
1971
as Nate Hodges
TV★ 7.8
Night Gallery
1970
as Buckner
MOVIE★ 5.9
Night Chase
1970
as Ernie Green
MOVIE★ 6.0
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
as Sonny Boy Mosby
TV★ 7.2
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as LCpl. John T. Auston
TV★ 7.0
The Name of the Game
1968
as Wyman Jackson
MOVIE★ 6.2
5 Card Stud
1968
as Little George
MOVIE★ 6.8
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
as Carl
TV★ 6.8
Mannix
1967
as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
TV★ 6.0
Cowboy in Africa
1967
as Musa
TV★ 6.8
The High Chaparral
1967
as Sgt. Major Creason
TV★ 6.9
Tarzan
1966
TV★ 6.2
The Big Valley
1965
as Lobo Brown
MOVIE★ 7.4
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Jocko
TV★ 7.0
Daniel Boone
1964
as Luke
TV★ 7.5
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
as Self
TV★ 7.5
Bonanza
1959
as Child Barnett
TV★ 6.7
Gunsmoke
1955
as Piney Biggs