🎭 Actor
Yaphet Kotto
🎂 Born 16 November 1939 (age 81)✝ 15 March 2021📍 New York City, New York, U.S.A
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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.
Known For
Directed Films(1)
Full Filmography(71 films)
YearTitleRating
1979Alien★ 8.21987The Running Man★ 6.51973Live and Let Die★ 6.51991Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare★ 5.31988Midnight Run★ 7.21980Brubaker★ 7.11968The Thomas Crown Affair★ 6.81978Blue Collar★ 7.31983The Star Chamber★ 6.11994The Puppet Masters★ 5.819685 Card Stud★ 6.21996Two If by Sea★ 5.01972Across 110th Street★ 6.71975Friday Foster★ 6.12000Homicide: The Movie★ 6.91974Truck Turner★ 6.41986Eye of the Tiger★ 6.01976Raid on Entebbe★ 6.01985Warning Sign★ 5.91986Harem★ 5.42008Witless Protection★ 4.51976Drum★ 5.31989Prime Target★ 5.21995Dead Badge★ 6.81993Almost Blue★ 7.11986The Park Is Mine★ 5.51982Fighting Back★ 5.81993Extreme Justice★ 5.01997The Defenders: Payback★ 4.51995Out-of-Sync★ 4.52002BaadAsssss Cinema★ 6.01992Intent to Kill★ 4.51993The American Clock★ 5.71980Rage!★ 8.01975Report to the Commissioner★ 6.61972Bone★ 6.11985Badge of the Assassin★ 5.61992Chrome Soldiers★ 4.41987Pretty Kill★ 2.41993It's Nothing Personal★ 7.01970Night Chase★ 5.91991Hangfire★ 4.71987Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel★ 7.42000The Ride★ 3.71987Terminal Entry★ 4.11983Women of San Quentin★ 5.01970The Liberation of L.B. Jones★ 6.01975Sharks' Treasure★ 5.31980Othello★ 8.01989Ministry of Vengeance★ 3.82001Stiletto Dance★ 4.92018King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen★ 6.41964Nothing But a Man★ 7.41995The World of James Bond★ 6.71971Man and Boy★ 6.71995Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan★ 7.01982A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion★ 7.01987Desperado★ 4.21989Tripwire★ 6.01983For Love and Honor★ 9.71972The Limit★ 10.01976The Monkey Hustle★ 5.71987In Self Defense★ 6.01989The Jigsaw Murders★ 4.71973Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary★ 6.01985Playing with Fire★ 6.01989A Whisper to a Scream★ 4.01990After the Shock★ 6.41999Inside 'Live and Let Die'★ 7.41994The Corpse Had a Familiar Face★ 4.71976Crunch★ 8.0