Yaphet Kotto
Birthday
1939/11/16
Day of death
2021/03/15 (81 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.A
Also know as
Yaphet Frederick Kotto, 耶佛·哥圖
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.
Acting
(1973) Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big
(1987) The Running Man
as William Laughlin
(1968) The Thomas Crown Affair
as Carl
(1980) Brubaker
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
(1968) 5 Card Stud
as Little George
(2000) Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
(1991) Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
(1974) Truck Turner
as Blue
(1972) Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope
(1976) Raid on Entebbe
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
(1994) The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
(1988) Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely
(1972) Bone
as Bone
(1983) The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes
(1985) Warning Sign
as Major Connolly
(1986) Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux
(1988) Terminal Entry
as Col. Styles
(1975) Report to the Commissioner
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
(1978) Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James
(2008) Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
(2002) BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
(1996) Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley
(1986) The Park Is Mine
as Eubanks
(1989) Tripwire
as Lee Pitt
(1976) The Monkey Hustle
as Daddy Foxx
(1975) Friday Foster
as Colt Hawkins
(1964) Nothing But a Man
as Jocko
(1976) Drum
as Blase
(1970) The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Sonny Boy Mosby
(1993) Extreme Justice
as Larson
(1982) Fighting Back
as Ivanhoe Washington
(1971) Man and Boy
as Nate Hodges
(1989) Ministry of Vengeance
as Mr. Whiteside
(1987) In Self Defense
as Lt. Tyrell
(1997) The Defenders: Payback
as Judge Williams
(2001) Stiletto Dance
as Captain Rick Sands
(1992) Chrome Soldiers
as Perry Beach
(1987) Pretty Kill
as Harris
(1985) Badge of the Assassin
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
(1993) It's Nothing Personal
as Lt. Tom Riley
(1995) Out-of-Sync
as Quincy
(1989) A Whisper to a Scream
as Jules Tallard
(1991) Hangfire
as Police Lieutenant
(1992) Intent to Kill
as Captain Jackson
(1973) Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
as Self
(1976) Crunch
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
(1987) Desperado
as Bede
(1989) The Jigsaw Murders
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
(2002) Best Ever Bond
as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
(1990) After the Shock
as William McElroy
(1972) The Limit
as Mark Johnson
(1979) Alien
as Parker
(1970) Night Chase
as Ernie Green
(1986) Harem
as Agha Kislar
(1989) Prime Target
as Gilmore Brown
(1975) Sharks' Treasure
as Ben Flynn
(1985) Playing with Fire
as Fire Chief Walker
(1983) Women of San Quentin
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
(1994) The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Detective Martin Talbot
(1995) Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Marty Talbot
(2018) King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
(1980) Othello
as Othello
(1993) The American Clock
as ---
(1983) For Love and Honor
as Sgt. China Bell
(2003) The Beast Within: Making Alien
as (archive footage)
(1980) Rage!
as Ernie
(1995) Dead Badge
as Captain Hunt
(1987) Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as General Sorenson
(1993) Almost Blue
as Terry
(1999) Inside 'Live and Let Die'
as ---
(1995) The World of James Bond
as ---
(1982) A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Denmark Vessey
(2010) Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
as Self (archive footage)
(2000) The Ride
as Carter
(1983) The A-Team
as Charles Struthers
(1993) seaQuest DSV
as Captain Jack Clayton
(1968) Hawaii Five-O
as LCpl. John T. Auston
(1985) The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
(1967) Mannix
as ---
(1981) Hill Street Blues
as Calvin Matthias
(1955) Gunsmoke
as Piney Biggs
(1970) Night Gallery
as ---
(1993) Homicide: Life on the Street
as Al Giardello
(1975) Doctors' Hospital
as ---
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Luke
(1967) The High Chaparral
as Sgt. Major Creason
(1965) The Big Valley
as Lobo Brown
(1967) Cowboy in Africa
as ---
(1966) Tarzan
as ---
(1983) For Love and Honor
as ---
(1965) The Big Valley
as Damien
(1984) Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Bradshaw
(1986) Harem
as Agha Kislar
(1964) Daniel Boone
as Jonah
(1959) Bonanza
as Child Barnett
(1990) Law & Order
as Al Giardello
(1989) Father Dowling Mysteries
as Lt. Fleming
(1968) The Name of the Game
as Wyman Jackson