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Yaphet Kotto1939 - 2021

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Actor

Popularity

3.5

Famous

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.

Credits

King Cohen

2018

Documentary

as Self

6.6(18)

0.6

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

2010

Documentary

as Self (archive footage)

7.8(160)

1.8

Witless Protection

2008

Action • Adventure • Comedy • Crime

as Ricardo Bodi

4.4(79)

0.7

The Beast Within: Making Alien

2003

Documentary

as (archive footage)

8.2(22)

0.4

Best Ever Bond

2002

Action • Documentary

as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)

5(4)

0.8

BaadAsssss Cinema

2002

Action • Documentary

as Self

6.1(22)

0.4

Stiletto Dance

2001

Action • Crime • Drama

as Captain Rick Sands

5.1(8)

0.3

The Ride

2000

Drama • TV Movie

as Carter

2(1)

0.3

Homicide: The Movie

2000

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Al Giardello

6.8(29)

0.5

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

1999

Documentary

7.5(4)

0.2

The Defenders: Payback

1997

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Judge Williams

2.7(3)

0.1

Two If by Sea

1996

Comedy • Romance

as FBI Agent O'Malley

4.9(93)

The World of James Bond

1995

Documentary

6(2)

0.4

Out-of-Sync

1995

Crime • Drama

as Quincy

4.3(6)

0.3

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

1995

Crime • TV Movie

as Marty Talbot

5(1)

0.5

Dead Badge

1995

Action • Crime

as Captain Hunt

8.3(3)

0.4

The Puppet Masters

1994

Horror • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Ressler

5.8(185)

0.8

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

1994

Crime • TV Movie

as Detective Martin Talbot

3.5(2)

0.1

Almost Blue

1993

Drama • Thriller

as Terry

6.3(6)

0.2

Extreme Justice

1993

Action • Thriller

as Larson

4.9(26)

0.6

It's Nothing Personal

1993

Action • TV Movie • Thriller

as Lt. Tom Riley

0(0)

0.4

The American Clock

1993

Drama • TV Movie

6.5(4)

0.3

Intent to Kill

1992

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Captain Jackson

4.3(7)

0.4

Chrome Soldiers

1992

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Perry Beach

3.8(4)

0.2

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991

Horror • Thriller

as Doc

5.3(1,371)

2.5

Hangfire

1991

Action • Thriller

as Police Lieutenant

4.2(4)

0.4

After the Shock

1990

Drama • TV Movie

as William McElroy

5.8(4)

0.2

Tripwire

1989

Action • Thriller

as Lee Pitt

4(1)

0.5

Ministry of Vengeance

1989

Action

as Mr. Whiteside

3(4)

0.3

Prime Target

1989

Crime • Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Gilmore Brown

4.7(7)

0.5

The Jigsaw Murders

1989

Crime • Mystery • Thriller

as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore

4.2(9)

0.4

A Whisper to a Scream

1989

Crime • Drama • Horror • Mystery • Thriller

as Jules Tallard

3.3(4)

0.1

Terminal Entry

1988

Action

as Col. Styles

4(7)

0.4

Midnight Run

1988

Action • Comedy • Crime • Thriller

as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.

7.2(1,132)

2.9

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

1987

Crime • Drama • Mystery • TV Movie • Thriller

as General Sorenson

7.1(8)

0.3

The Running Man

1987

Action • Science Fiction • Thriller

as William Laughlin

6.5(2,459)

In Self Defense

1987

Crime • TV Movie • Thriller

as Lt. Tyrell

5.3(3)

0.2

Desperado

1987

TV Movie • Western

as Bede

3.8(4)

0.5

Pretty Kill

1987

Crime • Horror

as Harris

1.7(7)

0.3

The Park Is Mine

1986

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Eubanks

5.5(51)

0.4

Eye of the Tiger

1986

Action • Drama

as J.B. Deveraux

5.9(58)

0.8

Harem

1986

Drama • Romance • TV Movie

as Agha Kislar

4.8(4)

0.4

Warning Sign

1985

Drama • Science Fiction • Thriller

as Major Connolly

6(69)

0.6

Playing with Fire

1985

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Fire Chief Walker

6(1)

0.1

Badge of the Assassin

1985

Action • Drama • TV Movie

as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

5(7)

0.4

Women of San Quentin

1983

Drama • TV Movie

as Sgt. Therman Patterson

1(1)

0.3

For Love and Honor

1983

Drama • TV Movie

as Sgt. China Bell

10(2)

0.2

The Star Chamber

1983

Drama • Thriller

as Detective Harry Lowes

6(167)

0.7

Fighting Back

1982

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Ivanhoe Washington

5.7(15)

0.4

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

1982

as Denmark Vessey

6(1)

0.3

Rage!

1980

Drama • TV Movie

as Ernie

7(1)

0.5

Brubaker

1980

Crime • Drama

as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

7.1(473)

1.2

Othello

1980

Drama • Romance

as Othello

8(1)

0.1

Alien

1979

Horror • Science Fiction

as Parker

8.2(15,273)

17.5

Blue Collar

1978

Crime • Drama

as Sam 'Smokey' James

7.4(181)

Raid on Entebbe

1976

Drama • History • TV Movie • Thriller

as President Idi Amin - Jr.

6(54)

The Monkey Hustle

1976

Action • Comedy • Crime • Drama

as Daddy Foxx

6.2(6)

0.3

Drum

1976

Action • Drama • History • Thriller

as Blase

5.1(17)

0.9

Crunch

1976

Crime • Drama • TV Movie

as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone

0(0)

0.1

Friday Foster

1975

Action • Thriller

as Colt Hawkins

6(49)

0.5

Sharks' Treasure

1975

Adventure

as Ben Flynn

4.6(7)

0.2

Report to the Commissioner

1975

Crime • Drama

as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone

6.6(20)

0.7

Truck Turner

1974

Action • Drama • Thriller

as Blue

6.5(56)

0.9

Live and Let Die

1973

Action • Adventure • Thriller

as Kananga/Mr. Big

6.5(2,103)

3.3

Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

1973

Documentary

as Self

6(2)

0.1

Across 110th Street

1972

Action • Crime • Drama • Thriller

as Lt. William Pope

6.8(113)

1.6

The Limit

1972

Action • Crime • Drama

as Mark Johnson

0(0)

0.2

Bone

1972

Comedy • Drama • Thriller

as Bone

6.1(25)

0.6

Man and Boy

1971

Adventure • Western

as Nate Hodges

6(2)

0.3

Night Chase

1970

Drama • TV Movie • Thriller

as Ernie Green

5.5(4)

0.3

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970

Crime • Drama

as Sonny Boy Mosby

5.8(22)

0.2

5 Card Stud

1968

Mystery • Western

as Little George

6.2(80)

0.7

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968

Crime • Romance

as Carl

6.8(519)

2.8

Nothing But a Man

1964

Drama • Romance

as Jocko

7.4(30)

0.3