Personal Info
Known ForActing
GenderMale
BirthdayNovember 15, 1939 (85 years old)
Place of BirthNew York City, New York, U.S.A
Yaphet Kotto
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.
Known For
Live and Let Die
The Running Man
The Thomas Crown Affair
Brubaker
5 Card Stud
Homicide: The Movie
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Truck Turner
Across 110th Street
Raid on Entebbe
The Puppet Masters
Midnight Run
Bone
The Star Chamber
Warning Sign
Eye of the Tiger
Terminal Entry
Report to the Commissioner
Blue Collar
Witless Protection
BaadAsssss Cinema
Two If by Sea
The Park Is Mine
Tripwire
The Monkey Hustle
Friday Foster
Nothing But a Man
Drum
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Extreme Justice
Fighting Back
Man and Boy
Ministry of Vengeance
In Self Defense
The Defenders: Payback
Stiletto Dance
Chrome Soldiers
Pretty Kill
Badge of the Assassin
It's Nothing Personal
Out-of-Sync
A Whisper to a Scream
Hangfire
Intent to Kill
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Crunch
Desperado
The Jigsaw Murders
Best Ever Bond
After the Shock
The Limit
Alien
Night Chase
Harem
Prime Target
Sharks' Treasure
Playing with Fire
Women of San Quentin
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Othello
The American Clock
For Love and Honor
The Beast Within: Making Alien
Rage!
Dead Badge
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
Almost Blue
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The World of James Bond
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
The Ride
The A-Team
seaQuest DSV
Hawaii Five-O
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Mannix
Hill Street Blues
Gunsmoke
Night Gallery
Homicide: Life on the Street
Doctors' Hospital
Daniel Boone
The High Chaparral
The Big Valley
Cowboy in Africa
Tarzan
For Love and Honor
The Big Valley
Murder, She Wrote
Harem
Daniel Boone
Bonanza
Law & Order
Father Dowling Mysteries
The Name of the Game
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