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