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.
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PHOTOS
TV Series
The A-Team
7.5
seaQuest DSV
7
Hawaii Five-O
7.1
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Mannix
6.7
Hill Street Blues
7.6
Gunsmoke
6.6
Night Gallery
7.8
Homicide: Life on the Street
8.1
Doctors' Hospital
5
Daniel Boone
6.9
The High Chaparral
6.5
The Big Valley
6.1
Cowboy in Africa
5
Tarzan
6.7
For Love and Honor
5.5
The Big Valley
6.1
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Harem
5
Daniel Boone
6.9
Bonanza
7.5
Law & Order
7.4
Father Dowling Mysteries
7.3
The Name of the Game
6.8
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
5.25
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
5.25
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
7.4
Movies
Live and Let Die
6.512
The Running Man
6.5
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.781
Brubaker
7.063
5 Card Stud
6.253
Homicide: The Movie
6.81
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
5.298
Truck Turner
6.5
Across 110th Street
6.776
Raid on Entebbe
6
The Puppet Masters
5.755
Midnight Run
7.193
Bone
6.14
The Star Chamber
6
Warning Sign
6
Eye of the Tiger
6
Terminal Entry
4
Report to the Commissioner
6.619
Blue Collar
7.374
Witless Protection
4.456
BaadAsssss Cinema
6.1
Two If by Sea
4.968
The Park Is Mine
5.5
Tripwire
4
The Monkey Hustle
6.2
Friday Foster
6
Nothing But a Man
7.419
Drum
5.1
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
5.8
Fighting Back
5.7
Extreme Justice
4.9
Man and Boy
6
Ministry of Vengeance
3
In Self Defense
5.3
The Defenders: Payback
2.667
Stiletto Dance
5.1
Chrome Soldiers
3.8
Pretty Kill
1.714
Badge of the Assassin
5
It's Nothing Personal
0
Out-of-Sync
4.3
A Whisper to a Scream
3.25
Hangfire
4.2
Intent to Kill
4.286
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
6
Crunch
0
Desperado
3.8
The Jigsaw Murders
4.2
Best Ever Bond
5
After the Shock
5.8
The Limit
0
Alien
8.164
Night Chase
5.5
Harem
4.8
Prime Target
4.714
Sharks' Treasure
4.6
Playing with Fire
6
Women of San Quentin
1
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
3.5
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
5
King Cohen
6.632
Othello
8
The American Clock
6.5
For Love and Honor
10
The Beast Within: Making Alien
8.2
Rage!
7
Dead Badge
6.75
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
7.1
Almost Blue
6.333
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
7.5
The World of James Bond
6
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
6
The Ride
2