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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TV Series
The A-Team
7.468
seaQuest DSV
7
Hawaii Five-O
7.13
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
7.2
Mannix
6.686
Hill Street Blues
7.59
Gunsmoke
6.558
Night Gallery
7.797
Homicide: Life on the Street
8.053
Doctors' Hospital
5
Daniel Boone
6.867
The High Chaparral
6.5
The Big Valley
6.074
Cowboy in Africa
5
Tarzan
6.7
For Love and Honor
5.5
The Big Valley
6.074
Murder, She Wrote
7.5
Harem
5
Daniel Boone
6.867
Bonanza
7.512
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
7.459
Movies
Live and Let Die
6.512
The Running Man
6.542
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.788
Brubaker
7.072
5 Card Stud
6.238
Homicide: The Movie
6.8
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
5.301
Truck Turner
6.5
Across 110th Street
6.8
Raid on Entebbe
6
The Puppet Masters
5.78
Midnight Run
7.195
Bone
6.096
The Star Chamber
5.95
Warning Sign
6
Eye of the Tiger
6
Terminal Entry
4
Report to the Commissioner
6.619
Blue Collar
7.4
Witless Protection
4.5
BaadAsssss Cinema
6.1
Two If by Sea
4.969
The Park Is Mine
5.5
Tripwire
4
The Monkey Hustle
6.2
Friday Foster
5.99
Nothing But a Man
7.438
Drum
5.1
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
5.8
Extreme Justice
4.9
Fighting Back
5.875
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
3.2
Hangfire
4.2
Intent to Kill
4.3
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
6
Crunch
0
Desperado
3.8
The Jigsaw Murders
4.5
Best Ever Bond
5
After the Shock
5.8
The Limit
0
Alien
8.165
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: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
6.6
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
6.857
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
7.5
The World of James Bond
6
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
6
The Ride
2