Yaphet Kotto
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1939
Died: March 15, 2021
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 opposi…
Known for
Bone
1972
The Monkey Hustle
1976
Crunch
1976
After the Shock
1990
The Limit
1972
Othello
1980
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
1982
The Ride
2000
Live and Let Die
1973
Brubaker
1980
Truck Turner
1974
Across 110th Street
1972
Eye of the Tiger
1986
Report to the Commissioner
1975
Friday Foster
1975
In Self Defense
1987
Badge of the Assassin
1985
Night Chase
1970
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
Raid on Entebbe
1976
Midnight Run
1988
The Star Chamber
1983
Warning Sign
1985
Terminal Entry
1987
Blue Collar
1978
Two If by Sea
1996
The Park Is Mine
1986
It's Nothing Personal
1993
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
Desperado
1987
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
Sharks' Treasure
1975
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
Almost Blue
1993
The Running Man
1987
Witless Protection
2008
Fighting Back
1982
Extreme Justice
1993
Pretty Kill
1987
Prime Target
1989
Playing with Fire
1985
Dead Badge
1995
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Drum
1976
Tripwire
1989
Man and Boy
1971
Stiletto Dance
2001
Intent to Kill
1992
Harem
1986
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
Nothing But a Man
1964
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
Alien
1979
Women of San Quentin
1983
5 Card Stud
1968
The Puppet Masters
1994
Chrome Soldiers
1992
Out-of-Sync
1995
Hangfire
1991
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
The Defenders: Payback
1997
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
For Love and Honor
1983
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
Homicide: The Movie
2000
Rage!
1980
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
The World of James Bond
1995
The American Clock
1993
The A-Team
1983
seaQuest DSV
1993
Hawaii Five-O
1968
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Mannix
1967
Hill Street Blues
1981
Gunsmoke
1955
Night Gallery
1970
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Daniel Boone
1964
The High Chaparral
1967
The Big Valley
1965
Cowboy in Africa
1967
Tarzan
1966
For Love and Honor
1983
Murder, She Wrote
1984
Harem
1986
Bonanza
1959
Law & Order
1990
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
The Name of the Game
1968
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962