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.
Also Known As
Movie Appearances
Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big
1973
The Running Man
as William Laughlin
1987
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Carl
1968
Brubaker
as Dickie Coombes
1980
5 Card Stud
as Little George
1968
Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
2000
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
1991
Truck Turner
as Blue
1974
Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope
1972
Raid on Entebbe
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
1976
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
1994
Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1988
Bone
as Bone
1972
The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes
1983
Warning Sign
as Major Connolly
1985
Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux
1986
Terminal Entry
as Col. Styles
1988
Report to the Commissioner
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1975
Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James
1978
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
2008
TV Appearances
The A-Team
as Charles Struthers
1983
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Jack Clayton
1993
Hawaii Five-O
as LCpl. John T. Auston
1968
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1985
Mannix
as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1967
Hill Street Blues
as Calvin Matthias
1981
Gunsmoke
as Piney Biggs
1955
Night Gallery
as Buckner
1970
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Al Giardello
1993
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Daniel Boone
as Luke
1964
The High Chaparral
as Sgt. Major Creason
1967