Yaphet Kotto
Acting
Born: 1939-11-16 in New York City, New York, U.S.A
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.
Known For
Alien
Parker
The Running Man
William Laughlin
Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
Law & Order
Al Giardello
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Brubaker
Dickie Coombes
Bonanza
Child Barnett
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
Hawaii Five-O
Lance Corporal John T. Auston
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
Across 110th Street
Lt. William Pope
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
Night Gallery
Buckner
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
5 Card Stud
Little George
Witless Protection
Ricardo Bodi
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
Truck Turner
Blue
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
Eye of the Tiger
J.B. Deveraux
Raid on Entebbe
President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
The Big Valley
Damien
Friday Foster
Colt Hawkins
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
The Park Is Mine
Eubanks
Nothing But a Man
Jocko
Daniel Boone
Luke
Daniel Boone
Jonah
Bone
Bone
Homicide: The Movie
Al Giardello