Yaphet Kotto
Birthday: 1939-11-16
Deathday: 2021-03-15
Birthplace: New York City, New York, U.S.A
Gender: Male
Owned By: Unowned
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.
Credits
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2008-02-22 | Witless Protection | Ricardo Bodi |
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2001-06-08 | Stiletto Dance | Captain Rick Sands |
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2000-08-27 | The Ride | Carter |
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2000-02-13 | Homicide: The Movie | Al Giardello |
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1999-01-01 | Inside 'Live and Let Die' | |
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1997-10-12 | The Defenders: Payback | Judge Williams |
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1996-01-12 | Two If by Sea | FBI Agent O'Malley |
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1995-10-29 | The World of James Bond | |
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1995-06-04 | Out-of-Sync | Quincy |
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1995-05-08 | Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan | Marty Talbot |
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1995-03-28 | Dead Badge | Captain Hunt |
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1994-10-21 | The Puppet Masters | Ressler |
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1994-03-27 | The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | Detective Martin Talbot |
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1993-08-04 | Almost Blue | Terry |
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1993-06-26 | Extreme Justice | Larson |
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1993-02-01 | It's Nothing Personal | Lt. Tom Riley |
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1993-01-02 | The American Clock | |
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1992-10-01 | Intent to Kill | Captain Jackson |
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1992-05-06 | Chrome Soldiers | Perry Beach |
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1991-09-05 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Doc |
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1991-01-11 | Hangfire | Police Lieutenant |
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1990-09-12 | After the Shock | William McElroy |
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1989-11-30 | Tripwire | Lee Pitt |
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1989-11-03 | Ministry of Vengeance | Mr. Whiteside |
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1989-09-29 | Prime Target | Gilmore Brown |
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1989-07-25 | The Jigsaw Murders | Doctor Tyrone Fillmore |
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1989-01-01 | A Whisper to a Scream | Jules Tallard |
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1988-07-26 | Terminal Entry | Col. Styles |
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1988-07-20 | Midnight Run | Alonzo Mosely |
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1987-11-15 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel | General Sorenson |
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1987-11-13 | The Running Man | William Laughlin |
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1987-05-22 | In Self Defense | Lt. Tyrell |
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1987-04-27 | Desperado | Bede |
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1987-03-27 | Pretty Kill | Harris |
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1986-07-24 | The Park Is Mine | Eubanks |
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1986-07-07 | Eye of the Tiger | J.B. Deveraux |
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1986-02-09 | Harem | Agha Kislar |
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1985-08-23 | Warning Sign | Major Connolly |
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1985-04-13 | Playing with Fire | Fire Chief Walker |
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1985-01-04 | Badge of the Assassin | Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD |
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1983-10-23 | Women of San Quentin | Sgt. Therman Patterson |
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1983-09-23 | For Love and Honor | Sgt. China Bell |
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1983-08-05 | The Star Chamber | Detective Harry Lowes |
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1982-05-21 | Fighting Back | Ivanhoe Washington |
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1982-02-17 | A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion | Denmark Vessey |
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1980-09-25 | Rage! | Ernie |
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1980-06-20 | Brubaker | Richard 'Dickie' Coombes |
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1980-01-01 | Othello | Othello |
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1979-05-25 | Alien | Parker |
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1978-02-10 | Blue Collar | Sam 'Smokey' James |
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1976-12-26 | Raid on Entebbe | President Idi Amin - Jr. |
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1976-12-24 | The Monkey Hustle | Daddy Foxx |
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1976-07-30 | Drum | Blase |
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1976-01-01 | Crunch | Richard "Crunch" Blackstone |
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1975-12-25 | Friday Foster | Colt Hawkins |
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1975-04-18 | Sharks' Treasure | Ben Flynn |
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1975-02-05 | Report to the Commissioner | Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone |
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1974-06-26 | Truck Turner | Blue |
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1973-06-27 | Live and Let Die | Kananga/Mr. Big |
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1972-12-19 | Across 110th Street | Lt. William Pope |
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1972-11-10 | The Limit | Mark Johnson |
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1972-07-01 | Bone | Bone |
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1971-06-23 | Man and Boy | Nate Hodges |
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1970-11-20 | Night Chase | Ernie Green |
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1970-03-18 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Sonny Boy Mosby |
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1968-07-28 | 5 Card Stud | Little George |
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1968-06-26 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Carl |
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1964-12-27 | Nothing But a Man | Jocko |