Acting

Yaphet Kotto

Born 1939-11-16 · New York City, New York, U.S.A

Died 2021-03-15

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

Newest first

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
2008
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
Stiletto Dance
as Captain Rick Sands
2001
The Ride
as Carter
2000
Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
2000
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
The Defenders: Payback
as Judge Williams
1997
Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley
1996
The World of James Bond
as Self
1995
Out-of-Sync
as Quincy
1995
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Marty Talbot
1995
Dead Badge
as Captain Hunt
1995
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
1994
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Detective Martin Talbot
1994
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Jack Clayton
1993
Almost Blue
as Terry
1993
Extreme Justice
as Larson
1993
It's Nothing Personal
as Lt. Tom Riley
1993
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Al Giardello
1993
The American Clock
as Isaac
1993
Intent to Kill
as Captain Jackson
1992
Chrome Soldiers
as Perry Beach
1992
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
1991
Hangfire
as Police Lieutenant
1991
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Kelly
1990
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as ADA Kelley
1990
Law & Order
as Al Giardello
1990
After the Shock
as William McElroy
1990
Tripwire
as Lee Pitt
1989
Ministry of Vengeance
as Mr. Whiteside
1989
Prime Target
as Gilmore Brown
1989
The Jigsaw Murders
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
1989
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Lt. Fleming
1989
A Whisper to a Scream
as Jules Tallard
1989
Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1988
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as General Sorenson
1987
The Running Man
as William Laughlin
1987
Terminal Entry
as Col. Styles
1987
In Self Defense
as Lt. Tyrell
1987
Desperado
as Bede
1987
Pretty Kill
as Harris
1987
The Park Is Mine
as Eubanks
1986
Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux
1986
Harem
as Agha Kislar
1986
Harem
as Agha Kislar
1986
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1985
Warning Sign
as Major Connolly
1985
Playing with Fire
as Fire Chief Walker
1985
Badge of the Assassin
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
1985
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Bradshaw
1984
Women of San Quentin
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
1983
For Love and Honor
as Sgt. China Bell
1983
For Love and Honor
1983
The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes
1983
The A-Team
as Charles Struthers
1983
Fighting Back
as Ivanhoe Washington
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
as Denmark Vessey
1982
American Playhouse
as Jocko
1982
Hill Street Blues
as Calvin Matthias
1981
Rage!
as Ernie
1980
Brubaker
as Dickie Coombes
1980
Othello
as Othello
1980
Alien
as Parker
1979
Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James
1978
Raid on Entebbe
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
1976
The Monkey Hustle
as Daddy Foxx
1976
Drum
as Blase
1976
Crunch
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1976
Friday Foster
as Colt Hawkins
1975
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Sharks' Treasure
as Ben Flynn
1975
Report to the Commissioner
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1975
Truck Turner
as Blue
1974
Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big
1973
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
as Self
1973
Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope
1972
The Limit
as Mark Johnson
1972
The Limit
Director
1972
The Limit
Story
1972