Yaphet Kotto

Nov 16, 1939 - Mar 15, 2021 (81 years old) in New York City, New York, U.S.A

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

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Law & Order

Al Giardello

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Murder, She Wrote

Lt. Bradshaw

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The High Chaparral

Sgt. Major Creason

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Bonanza

Child Barnett

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The Big Valley

Lobo Brown

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Mannix

Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon

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Hawaii Five-O

LCpl. John T. Auston

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The A-Team

Charles Struthers

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Homicide: Life on the Street

Al Giardello

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

Convict

Credits

King Cohen 2018

Self

★ 6.6
Witless Protection 2008

Ricardo Bodi

★ 4.5
The Beast Within: Making Alien 2003

(archive footage)

★ 8.2
Best Ever Bond 2002

Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)

★ 5
BaadAsssss Cinema 2002

Self

★ 6.1
Stiletto Dance 2001

Captain Rick Sands

★ 5.1
The Ride 2000

Carter

★ 2
Homicide: The Movie 2000

Al Giardello

★ 6.8
Inside 'Live and Let Die' 1999

★ 7.5
The Defenders: Payback 1997

Judge Williams

★ 2.7
Two If by Sea 1996

FBI Agent O'Malley

★ 5
The World of James Bond 1995

★ 6
Out-of-Sync 1995

Quincy

★ 4.3
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan 1995

Marty Talbot

★ 5
Dead Badge 1995

Captain Hunt

★ 6.8
The Puppet Masters 1994

Ressler

★ 5.8
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face 1994

Detective Martin Talbot

★ 3.5
seaQuest DSV 1993

Captain Jack Clayton

★ 7
Almost Blue 1993

Terry

★ 6.3
Extreme Justice 1993

Larson

★ 4.9
It's Nothing Personal 1993

Lt. Tom Riley

★ NR
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993

Al Giardello

★ 8.1
The American Clock 1993

★ 6.5
Intent to Kill 1992

Captain Jackson

★ 4.3
Chrome Soldiers 1992

Perry Beach

★ 3.8
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991

Doc

★ 5.3
Hangfire 1991

Police Lieutenant

★ 4.2
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill 1990

Kelly

★ 5.3
Law & Order 1990

Al Giardello

★ 7.4
After the Shock 1990

William McElroy

★ 5.8
Tripwire 1989

Lee Pitt

★ 4
Ministry of Vengeance 1989

Mr. Whiteside

★ 3
Prime Target 1989

Gilmore Brown

★ 4.7
The Jigsaw Murders 1989

Doctor Tyrone Fillmore

★ 4.2
Father Dowling Mysteries 1989

Lt. Fleming

★ 7.3
A Whisper to a Scream 1989

Jules Tallard

★ 3.3
Terminal Entry 1988

Col. Styles

★ 4
Midnight Run 1988

Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.

★ 7.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel 1987

General Sorenson

★ 7.1
The Running Man 1987

William Laughlin

★ 6.5
In Self Defense 1987

Lt. Tyrell

★ 5.3
Desperado 1987

Bede

★ 3.8
Pretty Kill 1987

Harris

★ 1.7
The Park Is Mine 1986

Eubanks

★ 5.5
Eye of the Tiger 1986

J.B. Deveraux

★ 6
Harem 1986

Agha Kislar

★ 4.8
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1985

Convict

★ 7.2
Warning Sign 1985

Major Connolly

★ 6
Playing with Fire 1985

Fire Chief Walker

★ 6
Badge of the Assassin 1985

Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

★ 5
Murder, She Wrote 1984

Lt. Bradshaw

★ 7.5
Women of San Quentin 1983

Sgt. Therman Patterson

★ 1
For Love and Honor 1983

Sgt. China Bell

★ 10
The Star Chamber 1983

Detective Harry Lowes

★ 6
The A-Team 1983

Charles Struthers

★ 7.5
Fighting Back 1982

Ivanhoe Washington

★ 5.7
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion 1982

Denmark Vessey

★ 6
Hill Street Blues 1981

Calvin Matthias

★ 7.6
Rage! 1980

Ernie

★ 7
Brubaker 1980

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

★ 7.1
Othello 1980

Othello

★ 8
Alien 1979

Parker

★ 8.2
Blue Collar 1978

Sam 'Smokey' James

★ 7.4
Raid on Entebbe 1976

President Idi Amin - Jr.

★ 6
The Monkey Hustle 1976

Daddy Foxx

★ 6.2
Drum 1976

Blase

★ 5.1
Crunch 1976

Richard "Crunch" Blackstone

★ NR
Friday Foster 1975

Colt Hawkins

★ 6
Doctors' Hospital 1975

★ 5
Sharks' Treasure 1975

Ben Flynn

★ 4.6
Report to the Commissioner 1975

Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone

★ 6.6
Truck Turner 1974

Blue

★ 6.5
Live and Let Die 1973

Kananga/Mr. Big

★ 6.5
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary 1973

Self

★ 6
Across 110th Street 1972

Lt. William Pope

★ 6.8
The Limit 1972

Mark Johnson

★ NR
Bone 1972

Bone

★ 6.1
Man and Boy 1971

Nate Hodges

★ 6
Night Gallery 1970

Buckner

★ 7.8
Night Chase 1970

Ernie Green

★ 5.5
The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970

Sonny Boy Mosby

★ 5.8
Hawaii Five-O 1968

LCpl. John T. Auston

★ 7.1
The Name of the Game 1968

Wyman Jackson

★ 6.8
5 Card Stud 1968

Little George

★ 6.3
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968

Carl

★ 6.8
Mannix 1967

Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon

★ 6.7
Cowboy in Africa 1967

Musa

★ 5
The High Chaparral 1967

Sgt. Major Creason

★ 6.5
Tarzan 1966

★ 6.7
The Big Valley 1965

Lobo Brown

★ 6.1
Nothing But a Man 1964

Jocko

★ 7.4
Daniel Boone 1964

Luke

★ 6.9
Bonanza 1959

Child Barnett

★ 7.5
Gunsmoke 1955

Piney Biggs

★ 6.6

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