Acting

Yaphet Kotto

1939-11-16 · 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.

Movies & TV shows

80 credits

Law & Order

1990 · Al Giardello

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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

1962 · Self

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The A-Team

1983 · Charles Struthers

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Murder, She Wrote

1984 · Lt. Bradshaw

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Homicide: Life on the Street

1993 · Al Giardello

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Hawaii Five-O

1968 · LCpl. John T. Auston

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Bonanza

1959 · Child Barnett

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American Playhouse

1982 · Jocko

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Mannix

1967 · Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon

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Hill Street Blues

1981 · Calvin Matthias

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seaQuest DSV

1993 · Captain Jack Clayton

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Alien

1979 · Parker

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Tarzan

1966

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The Big Valley

1965 · Lobo Brown

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The Big Valley

1965 · Damien

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Daniel Boone

1964 · Luke

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Daniel Boone

1964 · Jonah

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The Name of the Game

1968 · Wyman Jackson

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Gunsmoke

1955 · Piney Biggs

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The High Chaparral

1967 · Sgt. Major Creason

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

1985 · Convict

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Night Gallery

1970 · Buckner

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The Running Man

1987 · William Laughlin

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Live and Let Die

1973 · Kananga/Mr. Big

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Father Dowling Mysteries

1989 · Lt. Fleming

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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991 · Doc

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The Thomas Crown Affair

1968 · Carl

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Midnight Run

1988 · Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.

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Brubaker

1980 · Dickie Coombes

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The Puppet Masters

1994 · Ressler

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The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

1990 · Kelly

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The Trials of Rosie O'Neill

1990 · ADA Kelley

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Doctors' Hospital

1975

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Warning Sign

1985 · Major Connolly

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Cowboy in Africa

1967 · Musa

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Blue Collar

1978 · Sam 'Smokey' James

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For Love and Honor

1983

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Two If by Sea

1996 · FBI Agent O'Malley

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The Star Chamber

1983 · Detective Harry Lowes

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5 Card Stud

1968 · Little George

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Across 110th Street

1972 · Lt. William Pope

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Raid on Entebbe

1976 · President Idi Amin - Jr.

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Harem

1986 · Agha Kislar

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Drum

1976 · Blase

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Report to the Commissioner

1975 · Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone

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Dead Badge

1995 · Captain Hunt

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Eye of the Tiger

1986 · J.B. Deveraux

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Friday Foster

1975 · Colt Hawkins

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The Park Is Mine

1986 · Eubanks

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The Ride

2000 · Carter

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Homicide: The Movie

2000 · Al Giardello

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Witless Protection

2008 · Ricardo Bodi

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Truck Turner

1974 · Blue

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Fighting Back

1982 · Ivanhoe Washington

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The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970 · Sonny Boy Mosby

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Nothing But a Man

1964 · Jocko

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Women of San Quentin

1983 · Sgt. Therman Patterson

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Ministry of Vengeance

1989 · Mr. Whiteside

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Harem

1986 · Agha Kislar

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Extreme Justice

1993 · Larson

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

1987 · General Sorenson

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Stiletto Dance

2001 · Captain Rick Sands

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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

2018 · Self

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Tripwire

1989 · Lee Pitt

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The World of James Bond

1995 · Self

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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

1995 · Marty Talbot

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The American Clock

1993 · Isaac

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Badge of the Assassin

1985 · Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

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Out-of-Sync

1995 · Quincy

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Prime Target

1989 · Gilmore Brown

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Terminal Entry

1987 · Col. Styles

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Playing with Fire

1985 · Fire Chief Walker

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BaadAsssss Cinema

2002 · Self

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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

1973 · Self

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Hangfire

1991 · Police Lieutenant

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Man and Boy

1971 · Nate Hodges

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In Self Defense

1987 · Lt. Tyrell

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It's Nothing Personal

1993 · Lt. Tom Riley

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Inside 'Live and Let Die'

1999

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Desperado

1987 · Bede

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