Yaphet Kotto
Born in New York City, New York, U.S.A — Nov 16 1939• Died Mar 15 2021
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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)…
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Law & Order
Al Giardello
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
Bonanza
Child Barnett
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
Hawaii Five-O
LCpl. John T. Auston
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
Daniel Boone
Luke
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
The High Chaparral
Sgt. Major Creason
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
The Name of the Game
Wyman Jackson
Night Gallery
Buckner
Alien
Parker
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
Father Dowling Mysteries
Lt. Fleming
Tarzan
The Running Man
William Laughlin
Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
Doctors' Hospital
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Raid on Entebbe
President Idi Amin - Jr.
For Love and Honor
Brubaker
Dickie Coombes
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Cowboy in Africa
Musa
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
Bone
Bone
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
Drum
Blase
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Kelly
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
5 Card Stud
Little George
Man and Boy
Nate Hodges
Witless Protection
Ricardo Bodi
Eye of the Tiger
J.B. Deveraux
Harem
Agha Kislar
Badge of the Assassin
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Homicide: The Movie
Al Giardello
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
Extreme Justice
Larson
Truck Turner
Blue
Fighting Back
Ivanhoe Washington
Tripwire
Lee Pitt
Report to the Commissioner
Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Night Chase
Ernie Green
The Defenders: Payback
Judge Williams
The American Clock
Isaac
Nothing But a Man
Jocko
Hangfire
Police Lieutenant
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
Friday Foster
Colt Hawkins
The World of James Bond
Self
After the Shock
William McElroy
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
General Sorenson
The Park Is Mine
Eubanks
Women of San Quentin
Sgt. Therman Patterson
Sharks' Treasure
Ben Flynn
Intent to Kill
Captain Jackson
Terminal Entry
Col. Styles
Pretty Kill
Harris
Across 110th Street
Lt. William Pope
Prime Target
Gilmore Brown
Playing with Fire
Fire Chief Walker
Dead Badge
Captain Hunt
It's Nothing Personal
Lt. Tom Riley
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Rage!
Ernie
Ministry of Vengeance
Mr. Whiteside
Harem
Agha Kislar
Chrome Soldiers
Perry Beach
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Denmark Vessey
Out-of-Sync
Quincy
The Jigsaw Murders
Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Sonny Boy Mosby
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Self
The Ride
Carter
In Self Defense
Lt. Tyrell
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Marty Talbot
For Love and Honor
Sgt. China Bell
Almost Blue
Terry
The Monkey Hustle
Daddy Foxx
Desperado
Bede
Crunch
Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
Stiletto Dance
Captain Rick Sands
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The Limit
Mark Johnson
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Detective Martin Talbot
A Whisper to a Scream
Jules Tallard
Othello
Othello