Yaphet Kotto
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.
Acted in
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
as Self
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
2010
as Self (archive footage)
Witless Protection
2008
as Ricardo Bodi
The Beast Within: Making Alien
2003
as (archive footage)
Best Ever Bond
2002
as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
as Self
Stiletto Dance
2001
as Captain Rick Sands
Homicide: The Movie
2000
as Al Giardello
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
The Defenders: Payback
1997
as Judge Williams
Two If by Sea
1996
as FBI Agent O'Malley
The World of James Bond
1995
Out-of-Sync
1995
as Quincy
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1995
as Marty Talbot
Dead Badge
1995
as Captain Hunt
The Puppet Masters
1994
as Ressler
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
1994
as Detective Martin Talbot
seaQuest DSV
1993
as Captain Jack Clayton
Almost Blue
1993
as Terry
Extreme Justice
1993
as Larson
It's Nothing Personal
1993
as Lt. Tom Riley
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
as Al Giardello
The American Clock
1993
Intent to Kill
1992
as Captain Jackson
Chrome Soldiers
1992
as Perry Beach
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
as Doc
Hangfire
1991
as Police Lieutenant
Law & Order
1990
as Al Giardello
After the Shock
1990
as William McElroy
Tripwire
1989
as Lee Pitt
Ministry of Vengeance
1989
as Mr. Whiteside
Prime Target
1989
as Gilmore Brown
The Jigsaw Murders
1989
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
Father Dowling Mysteries
1989
as Lt. Fleming
A Whisper to a Scream
1989
as Jules Tallard
Terminal Entry
1988
as Col. Styles
Midnight Run
1988
as Alonzo Mosely
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1987
as General Sorenson
The Running Man
1987
as William Laughlin
In Self Defense
1987
as Lt. Tyrell
Desperado
1987
as Bede
Pretty Kill
1987
as Harris
Eye of the Tiger
1986
as J.B. Deveraux
Harem
1986
as Agha Kislar
Harem
1986
as Agha Kislar
The Park Is Mine
1985
as Eubanks
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
as Convict
Warning Sign
1985
as Major Connolly
Playing with Fire
1985
as Fire Chief Walker
Badge of the Assassin
1985
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Murder, She Wrote
1984
as Lt. Bradshaw
Women of San Quentin
1983
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
For Love and Honor
1983
as Sgt. China Bell
For Love and Honor
1983
The Star Chamber
1983
as Detective Harry Lowes
The A-Team
1983
as Charles Struthers
Fighting Back
1982
as Ivanhoe Washington
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
1982
as Denmark Vessey
Hill Street Blues
1981
as Calvin Matthias
Rage!
1980
as Ernie
Brubaker
1980
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Othello
1980
as Othello
Alien
1979
as Parker
Blue Collar
1978
as Sam 'Smokey' James
Raid on Entebbe
1976
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Monkey Hustle
1976
as Daddy Foxx
Drum
1976
as Blase
Crunch
1976
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
Friday Foster
1975
as Colt Hawkins
Doctors' Hospital
1975
Sharks' Treasure
1975
as Ben Flynn
Report to the Commissioner
1975
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Truck Turner
1974
as Blue
Live and Let Die
1973
as Kananga/Mr. Big
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1973
as Self
Across 110th Street
1972
as Lt. William Pope
The Limit
1972
as Mark Johnson
Bone
1972
as Bone
Man and Boy
1971
as Nate Hodges
Night Gallery
1970
Night Chase
1970
as Ernie Green
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1970
as Sonny Boy Mosby
Hawaii Five-O
1968
as LCpl. John T. Auston
The Name of the Game
1968
as Wyman Jackson
5 Card Stud
1968
as Little George
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
as Carl
Mannix
1967
Cowboy in Africa
1967
The High Chaparral
1967
as Sgt. Major Creason
Tarzan
1966
The Big Valley
1965
as Lobo Brown
The Big Valley
1965
as Damien
Nothing But a Man
1964
as Jocko
Daniel Boone
1964
as Luke
Daniel Boone
1964
as Jonah
Bonanza
1959
as Child Barnett
Gunsmoke
1955
as Piney Biggs