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Yaphet Kotto

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.

On screen

  • King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
  • Witless Protection
  • BaadAsssss Cinema
  • Stiletto Dance
  • Homicide: The Movie
  • The Ride
  • Inside 'Live and Let Die'
  • The Defenders: Payback
  • Two If by Sea
  • Out-of-Sync
  • Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
  • Dead Badge
  • The World of James Bond
  • The Puppet Masters
  • The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
  • Extreme Justice
  • It's Nothing Personal
  • The American Clock
  • Almost Blue
  • Chrome Soldiers
  • Intent to Kill
  • Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
  • Hangfire
  • After the Shock
  • Tripwire
  • Ministry of Vengeance
  • A Whisper to a Scream
  • The Jigsaw Murders
  • Prime Target
  • Midnight Run
  • The Running Man
  • Terminal Entry
  • In Self Defense
  • Pretty Kill
  • Desperado
  • Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
  • Eye of the Tiger
  • The Park Is Mine
  • Harem
  • Warning Sign
  • Badge of the Assassin
  • Playing with Fire
  • The Star Chamber
  • Women of San Quentin
  • For Love and Honor
  • Fighting Back
  • A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
  • Brubaker
  • Othello
  • Rage!
  • Alien
  • Blue Collar
  • Raid on Entebbe
  • The Monkey Hustle
  • Drum
  • Crunch
  • Report to the Commissioner
  • Friday Foster
  • Sharks' Treasure
  • Truck Turner
  • Live and Let Die
  • Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
  • Across 110th Street
  • Bone
  • The Limit
  • Man and Boy
  • The Liberation of L.B. Jones
  • Night Chase
  • The Thomas Crown Affair
  • 5 Card Stud
  • Nothing But a Man

Behind the camera

  • The Limit

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