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Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Frederick Kotto 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: Acting

Born: New York City, New York, U.S.A, 1939-11-16

Died: 2021-03-15

Film

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1964	Nothing But a Man	Jocko	74
2	1968	The Thomas Crown Affair	Carl	68
3	1968	5 Card Stud	Little George	62
4	1970	The Liberation of L.B. Jones	Sonny Boy Mosby	58
5	1970	Night Chase	Ernie Green	55
6	1971	Man and Boy	Nate Hodges	60
7	1972	Bone	Bone	61
8	1972	The Limit	Mark Johnson	0
9	1972	Across 110th Street	Lt. William Pope	68
10	1973	Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary	Self	60
11	1973	Live and Let Die	Kananga/Mr. Big	65
12	1974	Truck Turner	Blue	65
13	1975	Report to the Commissioner	Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone	66
14	1975	Sharks' Treasure	Ben Flynn	46
15	1975	Friday Foster	Colt Hawkins	60
16	1976	Crunch	Richard "Crunch" Blackstone	0
17	1976	Drum	Blase	51
18	1976	The Monkey Hustle	Daddy Foxx	62
19	1976	Raid on Entebbe	President Idi Amin - Jr.	60
20	1978	Blue Collar	Sam 'Smokey' James	74
21	1979	Alien	Parker	82
22	1980	Othello	Othello	80
23	1980	Brubaker	Richard 'Dickie' Coombes	71
24	1980	Rage!	Ernie	70
25	1982	A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion	Denmark Vessey	60
26	1982	Fighting Back	Ivanhoe Washington	59
27	1983	The Star Chamber	Detective Harry Lowes	60
28	1983	For Love and Honor	Sgt. China Bell	100
29	1983	Women of San Quentin	Sgt. Therman Patterson	10
30	1985	Badge of the Assassin	Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD	50
31	1985	Playing with Fire	Fire Chief Walker	60
32	1985	Warning Sign	Major Connolly	60
33	1986	Harem	Agha Kislar	48
34	1986	Eye of the Tiger	J.B. Deveraux	60
35	1986	The Park Is Mine	Eubanks	55
36	1987	Pretty Kill	Harris	17
37	1987	Desperado	Bede	38
38	1987	In Self Defense	Lt. Tyrell	53
39	1987	The Running Man	William Laughlin	65
40	1987	Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel	General Sorenson	71
41	1988	Midnight Run	Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.	72
42	1988	Terminal Entry	Col. Styles	40
43	1989	A Whisper to a Scream	Jules Tallard	32
44	1989	The Jigsaw Murders	Doctor Tyrone Fillmore	45
45	1989	Prime Target	Gilmore Brown	47
46	1989	Ministry of Vengeance	Mr. Whiteside	30
47	1989	Tripwire	Lee Pitt	40
48	1990	After the Shock	William McElroy	58
49	1991	Hangfire	Police Lieutenant	42
50	1991	Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare	Doc	53
51	1992	Chrome Soldiers	Perry Beach	38
52	1992	Intent to Kill	Captain Jackson	43
53	1993	The American Clock	Isaac	65
54	1993	It's Nothing Personal	Lt. Tom Riley	0
55	1993	Extreme Justice	Larson	49
56	1993	Almost Blue	Terry	69
57	1994	The Corpse Had a Familiar Face	Detective Martin Talbot	35
58	1994	The Puppet Masters	Ressler	58
59	1995	Dead Badge	Captain Hunt	68
60	1995	Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	Marty Talbot	50
61	1995	Out-of-Sync	Quincy	43
62	1995	The World of James Bond		60
63	1996	Two If by Sea	FBI Agent O'Malley	50
64	1997	The Defenders: Payback	Judge Williams	27
65	1999	Inside 'Live and Let Die'		75
66	2000	Homicide: The Movie	Al Giardello	68
67	2000	The Ride	Carter	20
68	2001	Stiletto Dance	Captain Rick Sands	51
69	2002	BaadAsssss Cinema	Self	61
70	2002	Best Ever Bond	Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)	50
71	2008	Witless Protection	Ricardo Bodi	45
72	2018	King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen	Self	66

Television

No.	Year	Title	Role	Vote Average
1	1955	Gunsmoke	Piney Biggs	66
2	1959	Bonanza	Child Barnett	75
3	1962	The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson	Self	75
4	1964	Daniel Boone	Luke	69
5	1964	Daniel Boone	Jonah	69
6	1965	The Big Valley	Lobo Brown	61
7	1965	The Big Valley	Damien	61
8	1966	Tarzan		67
9	1967	The High Chaparral	Sgt. Major Creason	65
10	1967	Cowboy in Africa	Musa	50
11	1967	Mannix	Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon	67
12	1968	Hawaii Five-O	LCpl. John T. Auston	71
13	1968	The Name of the Game	Wyman Jackson	68
14	1970	Night Gallery	Buckner	78
15	1975	Doctors' Hospital		50
16	1981	Hill Street Blues	Calvin Matthias	76
17	1983	The A-Team	Charles Struthers	75
18	1983	For Love and Honor		55
19	1984	Murder, She Wrote	Lt. Bradshaw	75
20	1985	The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents	Convict	72
21	1986	Harem	Agha Kislar	50
22	1989	Father Dowling Mysteries	Lt. Fleming	73
23	1990	Law & Order	Al Giardello	74
24	1990	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	Kelly	53
25	1990	The Trials of Rosie O'Neill	ADA Kelley	53
26	1993	Homicide: Life on the Street	Al Giardello	81
27	1993	seaQuest DSV	Captain Jack Clayton	70