Yaphet Kotto

Personal Info

Birthday

November 16, 1939

Day of Death

2021-03-15

(81 years old)

Place of Birth

New York City, New York, U.S.A

Also Known As

Yaphet Frederick Kotto

耶佛·哥圖

Yaphet Kotto

Biography

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

Law & Order

Bonanza

Murder, She Wrote

The A-Team

Mannix

Hawaii Five-O

The Big Valley

seaQuest DSV

Filmography

2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2008
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
as (archive footage)
2002
Best Ever Bond
as Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2001
Stiletto Dance
as Captain Rick Sands
2000
The Ride
as Carter
Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
1997
The Defenders: Payback
as Judge Williams
1996
Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley
1995
Out-of-Sync
as Quincy
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Marty Talbot
Dead Badge
as Captain Hunt
1994
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Detective Martin Talbot
1993
Almost Blue
as Terry
Extreme Justice
as Larson
It's Nothing Personal
as Lt. Tom Riley
The American Clock
as Isaac
1992
Intent to Kill
as Captain Jackson
Chrome Soldiers
as Perry Beach
1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
Hangfire
as Police Lieutenant
1990
After the Shock
as William McElroy
1989
Tripwire
as Lee Pitt
Ministry of Vengeance
as Mr. Whiteside
Prime Target
as Gilmore Brown
The Jigsaw Murders
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
A Whisper to a Scream
as Jules Tallard
1988
Terminal Entry
as Col. Styles
Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as General Sorenson
The Running Man
as William Laughlin
In Self Defense
as Lt. Tyrell
Desperado
as Bede
Pretty Kill
as Harris
1986
The Park Is Mine
as Eubanks
Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux
1985
Warning Sign
as Major Connolly
Playing with Fire
as Fire Chief Walker
Badge of the Assassin
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
1983
Women of San Quentin
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
For Love and Honor
as Sgt. China Bell
The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes
1982
Fighting Back
as Ivanhoe Washington
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Denmark Vessey
1980
Rage!
as Ernie
Brubaker
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Othello
as Othello
1979
Alien
as Parker
1978
Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James
1976
Raid on Entebbe
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Monkey Hustle
as Daddy Foxx
Drum
as Blase
Crunch
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1975
Friday Foster
as Colt Hawkins
Sharks' Treasure
as Ben Flynn
Report to the Commissioner
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1974
Truck Turner
as Blue
1973
Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
as Self
1972
Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope
The Limit
as Mark Johnson
Bone
as Bone
1971
Man and Boy
as Nate Hodges
1970
Night Chase
as Ernie Green
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Sonny Boy Mosby
1968
5 Card Stud
as Little George
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Carl
1964
Nothing But a Man
as Jocko