Yaphet Kotto
Known for: Acting
Born: November 15, 1939 in New York City, New York, U.S.A - Died: March 14, 2021
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.
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Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
The Running Man
William Laughlin
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Brubaker
Dickie Coombes
5 Card Stud
Little George
Homicide: The Movie
Al Giardello
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Truck Turner
Blue
Across 110th Street
Lt. William Pope
Raid on Entebbe
President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Bone
Bone
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
Eye of the Tiger
J.B. Deveraux
Terminal Entry
Col. Styles
Report to the Commissioner
Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
Witless Protection
Ricardo Bodi
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
The Park Is Mine
Eubanks
Tripwire
Lee Pitt