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Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto
  • Name: Yaphet Kotto
  • Birthday: 1939-11-16
  • Also known as: Yaphet Frederick Kotto,耶佛·哥圖
  • Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.A
  • Popularity: 7.981
Biography: 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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Title Release date
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen   as  Self 2018-07-07
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy   as  Self (archive footage) 2010-05-04
Witless Protection   as  Ricardo Bodi 2008-02-22
The Beast Within: Making Alien   as  (archive footage) 2003-12-02
Best Ever Bond   as  Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited) 2002-11-22
BaadAsssss Cinema   as  Self 2002-08-14
Stiletto Dance   as  Captain Rick Sands 2001-06-08
The Ride   as  Carter 2000-08-27
Homicide: The Movie   as  Al Giardello 2000-02-13
Inside 'Live and Let Die' 1999-01-01
The Defenders: Payback   as  Judge Williams 1997-10-12
Two If by Sea   as  FBI Agent O'Malley 1996-01-12
The World of James Bond 1995-10-29
Out-of-Sync   as  Quincy 1995-06-04
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan   as  Marty Talbot 1995-05-08
Dead Badge   as  Captain Hunt 1995-03-28
The Puppet Masters   as  Ressler 1994-10-21
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face   as  Detective Martin Talbot 1994-03-27
Almost Blue   as  Terry 1993-08-04
Extreme Justice   as  Larson 1993-06-26
It's Nothing Personal   as  Lt. Tom Riley 1993-02-01
The American Clock 1993-01-02
Intent to Kill   as  Captain Jackson 1992-10-01
Chrome Soldiers   as  Perry Beach 1992-05-06
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare   as  Doc 1991-09-05
Hangfire   as  Police Lieutenant 1991-01-11
After the Shock   as  William McElroy 1990-09-12
Tripwire   as  Lee Pitt 1989-11-30
Ministry of Vengeance   as  Mr. Whiteside 1989-11-03
Prime Target   as  Gilmore Brown 1989-09-29
The Jigsaw Murders   as  Doctor Tyrone Fillmore 1989-07-25
A Whisper to a Scream   as  Jules Tallard 1989-01-01
Terminal Entry   as  Col. Styles 1988-07-26
Midnight Run   as  Alonzo Mosely 1988-07-20
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel   as  General Sorenson 1987-11-15
The Running Man   as  William Laughlin 1987-11-13
In Self Defense   as  Lt. Tyrell 1987-05-22
Desperado   as  Bede 1987-04-27
Pretty Kill   as  Harris 1987-03-27
The Park Is Mine   as  Eubanks 1986-07-24
Eye of the Tiger   as  J.B. Deveraux 1986-07-07
Harem   as  Agha Kislar 1986-02-09
Warning Sign   as  Major Connolly 1985-08-23
Playing with Fire   as  Fire Chief Walker 1985-04-13
Badge of the Assassin   as  Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD 1985-01-04
Women of San Quentin   as  Sgt. Therman Patterson 1983-10-23
For Love and Honor   as  Sgt. China Bell 1983-09-23
The Star Chamber   as  Detective Harry Lowes 1983-08-05
Fighting Back   as  Ivanhoe Washington 1982-05-21
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion   as  Denmark Vessey 1982-02-17
Rage!   as  Ernie 1980-09-25
Brubaker   as  Richard 'Dickie' Coombes 1980-06-20
Othello   as  Othello 1980-01-01
Alien   as  Parker 1979-05-25
Blue Collar   as  Sam 'Smokey' James 1978-02-10
Raid on Entebbe   as  President Idi Amin - Jr. 1976-12-26
The Monkey Hustle   as  Daddy Foxx 1976-12-24
Drum   as  Blase 1976-07-30
Crunch   as  Richard "Crunch" Blackstone 1976-01-01
Friday Foster   as  Colt Hawkins 1975-12-25
Sharks' Treasure   as  Ben Flynn 1975-04-18
Report to the Commissioner   as  Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone 1975-02-05
Truck Turner   as  Blue 1974-06-26
Live and Let Die   as  Kananga/Mr. Big 1973-06-27
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary   as  Self 1973-06-21
Across 110th Street   as  Lt. William Pope 1972-12-19
The Limit   as  Mark Johnson 1972-11-10
Bone   as  Bone 1972-07-01
Man and Boy   as  Nate Hodges 1971-06-23
Night Chase   as  Ernie Green 1970-11-20
The Liberation of L.B. Jones   as  Sonny Boy Mosby 1970-03-18
5 Card Stud   as  Little George 1968-07-28
The Thomas Crown Affair   as  Carl 1968-06-26
Nothing But a Man   as  Jocko 1964-12-27