Yaphet Kotto
Acting
Born: 1939-11-16 in New York City, New York, U.S.A
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.
Known For
Law & Order
Al Giardello
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Hawaii Five-O
Lance Corporal John T. Auston
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
Bonanza
Child Barnett
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
Alien
Parker
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
American Playhouse
Jocko
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
The Big Valley
Damien
Daniel Boone
Luke
Daniel Boone
Jonah
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
Tarzan
Night Gallery
Buckner
The High Chaparral
Sgt. Major Creason
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
The Name of the Game
Wyman Jackson
The Running Man
William Laughlin
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Cowboy in Africa
Musa
Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Father Dowling Mysteries
Lt. Fleming
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Brubaker
Dickie Coombes
Doctors' Hospital
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Kelly
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
ADA Kelley
5 Card Stud
Little George
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
Friday Foster
Colt Hawkins