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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
November 16, 1939
Died
March 15, 2021
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.A
Also Known As
- Yaphet Frederick Kotto
- 耶佛·哥圖
Yaphet Kotto
1.1 Popularity
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
6.4
Self
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
2018
4.5
Ricardo Bodi
Witless Protection
2008
5.9
Self
BaadAsssss Cinema
2002
4.7
Captain Rick Sands
Stiletto Dance
2001
2.0
Carter
The Ride
2000
6.8
Al Giardello
Homicide: The Movie
2000
7.5
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
2.7
Judge Williams
The Defenders: Payback
1997
4.9
FBI Agent O'Malley
Two If by Sea
1996
6.0
Self
The World of James Bond
1995
Credits
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018
6.4
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
2008
4.5
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002
5.9
Stiletto Dance
as Captain Rick Sands
2001
4.7
The Ride
as Carter
2000
2.0
Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
2000
6.8
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999
7.5
The Defenders: Payback
as Judge Williams
1997
2.7
Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley
1996
4.9
The World of James Bond
as Self
1995
6.0
Out-of-Sync
as Quincy
1995
3.9
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Marty Talbot
1995
5.0
Dead Badge
as Captain Hunt
1995
6.8
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
1994
5.8
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Detective Martin Talbot
1994
3.5
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Jack Clayton
1993
7.0
Almost Blue
as Terry
1993
6.9
Extreme Justice
as Larson
1993
4.7
It's Nothing Personal
as Lt. Tom Riley
1993
0.0
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Al Giardello
1993
8.1
The American Clock
as Isaac
1993
5.4
Intent to Kill
as Captain Jackson
1992
3.9
Chrome Soldiers
as Perry Beach
1992
3.8
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
1991
5.3
Hangfire
as Police Lieutenant
1991
4.0
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Kelly
1990
5.2
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as ADA Kelley
1990
5.2
Law & Order
as Al Giardello
1990
7.4
After the Shock
as William McElroy
1990
5.8
Tripwire
as Lee Pitt
1989
4.0
Ministry of Vengeance
as Mr. Whiteside
1989
3.0
Prime Target
as Gilmore Brown
1989
5.0
The Jigsaw Murders
as Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
1989
4.4
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Lt. Fleming
1989
7.4
A Whisper to a Scream
as Jules Tallard
1989
2.8
Terminal Entry
as Col. Styles
1988
3.8
Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
1988
7.2
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
as General Sorenson
1987
7.1
The Running Man
as William Laughlin
1987
6.5
In Self Defense
as Lt. Tyrell
1987
5.3
Desperado
as Bede
1987
3.2
Pretty Kill
as Harris
1987
1.8
The Park Is Mine
as Eubanks
1986
5.5
Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux
1986
6.0
Harem
as Agha Kislar
1986
4.2
Harem
as Agha Kislar
1986
5.0
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict
1985
7.2
Warning Sign
as Major Connolly
1985
6.0
Playing with Fire
as Fire Chief Walker
1985
6.0
Badge of the Assassin
as Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
1985
5.4
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Bradshaw
1984
7.5
Women of San Quentin
as Sgt. Therman Patterson
1983
1.0
For Love and Honor
as Sgt. China Bell
1983
10.0
🎬
For Love and Honor
1983
5.5
The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes
1983
6.0
The A-Team
as Charles Struthers
1983
7.5
Fighting Back
as Ivanhoe Washington
1982
5.7
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
as Denmark Vessey
1982
6.0
Hill Street Blues
as Calvin Matthias
1981
7.6
Rage!
as Ernie
1980
7.0
Brubaker
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
1980
7.1
Othello
as Othello
1980
8.0
Alien
as Parker
1979
8.2
Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James
1978
7.3
Raid on Entebbe
as President Idi Amin - Jr.
1976
6.0
The Monkey Hustle
as Daddy Foxx
1976
5.6
Drum
as Blase
1976
4.8
Crunch
as Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1976
0.0
Friday Foster
as Colt Hawkins
1975
5.9
Doctors' Hospital
1975
5.0
Sharks' Treasure
as Ben Flynn
1975
4.6
Report to the Commissioner
as Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
1975
6.5
Truck Turner
as Blue
1974
6.4
Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big
1973
6.5
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
as Self
1973
6.0
Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope
1972
6.8
The Limit
as Mark Johnson
1972
0.0
Bone
as Bone
1972
5.9
Man and Boy
as Nate Hodges
1971
6.0
Night Gallery
as Buckner
1970
7.8
Night Chase
as Ernie Green
1970
5.5
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
as Sonny Boy Mosby
1970
5.8
Hawaii Five-O
as LCpl. John T. Auston
1968
7.1
The Name of the Game
as Wyman Jackson
1968
6.8
5 Card Stud
as Little George
1968
6.2
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Carl
1968
6.8
Mannix
as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1967
6.7
Cowboy in Africa
as Musa
1967
5.0
The High Chaparral
as Sgt. Major Creason
1967
6.6
Tarzan
1966
6.7
The Big Valley
as Lobo Brown
1965
6.1
The Big Valley
as Damien
1965
6.1
Nothing But a Man
as Jocko
1964
7.4
Daniel Boone
as Luke
1964
7.0
Daniel Boone
as Jonah
1964
7.0
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Bonanza
as Child Barnett
1959
7.5
Gunsmoke
as Piney Biggs
1955
6.6