Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

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...

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Live and Let Die

As Kananga/Mr. Big

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The Running Man

As William Laughlin

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The Thomas Crown Affair

As Carl

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Brubaker

As Richard 'Dickie' Coombes

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5 Card Stud

As Little George

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Homicide: The Movie

As Al Giardello

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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

As Doc

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Truck Turner

As Blue

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Across 110th Street

As Lt. William Pope

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Raid on Entebbe

As President Idi Amin - Jr.

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The Puppet Masters

As Ressler

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Midnight Run

As Alonzo Mosely

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Bone

As Bone

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The Star Chamber

As Detective Harry Lowes

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Warning Sign

As Major Connolly

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Eye of the Tiger

As J.B. Deveraux

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Terminal Entry

As Col. Styles

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Report to the Commissioner

As Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone

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Blue Collar

As Sam 'Smokey' James

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Witless Protection

As Ricardo Bodi

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BaadAsssss Cinema

As Self

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Two If by Sea

As FBI Agent O'Malley

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The Park Is Mine

As Eubanks

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Tripwire

As Lee Pitt

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The Monkey Hustle

As Daddy Foxx

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Friday Foster

As Colt Hawkins

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Nothing But a Man

As Jocko

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Drum

As Blase

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The Liberation of L.B. Jones

As Sonny Boy Mosby

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Fighting Back

As Ivanhoe Washington

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Extreme Justice

As Larson

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Man and Boy

As Nate Hodges

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Ministry of Vengeance

As Mr. Whiteside

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In Self Defense

As Lt. Tyrell

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The Defenders: Payback

As Judge Williams

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Stiletto Dance

As Captain Rick Sands

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Chrome Soldiers

As Perry Beach

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Pretty Kill

As Harris

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Badge of the Assassin

As Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD

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It's Nothing Personal

As Lt. Tom Riley

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Out-of-Sync

As Quincy

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A Whisper to a Scream

As Jules Tallard

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Hangfire

As Police Lieutenant

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Intent to Kill

As Captain Jackson

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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

As Self

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Crunch

As Richard "Crunch" Blackstone

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Desperado

As Bede

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The Jigsaw Murders

As Doctor Tyrone Fillmore

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Best Ever Bond

As Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)

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After the Shock

As William McElroy

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The Limit

As Mark Johnson

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Alien

As Parker

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Night Chase

As Ernie Green

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Harem

As Agha Kislar

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Prime Target

As Gilmore Brown

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Sharks' Treasure

As Ben Flynn

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Playing with Fire

As Fire Chief Walker

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Women of San Quentin

As Sgt. Therman Patterson

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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

As Detective Martin Talbot

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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

As Marty Talbot

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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

As Self

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Othello

As Othello

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The American Clock

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For Love and Honor

As Sgt. China Bell

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The Beast Within: Making Alien

As (archive footage)

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Rage!

As Ernie

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Dead Badge

As Captain Hunt

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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

As General Sorenson

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Almost Blue

As Terry

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Inside 'Live and Let Die'

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The World of James Bond

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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

As Denmark Vessey

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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

As Self (archive footage)

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The Ride

As Carter

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The A-Team

As Charles Struthers

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seaQuest DSV

As Captain Jack Clayton

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Hawaii Five-O

As LCpl. John T. Auston

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The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

As Convict

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Mannix

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Hill Street Blues

As Calvin Matthias

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Gunsmoke

As Piney Biggs

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Night Gallery

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Homicide: Life on the Street

As Al Giardello

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Doctors' Hospital

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Daniel Boone

As Luke

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The High Chaparral

As Sgt. Major Creason

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The Big Valley

As Lobo Brown

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Cowboy in Africa

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Tarzan

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For Love and Honor

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Murder, She Wrote

As Lt. Bradshaw

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Harem

As Agha Kislar

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Bonanza

As Child Barnett

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Law & Order

As Al Giardello

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Father Dowling Mysteries

As Lt. Fleming

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The Name of the Game

As Wyman Jackson