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
The Running Man
As William Laughlin
The Thomas Crown Affair
As Carl
Brubaker
As Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
5 Card Stud
As Little George
Homicide: The Movie
As Al Giardello
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
As Doc
Truck Turner
As Blue
Across 110th Street
As Lt. William Pope
Raid on Entebbe
As President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Puppet Masters
As Ressler
Midnight Run
As Alonzo Mosely
Bone
As Bone
The Star Chamber
As Detective Harry Lowes
Warning Sign
As Major Connolly
Eye of the Tiger
As J.B. Deveraux
Terminal Entry
As Col. Styles
Report to the Commissioner
As Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Blue Collar
As Sam 'Smokey' James
Witless Protection
As Ricardo Bodi
BaadAsssss Cinema
As Self
Two If by Sea
As FBI Agent O'Malley
The Park Is Mine
As Eubanks
Tripwire
As Lee Pitt
The Monkey Hustle
As Daddy Foxx
Friday Foster
As Colt Hawkins
Nothing But a Man
As Jocko
Drum
As Blase
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
As Sonny Boy Mosby
Fighting Back
As Ivanhoe Washington
Extreme Justice
As Larson
Man and Boy
As Nate Hodges
Ministry of Vengeance
As Mr. Whiteside
In Self Defense
As Lt. Tyrell
The Defenders: Payback
As Judge Williams
Stiletto Dance
As Captain Rick Sands
Chrome Soldiers
As Perry Beach
Pretty Kill
As Harris
Badge of the Assassin
As Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
It's Nothing Personal
As Lt. Tom Riley
Out-of-Sync
As Quincy
A Whisper to a Scream
As Jules Tallard
Hangfire
As Police Lieutenant
Intent to Kill
As Captain Jackson
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
As Self
Crunch
As Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
Desperado
As Bede
The Jigsaw Murders
As Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
Best Ever Bond
As Mr. Big / Dr. Kananga (archive footage) (uncredited)
After the Shock
As William McElroy
The Limit
As Mark Johnson
Alien
As Parker
Night Chase
As Ernie Green
Harem
As Agha Kislar
Prime Target
As Gilmore Brown
Sharks' Treasure
As Ben Flynn
Playing with Fire
As Fire Chief Walker
Women of San Quentin
As Sgt. Therman Patterson
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
As Detective Martin Talbot
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
As Marty Talbot
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
As Self
Othello
As Othello
The American Clock
For Love and Honor
As Sgt. China Bell
The Beast Within: Making Alien
As (archive footage)
Rage!
As Ernie
Dead Badge
As Captain Hunt
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
As General Sorenson
Almost Blue
As Terry
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The World of James Bond
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
As Denmark Vessey
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
As Self (archive footage)
The A-Team
As Charles Struthers
seaQuest DSV
As Captain Jack Clayton
Hawaii Five-O
As LCpl. John T. Auston
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
As Convict
Mannix
Hill Street Blues
As Calvin Matthias
Gunsmoke
As Piney Biggs
Night Gallery
Homicide: Life on the Street
As Al Giardello
Doctors' Hospital
Daniel Boone
As Luke
The High Chaparral
As Sgt. Major Creason
The Big Valley
As Lobo Brown
Cowboy in Africa
Tarzan
For Love and Honor
Murder, She Wrote
As Lt. Bradshaw
Harem
As Agha Kislar
Bonanza
As Child Barnett
Law & Order
As Al Giardello
Father Dowling Mysteries
As Lt. Fleming
The Name of the Game
As Wyman Jackson