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 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
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
Bonanza
Child Barnett
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
Hawaii Five-O
LCpl. John T. Auston
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
Daniel Boone
Luke
Daniel Boone
Jonah
Alien
Parker
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
The Big Valley
Damien
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
The Name of the Game
Wyman Jackson
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
Night Gallery
Buckner
The High Chaparral
Sgt. Major Creason
Drum
Blase
Fighting Back
Ivanhoe Washington
Night Chase
Ernie Green
Harem
Agha Kislar
Tarzan
Brubaker
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
The Running Man
William Laughlin
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Kelly
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
ADA Kelley
Bone
Bone
Dead Badge
Captain Hunt
Man and Boy
Nate Hodges
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Sharks' Treasure
Ben Flynn
Father Dowling Mysteries
Lt. Fleming
Desperado
Bede
Cowboy in Africa
Musa
Stiletto Dance
Captain Rick Sands
Ministry of Vengeance
Mr. Whiteside
Hangfire
Police Lieutenant
Doctors' Hospital
5 Card Stud
Little George
Pretty Kill
Harris
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Nothing But a Man
Jocko
Almost Blue
Terry
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Tripwire
Lee Pitt
The Ride
Carter
Raid on Entebbe
President Idi Amin - Jr.
For Love and Honor
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
The Park Is Mine
Eubanks
Friday Foster
Colt Hawkins
Report to the Commissioner
Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
Across 110th Street
Lt. William Pope
It's Nothing Personal
Lt. Tom Riley
Harem
Agha Kislar
Eye of the Tiger
J.B. Deveraux
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
BaadAsssss Cinema
Self
Truck Turner
Blue
Women of San Quentin
Sgt. Therman Patterson
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
The American Clock
Isaac
Extreme Justice
Larson
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
Self
In Self Defense
Lt. Tyrell
Badge of the Assassin
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
The World of James Bond
Self
Rage!
Ernie
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
Self
Homicide: The Movie
Al Giardello
Witless Protection
Ricardo Bodi
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Sonny Boy Mosby
Intent to Kill
Captain Jackson
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
General Sorenson
The Monkey Hustle
Daddy Foxx
Playing with Fire
Fire Chief Walker
Prime Target
Gilmore Brown
The Defenders: Payback
Judge Williams
A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion
Denmark Vessey
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Detective Martin Talbot
Terminal Entry
Col. Styles
The Limit
Mark Johnson
Chrome Soldiers
Perry Beach
The Jigsaw Murders
Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
After the Shock
William McElroy
Othello
Othello
Out-of-Sync
Quincy
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Marty Talbot
For Love and Honor
Sgt. China Bell
A Whisper to a Scream
Jules Tallard
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
Crunch
Richard "Crunch" Blackstone