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