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.

Cast

Live and Let Die

(Kananga/Mr. Big)

The Running Man

(William Laughlin)

The Thomas Crown Affair

(Carl)

Brubaker

(Richard 'Dickie' Coombes)

5 Card Stud

(Little George)

Homicide: The Movie

(Al Giardello)

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

(Doc)

Truck Turner

(Blue)

Across 110th Street

(Lt. William Pope)

Raid on Entebbe

(President Idi Amin - Jr.)

The Puppet Masters

(Ressler)

Midnight Run

(Alonzo Mosely)

Bone

(Bone)

The Star Chamber

(Detective Harry Lowes)

Warning Sign

(Major Connolly)

Eye of the Tiger

(J.B. Deveraux)

Terminal Entry

(Col. Styles)

Report to the Commissioner

(Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone)

Blue Collar

(Sam 'Smokey' James)

Witless Protection

(Ricardo Bodi)

BaadAsssss Cinema

(Self)

Two If by Sea

(FBI Agent O'Malley)

The Park Is Mine

(Eubanks)

Tripwire

(Lee Pitt)

The Monkey Hustle

(Daddy Foxx)

Friday Foster

(Colt Hawkins)

Nothing But a Man

(Jocko)

Drum

(Blase)

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

(Sonny Boy Mosby)

Fighting Back

(Ivanhoe Washington)

Extreme Justice

(Larson)

Man and Boy

(Nate Hodges)

Ministry of Vengeance

(Mr. Whiteside)

In Self Defense

(Lt. Tyrell)

The Defenders: Payback

(Judge Williams)

Stiletto Dance

(Captain Rick Sands)

Chrome Soldiers

(Perry Beach)

Pretty Kill

(Harris)

Badge of the Assassin

(Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD)

It's Nothing Personal

(Lt. Tom Riley)

Out-of-Sync

(Quincy)

A Whisper to a Scream

(Jules Tallard)

Hangfire

(Police Lieutenant)

Intent to Kill

(Captain Jackson)

Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary

(Self)

Crunch

(Richard "Crunch" Blackstone)

Desperado

(Bede)

The Jigsaw Murders

(Doctor Tyrone Fillmore)

Best Ever Bond

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

After the Shock

(William McElroy)

The Limit

(Mark Johnson)

Alien

(Parker)

Night Chase

(Ernie Green)

Harem

(Agha Kislar)

Prime Target

(Gilmore Brown)

Sharks' Treasure

(Ben Flynn)

Playing with Fire

(Fire Chief Walker)

Women of San Quentin

(Sgt. Therman Patterson)

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

(Detective Martin Talbot)

Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan

(Marty Talbot)

King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen

(Self)

Othello

(Othello)

The American Clock

For Love and Honor

(Sgt. China Bell)

The Beast Within: Making Alien

((archive footage))

Rage!

(Ernie)

Dead Badge

(Captain Hunt)

Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

(General Sorenson)

Almost Blue

(Terry)

Inside 'Live and Let Die'

The World of James Bond

A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion

(Denmark Vessey)

Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy

(Self (archive footage))

The A-Team

(Charles Struthers)

seaQuest DSV

(Captain Jack Clayton)

Hawaii Five-O

(LCpl. John T. Auston)

The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents

(Convict)

Mannix

Hill Street Blues

(Calvin Matthias)

Gunsmoke

(Piney Biggs)

Night Gallery

Homicide: Life on the Street

(Al Giardello)

Doctors' Hospital

Daniel Boone

(Luke)

The High Chaparral

(Sgt. Major Creason)

The Big Valley

(Lobo Brown)

Cowboy in Africa

Tarzan

For Love and Honor

The Big Valley

(Damien)

Murder, She Wrote

(Lt. Bradshaw)

Harem

(Agha Kislar)

Daniel Boone

(Jonah)

Bonanza

(Child Barnett)

Law & Order

(Al Giardello)

Father Dowling Mysteries

(Lt. Fleming)

The Name of the Game

(Wyman Jackson)