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, Special Agent, F.B.I.
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
Extreme Justice
Larson
Fighting Back
Ivanhoe Washington
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
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
Isaac
For Love and Honor
Sgt. China Bell
Rage!
Ernie
Dead Badge
Captain Hunt
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
General Sorenson
Almost Blue
Terry
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
Unknown
The World of James Bond
Self
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Denmark Vessey
The Ride
Carter