Yaphet Kotto
Actor
Biography
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.
As Director
Filmography
Alien
as Parker 1979
The Running Man
as William Laughlin 1987
Live and Let Die
as Kananga/Mr. Big 1973
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc 1991
Midnight Run
as Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I. 1988
The Thomas Crown Affair
as Carl 1968
Brubaker
as Richard 'Dickie' Coombes 1980
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler 1994
Blue Collar
as Sam 'Smokey' James 1978
The Star Chamber
as Detective Harry Lowes 1983
Across 110th Street
as Lt. William Pope 1972
Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley 1996
5 Card Stud
as Little George 1968
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi 2008
Warning Sign
as Major Connolly 1985
Truck Turner
as Blue 1974
Eye of the Tiger
as J.B. Deveraux 1986