Acting
Yaphet Kotto
Also Known As: Yaphet Frederick Kotto, 耶佛·哥圖
Birth Date
November 16, 1939
Death Date
March 15, 2021
(passed away at 81)
Place of Birth
New York City, New York, U.S.A
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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.
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Law & Order
Al Giardello
1990 • 1 episode
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962 • 1 episode
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
1983 • 1 episode
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
1984 • 1 episode
Bonanza
Child Barnett
1959 • 1 episode
American Playhouse
Jocko
1982 • 1 episode
Hawaii Five-O
LCpl. John T. Auston
1968 • 1 episode
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
1993 • 122 episodes
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
1981 • 1 episode
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1967 • 1 episode
Alien
Parker
1979
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
1993 • 1 episode
Night Gallery
Buckner
1970 • 1 episode
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
1965 • 1 episode
The High Chaparral
Sgt. Major Creason
1967 • 1 episode
Daniel Boone
Luke
1964 • 1 episode
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
1985 • 1 episode
The Name of the Game
Wyman Jackson
1968 • 1 episode
Tarzan
1966 • 1 episode
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
1955 • 1 episode