Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

Active - 1964 - 2019  |   Birth - Nov 15, 1939  |   Death - Mar 14, 2021  |   Genres - Drama, Action-Adventure, Crime, Thriller, Documentary | Subgenres - Blaxploitation Film, Detective Film, Vigilante Film, Western Film, Action Comedy Film

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Yaphet Frederick Kotto is 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/horror film Alien (1979), and the Arnold Schwarzenegger science-fiction/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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