Acting credits
95
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Yaphet Kotto
Acting
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Movies: 71Series: 24Crew credits: 1
TMDB ID: 5050
IMDb ID: nm0001433
Known for: Acting
Born: November 16, 1939
Died: March 15, 2021
Age: 81
Place of birth: New York City, New York, U.S.A
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1955 - 2018
Years active: 64
Average TMDB rating: 6.61
Wikidata: Q266270
Also known as
Yaphet Frederick Kotto • 耶佛·哥圖
Other jobs
Director (1)
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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Movies
Movie credits linked with Yaphet Kotto.
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
as Self
2018 Movie
Witless Protection
as Ricardo Bodi
2008 Movie
BaadAsssss Cinema
as Self
2002 Movie
Stiletto Dance
as Captain Rick Sands
2001 Movie
The Ride
as Carter
2000 Movie
Homicide: The Movie
as Al Giardello
2000 Movie
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1999 Movie
The Defenders: Payback
as Judge Williams
1997 Movie
Two If by Sea
as FBI Agent O'Malley
1996 Movie
The World of James Bond
as Self
1995 Movie
Out-of-Sync
as Quincy
1995 Movie
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
as Marty Talbot
1995 Movie
Dead Badge
as Captain Hunt
1995 Movie
The Puppet Masters
as Ressler
1994 Movie
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
as Detective Martin Talbot
1994 Movie
Almost Blue
as Terry
1993 Movie
Extreme Justice
as Larson
1993 Movie
It's Nothing Personal
as Lt. Tom Riley
1993 Movie
The American Clock
as Isaac
1993 Movie
Intent to Kill
as Captain Jackson
1992 Movie
Chrome Soldiers
as Perry Beach
1992 Movie
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
as Doc
1991 Movie
Hangfire
as Police Lieutenant
1991 Movie
After the Shock
as William McElroy
1990 Movie
Series
Series credits linked with Yaphet Kotto.
seaQuest DSV
as Captain Jack Clayton • 1 eps
1993 Series
Homicide: Life on the Street
as Al Giardello • 122 eps
1993 Series
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
as Kelly • 1 eps
1990 Series
Law & Order
as Al Giardello • 1 eps
1990 Series
Father Dowling Mysteries
as Lt. Fleming • 1 eps
1989 Series
Harem
as Agha Kislar • 2 eps
1986 Series
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
as Convict • 1 eps
1985 Series
Murder, She Wrote
as Lt. Bradshaw • 1 eps
1984 Series
The A-Team
as Charles Struthers • 1 eps
1983 Series
American Playhouse
as Jocko • 1 eps
1982 Series
Hill Street Blues
as Calvin Matthias • 1 eps
1981 Series
Doctors' Hospital
1 eps
1975 Series
Night Gallery
as Buckner • 1 eps
1970 Series
Hawaii Five-O
as Lance Corporal John T. Auston • 1 eps
1969 Series
The Name of the Game
as Wyman Jackson • 1 eps
1968 Series
Mannix
as Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon • 1 eps
1967 Series
Cowboy in Africa
as Musa • 1 eps
1967 Series
The High Chaparral
as Sgt. Major Creason • 1 eps
1967 Series
Tarzan
1 eps
1966 Series
The Big Valley
as Lobo Brown • 1 eps
1965 Series
Daniel Boone
as Luke • 1 eps
1964 Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self • 1 eps
1962 Series
Bonanza
as Child Barnett • 1 eps
1959 Series
Gunsmoke
as Piney Biggs • 1 eps
1955 Series