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.
Movies
Witless Protection
Ricardo Bodi
Stiletto Dance
Captain Rick Sands
The Ride
Carter
Homicide: The Movie
Al Giardello
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
The Defenders: Payback
Judge Williams
Two If by Sea
FBI Agent O'Malley
Out-of-Sync
Quincy
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Marty Talbot
Dead Badge
Captain Hunt
The Puppet Masters
Ressler
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Detective Martin Talbot
Almost Blue
Terry
Extreme Justice
Larson
It's Nothing Personal
Lt. Tom Riley
The American Clock
Isaac
Intent to Kill
Captain Jackson
Chrome Soldiers
Perry Beach
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
Doc
Hangfire
Police Lieutenant
After the Shock
William McElroy
Tripwire
Lee Pitt
Ministry of Vengeance
Mr. Whiteside
Prime Target
Gilmore Brown
The Jigsaw Murders
Doctor Tyrone Fillmore
A Whisper to a Scream
Jules Tallard
Terminal Entry
Col. Styles
Midnight Run
Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I.
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
General Sorenson
The Running Man
William Laughlin
In Self Defense
Lt. Tyrell
Desperado
Bede
Pretty Kill
Harris
The Park Is Mine
Eubanks
Eye of the Tiger
J.B. Deveraux
Harem
Agha Kislar
Warning Sign
Major Connolly
Playing with Fire
Fire Chief Walker
Badge of the Assassin
Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD
Women of San Quentin
Sgt. Therman Patterson
For Love and Honor
Sgt. China Bell
The Star Chamber
Detective Harry Lowes
Fighting Back
Ivanhoe Washington
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
Denmark Vessey
Rage!
Ernie
Brubaker
Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
Othello
Othello
Alien
Parker
Blue Collar
Sam 'Smokey' James
Raid on Entebbe
President Idi Amin - Jr.
The Monkey Hustle
Daddy Foxx
Drum
Blase
Crunch
Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
Friday Foster
Colt Hawkins
Sharks' Treasure
Ben Flynn
Report to the Commissioner
Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone
Truck Turner
Blue
Live and Let Die
Kananga/Mr. Big
Across 110th Street
Lt. William Pope
The Limit
Mark Johnson
Bone
Bone
Man and Boy
Nate Hodges
Night Chase
Ernie Green
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
Sonny Boy Mosby
5 Card Stud
Little George
The Thomas Crown Affair
Carl
Nothing But a Man
Jocko
TV Series
seaQuest DSV
Captain Jack Clayton
1 Episode
Homicide: Life on the Street
Al Giardello
122 Episodes
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Kelly
1 Episode
Law & Order
Al Giardello
1 Episode
Father Dowling Mysteries
Lt. Fleming
1 Episode
Harem
Agha Kislar
2 Episodes
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Convict
1 Episode
Murder, She Wrote
Lt. Bradshaw
1 Episode
For Love and Honor
13 Episodes
The A-Team
Charles Struthers
1 Episode
Hill Street Blues
Calvin Matthias
1 Episode
Doctors' Hospital
1 Episode
Night Gallery
Buckner
1 Episode
Hawaii Five-O
LCpl. John T. Auston
1 Episode
The Name of the Game
Wyman Jackson
1 Episode
Mannix
Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon
1 Episode
Cowboy in Africa
Musa
1 Episode
The High Chaparral
Sgt. Major Creason
1 Episode
Tarzan
1 Episode
The Big Valley
Lobo Brown
1 Episode
Daniel Boone
Luke
1 Episode
Bonanza
Child Barnett
1 Episode
Gunsmoke
Piney Biggs
1 Episode