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Yaphet Kotto
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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.
Known For
Law & Order
1990
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
1962
Bonanza
1959
Murder, She Wrote
1984
The A-Team
1983
Mannix
1967
Hill Street Blues
1981
Homicide: Life on the Street
1993
Hawaii Five-O
1968
seaQuest DSV
1993
The Big Valley
1965
The Big Valley
1965
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
1985
Gunsmoke
1955
Alien
1979
Night Gallery
1970
The Running Man
1987
Live and Let Die
1973
Brubaker
1980
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1991
Midnight Run
1988
The Thomas Crown Affair
1968
Raid on Entebbe
1976
The Star Chamber
1983
The Puppet Masters
1994
Blue Collar
1978
5 Card Stud
1968
Two If by Sea
1996
Witless Protection
2008
The Park Is Mine
1986
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