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Yaphet Kotto
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Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1939) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yaphet Kotto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1939) 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Yaphet Kotto, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Law & Order
Murder, She Wrote
Daniel Boone
The Name of the Game
The A-Team
Hawaii Five-O
Gunsmoke
Hill Street Blues
The High Chaparral
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bonanza
Night Gallery
Father Dowling Mysteries
seaQuest DSV
Doctors' Hospital
Tarzan
Mannix
The Thomas Crown Affair
Homicide: Life on the Street
The Defenders: Payback
5 Card Stud
Alien
For Love and Honor
Drum
Fighting Back
The Running Man
Witless Protection
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Midnight Run
Two If by Sea
Across 110th Street
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Live and Let Die
Eye of the Tiger
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