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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
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Murder, She Wrote
The Name of the Game
The A-Team
Hawaii Five-O
Gunsmoke
The High Chaparral
Hill Street Blues
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents
Bonanza
Night Gallery
seaQuest DSV
Father Dowling Mysteries
Doctors' Hospital
The Trials of Rosie O'Neill
Tarzan
Daniel Boone
Mannix
The Thomas Crown Affair
The Defenders: Payback
Homicide: Life on the Street
5 Card Stud
Alien
For Love and Honor
Drum
Witless Protection
Fighting Back
The Running Man
Two If by Sea
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
Midnight Run
Across 110th Street
Live and Let Die
Eye of the Tiger
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
Law & Order
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