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