YAPHET KOTTO

ACTING

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).

Live and Let Die 1973
The Running Man 1987
The Thomas Crown Affair 1968
Brubaker 1980
5 Card Stud 1968
Homicide: The Movie 2000
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare 1991
Truck Turner 1974
Across 110th Street 1972
Raid on Entebbe 1976
The Puppet Masters 1994
Midnight Run 1988
Bone 1972
The Star Chamber 1983
Warning Sign 1985
Eye of the Tiger 1986
Terminal Entry 1988
Report to the Commissioner 1975
Blue Collar 1978
Witless Protection 2008
Two If by Sea 1996
The Park Is Mine 1986
Tripwire 1989
The Monkey Hustle 1976
Friday Foster 1975
Nothing But a Man 1964
Drum 1976
The Liberation of L.B. Jones 1970
Extreme Justice 1993
Fighting Back 1982
Ministry of Vengeance 1989
In Self Defense 1987
Stiletto Dance 2001
Chrome Soldiers 1992
Badge of the Assassin 1985
A Whisper to a Scream 1989
Hangfire 1991
Intent to Kill 1992
The Jigsaw Murders 1989
Alien 1979
Night Chase 1970
Harem 1986
Sharks' Treasure 1975
Women of San Quentin 1983
The Beast Within: Making Alien 2003
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel 1987
Almost Blue 1993
The A-Team 1983
seaQuest DSV 1993
Hawaii Five-O 1968
The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents 1985
Hill Street Blues 1981
Gunsmoke 1955
Homicide: Life on the Street 1993
Daniel Boone 1964
The High Chaparral 1967
The Big Valley 1965
The Big Valley 1965
Murder, She Wrote 1984
Daniel Boone 1964
Bonanza 1959
Law & Order 1990
Father Dowling Mysteries 1989
The Name of the Game 1968