Yaphet Kotto

1939–2021 · American actor

Yaphet Frederick Kotto was an American actor for film and television. His films include the neo-noir action thriller Across 110th Street (1972), the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), the science-fiction action film The Running Man (1987), and the action comedy Midnight Run (1988). He also starred in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) as Lieutenant Al Giardello.

Yaphet Kotto, in order

1. 1964 Nothing but a Man: acted · directed by Michael Roemer
2. 1968 5 Card Stud: acted · directed by Henry Hathaway
3. 1968 The Thomas Crown Affair: acted · directed by Norman Jewison · critics 68%, audiences 74% · streaming on fuboTV, MGM+, Philo
4. 1970 The Liberation of L.B. Jones: acted · directed by William Wyler
5. 1971 Man and Boy: acted · directed by E.W. Swackhamer
6. 1972 Across 110th Street: acted · directed by Barry Shear
7. 1972 Bone: acted · directed by Larry Cohen
8. 1972 The Limit: directed
9. 1973 Live and Let Die: acted · directed by Guy Hamilton
10. 1974 Truck Turner: acted · directed by Jonathan Kaplan
11. 1975 Friday Foster: acted · directed by Arthur Marks
12. 1975 Report to the Commissioner: acted · directed by Milton Katselas
13. 1975 Sharks' Treasure: acted · directed by Cornel Wilde
14. 1976 Drum: acted · directed by Steve Carver
15. 1976 Raid on Entebbe (TV movie): acted · directed by Irvin Kershner
16. 1976 The Monkey Hustle: acted · directed by Arthur Marks
17. 1978 Blue Collar: acted · directed by Paul Schrader
18. 1979 Alien: acted · directed by Ridley Scott · critics 93%, audiences 94% · streaming on Netflix, fuboTV
19. 1980 Brubaker: acted · directed by Bob Rafelson and Stuart Rosenberg
20. 1983 The Star Chamber: acted · directed by Peter Hyams · critics 77%, audiences 43%
21. 1984 Terror in the Aisles: acted · directed by Andrew J. Kuehn · critics 63%, audiences 51%
22. 1985 Playing with Fire (TV movie): acted · directed by Ivan Nagy
23. 1985 The Park Is Mine: acted · directed by Steven Hilliard Stern
24. 1985 Warning Sign: acted · directed by Hal Barwood · critics 20%, audiences 45%
25. 1986 Eye of the Tiger: acted · directed by Richard C. Sarafian
26. 1986 Harem (TV movie): acted · directed by William Hale
27. 1986 Terminal Entry: acted · directed by John Kincade
28. 1987 In Self Defense: acted · directed by Bruce Seth Green
29. 1987 Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel (TV movie): acted · directed by Christian I. Nyby II
30. 1987 The Running Man: acted · directed by Paul Michael Glaser · critics 59%, audiences 61% · streaming on Paramount+, Philo, AMC+
31. 1988 Midnight Run: acted · directed by Martin Brest · critics 95%, audiences 87%
32. 1990 After the Shock (TV movie): acted · directed by Gary Sherman
33. 1990 Tripwire: acted · directed by James Lemmo
34. 1991 Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare: acted · directed by Rachel Talalay
35. 1992 Intent to Kill: acted · directed by Charles T. Kanganis
36. 1993 Almost Blue: acted · directed by Keoni Waxman
37. 1993 Homicide: Life on the Street (TV series): acted · critics 92%, audiences 90%
38. 1994 The Puppet Masters: acted · directed by Stuart Orme
39. 1996 Two If by Sea: acted · directed by Bill Bennett