Yaphet Kotto
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). 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.
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 8.512 |
Birthday | 1939-11-16 |
Place of Birth | New York City, New York, U.S.A |
Also Known As | Yaphet Frederick Kotto, 耶佛·哥圖, |
1973
Live and Let Die
6.5/1955
James Bond must investigate a mysterious murder case of a British agent in New Orleans. Soon he finds himself up against a gangster boss named Mr. Big...
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Live and Let Die
1968
The Thomas Crown Affair
6.822/466
Young businessman Thomas Crown is bored and decides to plan a robbery and assigns a professional agent with the right information to the job. However,...
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The Thomas Crown Affair
1987
The Running Man
6.5/2271
By 2017, the global economy has collapsed and U.S. society has become a totalitarian police state, censoring all cultural activity. The government pac...
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The Running Man
1980
Brubaker
7.044/446
The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.
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Brubaker
1968
5 Card Stud
6.2/75
The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.
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5 Card Stud
1991
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
5.3/1253
Just when you thought it was safe to sleep, Freddy Krueger returns in this sixth installment of the Nightmare on Elm Street films, as psychologist Mag...
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Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare
1974
Truck Turner
6.4/46
Truck Turner and his partner Jerry, who make their living as bounty hunters in Los Angeles, are hired to hunt down Gator, a pimp who has skipped bail.
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Truck Turner
2000
Homicide: The Movie
6.942/26
Retired police lieutenant Al Giardello is running for mayor when he is suddenly shot at a press conference. All of the detectives, past and present, c...
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Homicide: The Movie
1972
Across 110th Street
6.781/105
In a daring robbery, some $300,000 is taken from the Italian mob. Several mafiosi are killed, as are two policemen. Lt. Pope and Capt. Mattelli are tw...
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Across 110th Street
1976
Raid on Entebbe
6/52
Based on a true Military operation by Israeli commandos. An Air France flight is hijacked by the PFLP. The plane has about 100 Jewish passengers. The...
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Raid on Entebbe
1994
The Puppet Masters
5.776/172
The Earth is invaded by alien parasites—AKA 'slugs'—that ride on people's backs and control their minds.
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The Puppet Masters
1988
Midnight Run
7.213/1042
A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who embezzled $15 million of mob money. He is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I....
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Midnight Run
1983
The Star Chamber
5.965/155
As violence escalates in Los Angeles and heinous murders are committed, Steven Hardin, a young judge of the California Supreme Court, must struggle wi...
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The Star Chamber
1972
Bone
5.8/20
A thief breaks into the home of a wealthy, happily married Beverly Hills couple. He soon finds out, though, that the couple is neither as wealthy as h...
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Bone
1986
Eye of the Tiger
5.99/52
Buck is a Vietnam vet, recently released from prison. He returns home to discover the town being terrorized by a vicious motorcycle gang. When the bi...
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Eye of the Tiger
1985
Warning Sign
6/61
An accident occurs in an ultra-secret government biological weapons laboratory spreading a sinister bacteria.
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Warning Sign
1988
Terminal Entry
4/7
The USA is attacked by a large group of well organized terrorists who communicate through a computer network via satellite. A bunch of highschool kids...
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Terminal Entry
1975
Report to the Commissioner
6.75/16
Police officer Patty Butler, alias "Chicklet," is the live-in girlfriend of Thomas 'Stick' Henderson to gather evidence. Detective Bo Lockley is instr...
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Report to the Commissioner
1978
Blue Collar
7.359/163
Fed up with mistreatment at the hands of both management and union brass, and coupled with financial hardships on each man's end, three auto assembly...
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Blue Collar
2008
Witless Protection
4.473/75
When a small-town sheriff witnesses what he believes to be an attempted kidnapping, his effort to save the beautiful damsel in distress sets him down...
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Witless Protection
2002
BaadAsssss Cinema
5.9/20
With archive film clips and interviews, this brief look at a frequently overlooked historical period of filmmaking acts as an introduction rather than...
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BaadAsssss Cinema
1996
Two If by Sea
4.823/82
Frank O'Brien, a petty thief, and his 7-year-long girlfriend Roz want to put an end to their unsteady lifestyle and just do that last job, which invol...
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Two If by Sea
1985
The Park Is Mine
5.479/47
A Vietnam vet takes forceful control of Central Park to remember those who served and died in the Vietnam War.
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The Park Is Mine
1989
Tripwire
4/1
A band of ruthless international terrorists led by Josef Szabo hijack a speeding railroad train loaded with a full arsenal of powerful military weapon...
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Tripwire
1964
Nothing But a Man
7.4/29
A proud black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.
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Nothing But a Man
1976
The Monkey Hustle
5.6/6
A new highway threatens a Chicago neighborhood, so to protest the residents throw a block party.
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The Monkey Hustle
1975
Friday Foster
5.9/44
Friday Foster, a magazine photographer, goes to Los Angeles International airport to photograph the arrival of Blake Tarr, the richest black man in Am...
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Friday Foster
1976
Drum
5.2/16
A mid-19th century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.
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Drum
1970
The Liberation of L.B. Jones
5.7/20
Undertaker L.B. Jones, the richest black man in his county of Tennessee, is divorcing his wife for infidelity with a white policeman. Taking a stand a...
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The Liberation of L.B. Jones
1993
Extreme Justice
4.7/20
Jeff Powers is the newest member of a very elite and very secret LAPD division. Their mission is to target important criminals and to get them to stop...
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Extreme Justice
1982
Fighting Back
5.6/13
An Italian deli owner forms a vigilante group to rid his Philadelphia neighborhood of street punks.
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Fighting Back
1971
Man and Boy
6/2
At the beginning of the 19th century a man and his son settle in Arizona which used to be a frontier state and full of criminals at that time.
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Man and Boy
1989
Ministry of Vengeance
3/3
David Miller is a Vietnam vet who renounced violence and became a minister after he was forced to blow up a Viet Cong kid in self defense, but years l...
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Ministry of Vengeance
1997
The Defenders: Payback
3.5/2
Television movie remake of the 1960s courtroom drama series, "The Defenders." After the death of his eldest son and his partner in the law firm of Pre...
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The Defenders: Payback
2001
Stiletto Dance
5/7
Two undercover police officers must try to prevent a multi-million dollar nuclear arms deal among several mob factions.
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Stiletto Dance
1992
Chrome Soldiers
4.7/3
Five ex-soldiers go to a small town in Oregon to help a friend investigate the murder of his brother.
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Chrome Soldiers
1985
Badge of the Assassin
4/2
Three black revolutionaries gun down two New York City police officers. The subsequent investigation puts a white assistant DA and a black police dete...
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Badge of the Assassin
1991
Hangfire
4.2/4
When a large group of escaped convicts take Ike Slayton, a Vietnam veteran's wife hostage, Slayton enlists the help of his old army friend in a furiou...
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Hangfire
1992
Intent to Kill
4.2/5
A young policewoman relentlessly tries to bring down a ruthless drug kingpin whom plots his own agenda for his drug distribution empire.
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Intent to Kill
1989
A Whisper to a Scream
2.7/3
A young girl who was frustrated in her desire to become an actress starts to work for a telephone-sex company. There she meets a fascinating man who h...
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A Whisper to a Scream
1987
Desperado
3.8/4
Duell McCall finds himself in the middle of a deadly feud in a small mining town.
Framed for the murder of Sheriff John Whaley, McCall is forced to w...
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Desperado
1989
The Jigsaw Murders
4.8/6
A jigsaw puzzle is the key in a detective's investigation of a gruesome murder.
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The Jigsaw Murders
1990
After the Shock
5.8/4
On October 17 1989, an earthquake measuring 7.2 on the Richter scale rocked San Francisco. Presented here are some of the stories of the brave members...
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After the Shock
1972
The Limit
0/0
In Los Angeles, black motorcycle police officer Mark Johnson patrols gang-infested neighborhoods with his white partner and best friend, Jeff McMillan...
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The Limit
1970
Night Chase
5.5/4
A man fleeing the scene after shooting his wife's lover forms an unexpected relationship with the tough cab driver he hires to drive him to the Mexica...
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Night Chase
1989
Prime Target
5.2/5
A homicide detective assigned to investigate the serial killings of New York policewomen begins to suspect that the serial killer might be a fellow po...
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Prime Target
1986
Harem
4.8/4
A young British woman is kidnapped by an Arabian sheikh and held captive in his harem. At first she frantically tries to escape, but as they slowly ge...
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Harem
1975
Sharks' Treasure
4.571/7
Eccentric charter skipper Jim Carnahan and his team of hard-luck dreamers battle sharks, bandits and their own greed to recover sunken treasure
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Sharks' Treasure
1985
Playing with Fire
0/0
Gary Coleman stars as a teenage arsonist. The authorities, friends, and neighbors warn his absentee parents until it is too late.
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Playing with Fire
1987
Pretty Kill
1.5/4
A detective tries to track down a serial killer who is murdering prostitutes while at the same time having to deal with his girlfriend's mental proble...
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Pretty Kill
1983
Women of San Quentin
1/1
A young female prison guard finds out that her first assignment is to San Quentin, one of the toughest prisons in the country.
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Women of San Quentin
1995
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
5/1
Inspired by the the life of Pulitzer Prize-winning, Miami-based journalist, Edna Buchanan, who investigates the murder of a man with ties to the Miami...
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Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan
1994
The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
6/1
The Corpse had a Familiar Face is a 1994 American TV-Movie with Elizabeth Montgomery, playing Edna Buchanan, a Miami's criminal journalist.
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The Corpse Had a Familiar Face
2018
King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
6.563/16
A feature-length documentary focusing on the acclaimed work and eclectic career of maverick filmmaker Larry Cohen, writer-director of "Black Caesar,"...
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King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen
1980
Othello
8/1
The Moorish general Othello is manipulated into thinking that his new wife Desdemona has been carrying on an affair with his lieutenant Michael Cassio...
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Othello
1993
The American Clock
6.5/4
Moe, Rose and Lee Baumler are members of an upper class family who find the world completely changed when they lose everything in the stock market cra...
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The American Clock
1983
For Love and Honor
10/2
A military drama set on a Texas base focuses on the ups and downs of young paratroopers, who, while they're gearing up for possible combat assignments...
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For Love and Honor
2003
The Beast Within: Making Alien
8.2/20
A behind-the-scenes look at the making of “Alien,” the terrifying classic about a spaceship crew trapped with a hideous monster that's hunting them on...
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The Beast Within: Making Alien
1980
Rage!
7/1
In an attempt to be rehabilitated, a rapist goes to therapy while in prison.
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Rage!
1995
Dead Badge
8.3/3
After a cop dies, his shield goes back on duty. They call it a "dead badge" - a way to honor a fallen officer. Badge #2424 used to belong to Many Tor...
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Dead Badge
1987
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
7/7
Perry is suing a gutter trash newspaper that is running a story about a love affair between him and Della. The editor also has "dirt" files on an Army...
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Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel
1993
Almost Blue
5.8/4
The young jazz saxophonist Morris Poole is at the height of his career. When his wife dies he is almost overcome by grief and blames himself. When aft...
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Almost Blue
1999
Inside 'Live and Let Die'
6/2
A behind the scenes look at the James Bond film "Live and Let Die"
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Inside 'Live and Let Die'
1995
The World of James Bond
6/2
Elizabeth Hurley hosts a one hour documentary on the history of the James Bond film series to tie in with the seventeenth Bond film, GoldenEye.
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The World of James Bond
1982
A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
6/1
Story of Denmark Vesey, who was raised as a slave but bought his freedom. He organized a plot to seize the city and free the black slaves, but this fa...
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A House Divided: Denmark Vessey's Rebellion
2010
Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
7.804/148
For decades, Freddy Krueger has slashed his way through the dreams of countless youngsters, scaring up over half a billion dollars at the box office a...
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Never Sleep Again: The Elm Street Legacy
1987
In Self Defense
5.3/3
A witness is terrorized by the killer against whom she testified.
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In Self Defense
1976
Crunch
0/0
Detective goes after drug-dealers in Manhattan.
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Crunch
2002
Best Ever Bond
5/4
Roger Moore presents the ten best sequences ever to have appeared in the James Bond series, and cast members recall their favourite moments.
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Best Ever Bond
1993
It's Nothing Personal
0/0
An embittered ex-cop, on a quest for justice, teams up with a hard-boiled bounty hunter to go after the suspected killer of her brother in a robbery.
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It's Nothing Personal
1995
Out-of-Sync
4/5
A DJ and ex-con is forced to work with the police in an undercover drug sting targeting his boss.
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Out-of-Sync
1973
Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
6/2
Original 1973 short promotional documentary on the making of the 8th James Bond movie Live and Let Die (1973).
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Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary
1979
Alien
8.154/14045
During its return to the earth, commercial spaceship Nostromo intercepts a distress signal from a distant planet. When a three-member team of the crew...
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