Yaphet Kotto


Born:		Nov 15, 1937 New York City, NY
Career:		1963-2008
Countries:		USA
Genre/Type:		Drama

Biography by Hal Erickson

African American actor Yaphet Kotto was one of the most prominent beneficiaries of the upsurge in black-oriented theatrical pieces of the late 1950s; he appeared in many prestigious Broadway and off-Broadway productions, taking regional theatre work rather than accept stereotypical "mainstream" roles in movies and TV. Kotto's first film was Nothing But a Man (1964), an independently produced study of black pride in the face of white indifference. Though he vehemently steered clear of most of the '70s blaxploitation fare, in 1972, Kotto produced, directed and wrote the feature film Speed Limit 65 (aka The Limit and Time Limit), a one-of-a-kind "black biker" film. The biggest production with which Kotto was associated in the early 1970s was the James Bond film Live and Let Die, in which, as the villainous Mr. Big, he was blown up in the final scene (a similarly grisly fate awaited Kotto in 1979's Alien). On television, Yaphet Kotto was a regular on the TV series For Love and Honor (1983) and Homicide: Life on the Streets (1992), and was seen as Ugandan president Idi Amin in the 1977 TV movie Raid on Entebbe.

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Filmography

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Witless Protection	2008		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: The Movie	2000		Actor [Starring]
The Ride	2000		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: A Case of Do or Die	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Bones of Contention	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Forgive Us Our Trespasses	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Homicide.com	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Identity Crisis	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 07	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Self Defense	1999		Actor [Starring] / Teleplay By
Homicide: Life on the Street: Shades of Gray	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Sideshow	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Same Coin	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Why Chromosone	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Truth Will Out	1999		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Zen and the Art of Murder	1999		Actor [Starring]

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Table of Contents

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Fatherhood USA: Dedicated, Not Deadbeat	1998		Voice [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Abduction	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Brotherly Love	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Closet Cases	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Fallen Heroes, Part 1	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Fallen Heroes, Part 2	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Finnegan's Wake	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Full Court Press	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Just an Old Fashioned Love Song	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Kellerman, P.I. Part 1	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Kellerman, P.I. Part 2	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: La Famiglia	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Lies and Other Truths	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Mercy	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Pit Bull Sessions	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Red, Red Wine	1998		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 06	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Secrets	1998		Actor [Starring] / Teleplay By
Homicide: Life on the Street: Shaggy Dog, City Goat	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Sins of the Father	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Something Sacred, Part 1	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Something Sacred, Part 2	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Strangled, Not Stirred	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Twenty Percent Solution	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Wanted Dead or Alive, Part 1	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Wanted Dead or Alive, Part 2	1998		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: All is Bright	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Baby It's You	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Betrayal	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Birthday	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Blood Ties, Part 1	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Blood Ties, Part 2	1997		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Homicide: Life on the Street: Blood Ties, Part 3	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Deception	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Diener	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Double Blind	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Have a Conscience	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Kaddish	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Narcissus	1997		Actor [Starring] / Teleplay By
Homicide: Life on the Street: Partners and Other Strangers	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Saigon Rose	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Season 05	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Strangers and Other Partners	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Documentary	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Valentine's Day	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Wu's on First?	1997		Actor [Starring]
Law & Order: Baby, It's You	1997		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Bad Medicine	1996		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Homicide: Life on the Street: Blood Wedding	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Control	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: For God and Country	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Hostage, Part 1	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Hostage, Part 2	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: I've Got a Secret	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Justice, Part 1	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Justice, Part 2	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: M.E., Myself and I	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Map of the Heart	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Prison Riot	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Requiem for Adena	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Scene of the Crime	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Sniper, Part 1	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Sniper, Part 2	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Stakeout	1996		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Damage Done	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Hat	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Heart of a Saturday Night	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The True Test	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: The Wedding	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: White Lies	1996		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Work Related	1996		Actor [Starring]
Two If by Sea	1996		Actor [Starring]
Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: A Doll's Eyes	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Autofocus	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Colors	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Cradle to Grave	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Dead End	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: End Game	1995		Actor [Starring]
Homicide: Life on the Street: Every Mother's Son	1995		Actor [Starring]

Movie/Film	Released	Rating	Role	Buy
Ministry of Vengeance	1989		Actor [Starring]
Prime Target	1989		Actor [Starring]
The Jigsaw Murders	1989		Actor [Starring]
Tripwire	1989		Actor [Starring]
A Whisper to a Scream	1988		Actor [Starring]
Midnight Run	1988		Actor [Starring]
Desperado	1987		Actor [Starring]
In Self Defense	1987		Actor [Starring]
Murder, She Wrote: Steal Me a Story	1987		Actor [Starring]
Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel	1987		Actor [Starring]
Prettykill	1987		Actor [Starring]
Terminal Entry	1987		Actor [Starring]
The Running Man	1987		Actor [Starring]
Eye of the Tiger	1986		Actor [Starring]
Harem	1986		Actor [Starring]
Adventures: Past, Present and Future Featurettes	1985		Archival Appearance




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