Yaphet Kotto

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American actor film actor human stage actor television actor

Yaphet Kotto was an American actor best known for his powerful performances in films like Alien and Midnight Run and the TV series Homicide: Life on the Street.

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Label Occurrences
Yaphet Kotto canonical 9
Yaphet Frederick Kotto 1

Statements (49)

Predicate Object
instanceOf American actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
human ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
birthName Yaphet Kotto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Yaphet Frederick Kotto
causeOfDeath heart-related complications ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1939-11-15 ⓘ
dateOfDeath 2021-03-15 ⓘ
ethnicGroup Black Americans ⓘ
surface form: African-American
familyName Kotto ⓘ
gender male ⓘ
genre crime drama ⓘ
drama ⓘ
science fiction film ⓘ
givenName Yaphet ⓘ
languageOfWorkOrName English ⓘ
name Yaphet Kotto self-link ⓘ
notableAward NAACP Image Award nomination ⓘ
Emmy Award ⓘ
surface form: Primetime Emmy Award nomination
notableFor portrayal of complex authority figures ⓘ
powerful screen presence ⓘ
notableWork Alien (1979 film) ⓘ
surface form: Alien

Homicide: Life on the Street ⓘ
Live and Let Die ⓘ
Midnight Run ⓘ
numberOfChildren 6 ⓘ
occupation actor ⓘ
film actor ⓘ
stage actor ⓘ
television actor ⓘ
placeOfBirth New York City ⓘ
surface form: New York

New York City ⓘ
United States of America ⓘ
surface form: United States
placeOfDeath Manila ⓘ
Philippines ⓘ
playedCharacter Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run ⓘ
Dennis Parker in Alien ⓘ
Mr. Big from Ian Fleming novel Live and Let Die ⓘ
surface form: Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big in Live and Let Die

Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street ⓘ
religion Judaism ⓘ
spouse Antoinette Pettyjohn ⓘ
Rita Ingrid Dittman ⓘ
Tessie Sinahon ⓘ
workedWith Barry Levinson ⓘ
Martin Brest ⓘ
Ridley Scott ⓘ
yearsActive 1960s–2010s ⓘ

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Live and Let Die → filmAdaptationStars → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Blue Collar → stars → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Blue Collar → castMember → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Alien (1979 film) → castMember → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Mr. Big → portrayedBy → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Mr. Big – Dr. Kananga → portrayedBy → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Yaphet Kotto → name → Yaphet Kotto self-link ⓘ
Yaphet Kotto → birthName → Yaphet Kotto self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Yaphet Frederick Kotto
Homicide: Life on the Street → notableCastMember → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ
Friday Foster → starring → Yaphet Kotto ⓘ