Yaphet Kotto

Yaphet Kotto

November 16, 1939 · 86 years old

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…

Known For

26 titles
1
Alien

Alien

1979 · 1h 57m · Movie

After investigating a mysterious transmission of unknown origin, the crew of a commercial spacecraft encounters a deadly lifeform.

8.5
2
The Running Man

The Running Man

1987 · 1h 41m · Movie

In a future dystopian America, a wrongfully accused and convicted policeman gets his shot at freedom when he's forced to participate in a TV game show where convicts called Runners must battle killers for their freedom.

6.6
3
Live and Let Die

Live and Let Die

1973 · 2h 1m · Movie

James Bond is sent to stop a diabolically brilliant heroin magnate armed with a complex organisation and a reliable psychic tarot card reader.

6.7
4
Midnight Run

Midnight Run

1988 · 2h 6m · Movie

A bounty hunter pursues a former Mafia accountant who is also being chased by a rival bounty hunter, the F.B.I., and his old mob boss after jumping bail.

7.5
5
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare

1991 · 1h 29m · Movie

Dream-haunting Freddy Krueger returns once again to prowl the nightmares of Springwood's last surviving teenager, and of a woman whose personal connection to Krueger may mean his doom.

4.7
6
The Thomas Crown Affair

The Thomas Crown Affair

1968 · 1h 42m · Movie

A debonair, adventuresome bank executive believes he has pulled off the perfect multi-million dollar heist, only to match wits with an insurance investigator who will do anything to get her man.

6.9
7
Brubaker

Brubaker

1980 · 2h 11m · Movie

The new warden of a small prison farm in Arkansas tries to clean it up of corruption after initially posing as an inmate.

7.1
8
Blue Collar

Blue Collar

1978 · 1h 54m · Movie

When three automotive factory workers who're struggling financially try to steal from their own labor union, they discover corruption, and reluctantly decide to use this information for blackmail.

7.5
9
The Star Chamber

The Star Chamber

1983 · 1h 49m · Movie

Frustrated with a legal system gone haywire, a secret society of judges hires hitmen to snuff out criminals who escape courtroom justice - but one young judge questions the ethics of their vigilante system.

6.3
10
Across 110th Street

Across 110th Street

1972 · 1h 42m · Movie

Two New York City cops go after amateur crooks who are trying to rip off the Mafia and start a gang war.

7.0
11
Two If by Sea

Two If by Sea

1996 · 1h 36m · Movie

A couple steals a Matisse painting on contract and manage to evade the police. The sale takes place four days later on an island, but things don't go as planned.

5.3
12
Witless Protection

Witless Protection

2008 · 1h 37m · Movie

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 a wild path of comic mishap.

3.4
13
5 Card Stud

5 Card Stud

1968 · 1h 43m · Movie

The players in an ongoing poker game are being mysteriously killed off, one by one.

6.4
14
Truck Turner

Truck Turner

1974 · 1h 31m · Movie

While tracking a strong-armed pimp who has skipped bail, a bounty hunter discovers a contract has been put out on him and must go on the run.

6.9
15
Raid on Entebbe

Raid on Entebbe

1976 · 2h 25m · Movie

True story of a daring Israeli commando assault on the Entebbe Airport in Uganda to free hostages of a terrorist hijacking.

6.7
16
The Park Is Mine

The Park Is Mine

1986 · 1h 42m · Movie

Vietnam veteran Mitch wants to raise awareness of how veterans, the elderly, and the underprivileged are overlooked. He takes Central Park hostage for 72 hours on Veterans' Day weekend and must defend his position with gunfire.

6.1
17
Nothing But a Man

Nothing But a Man

1964 · 1h 35m · Movie

A black man and his school-teacher wife face discriminatory challenges in 1960s America.

7.9
18
Homicide: The Movie

Homicide: The Movie

2000 · 1h 28m · Movie

Al Giardello is shot and the detectives of the Baltimore Homicide Unit return to work to solve the case, including Howard, Munch, Bayliss, Meldrick, Bolander and Kellerman.

7.7
19
Bone

Bone

1972 · 1h 35m · Movie

When a criminal breaks into the Beverly Hills home of a wealthy couple having marital problems, he unwillingly provides the spouses with an unlikely resolution to their conflicts as well as a solution to his own secret problem.

6.7
20
Extreme Justice

Extreme Justice

1993 · 1h 36m · Movie

A rogue cop joins an elite L.A.P.D. unit who secretly operate as a vigilante death squad, but soon begins to question their methods.

5.5
21
The Liberation of L.B. Jones

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

1970 · 1h 42m · Movie

A successful African American businessman has a quarrel with a white policeman, suspecting that he is having an affair with his wife. The policeman's colleagues are seeking to avoid publicity.

6.8
22
Drum

Drum

1976 · 1h 50m · Movie

A mid-19th-century mulatto slave is torn between his success as a pit-fighter and the injustices of white society.

5.5
23
Fighting Back

Fighting Back

1982 · 1h 38m · Movie

A Philadelphia shop owner forms a civilian patrol to stop neighborhood crime. The patrol's actions are seen as racially discriminatory, leading to escalating conflict.

6.0
24
Sharks' Treasure

Sharks' Treasure

1975 · 1h 35m · Movie

An aging fisherman finds a sunken treasure in shark-infested waters and is attacked by five escaping convicts.

4.7
25
Prime Target

Prime Target

1989 · 1h 35m · Movie

In this crime drama, a NYPD detective looks into the deaths of several policewomen and discovers that she is to be the killer's next victim. In HD.

5.4
26
In Self Defense

In Self Defense

1987 · 1h 34m · Movie

A witness (Linda Purl) is terrorized by the killer (Billy Drago) against whom she testified.

5.0