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Yaphet Kotto
This article is about the African-American actor. For the Santa Cruz screamo band go to Yaphet Kotto (band)
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born November 15, 1937 in New York City) is an African-American actor. His father was a Cameroonian .
Bio
Kotto got his start in acting on Broadway, where he appeared in The Great White Hope, among other things. His film debut was in 1963 in an uncredited role in 4 For Texas, but his first big break came in Nothing But a Man in 1964. Kotto landed the role of the James Bond villain Mr. Big in Live and Let Die. Kotto also starred in Alien.
He played Baltimore police Lieutenant Al Giardello in the television series Homicide: Life on the Street.
His son, Fredrick Kotto, is a

real-life police officer with the city of San Jose, California.
Kotto campaigned for Steve Forbes's bid for the Republican Presidential nomination in the 2000 primary elections.

Yaphet Kotto
AKA Yaphet Frederick Kotto
Born: 15-Nov-1937
Birthplace: New York City
Gender: Male
Religion: Jewish
Ethnicity: Black
Sexual orientation: Straight
Occupation: Actor, Royalty
Level of fame: Somewhat
Executive summary: Homicide
Father: (Cameroonian crown prince)
Wife: Toni (div., 2 children)
Son: Fred Kotto (Police Officer, San Jose, CA)
Wife: Antoinette Pettyjohn (m. 29-Jan-1975, div., 2 children)
Wife: Tessie Sinahon (m. 12-Jul-1998)
Cameroonian Ancestry

TELEVISION

For Love and Honor Platoon Sgt. James Bell (1983)
Homicide: Life on the Street Lt. Al Giardello (1993-99)

FILMOGRAPHY AS ACTOR
Homicide: The Movie (13-Feb-2000)
Two If By Sea (12-Jan-1996)
Dead Badge (13-Aug-1995)
The Puppet Masters (21-Oct-1994)
Extreme Justice (1993)
Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare (5-Sep-1991)
Midnight Run (20-Jul-1988)
The Running Man (13-Nov-1987)
The Park Is Mine (3-Jan-1986)
Warning Sign (23-Aug-1985)
The Star Chamber (5-Aug-1983)
Fighting Back (21-May-1982)
Brubaker (20-Jun-1980)
Alien (25-May-1979)
Blue Collar (10-Feb-1978)
Raid on Entebbe (09-Jan-1977)
Roots (23-Jan-1977)
Drum (30-Jul-1976)
Friday Foster (1975)
Report to the Commissioner (5-Feb-1975)
Truck Turner (19-Apr-1974)
Live and Let Die (27-Jun-1973)
Across 110th Street (19-Dec-1972)
The Liberation of L. B. Jones (18-Mar-1970)
5 Card Stud (31-Jul-1968)
The Thomas Crown Affair (19-Jun-1968)
Nothing But a Man (19-Sep-1964)