Yaphet Kotto
Biography
Yaphet Kotto was an American actor who began performing on the New York stage, studying at the Actors Mobile Theater Studio as a teenager and making his professional debut in Othello at 19. He appeared on Broadway in The Great White Hope before moving into film with Nothing but a Man (1964) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968). He landed the role of the Bond villain Mr. Big in Live and Let Die (1973), and went on to play Idi Amin in the television film Raid on Entebbe, an auto worker in Blue Collar (1978), and Parker in Alien (1979). Later credits included The Running Man (1987), Midnight Run (1988), and a final film role in Witless Protection (2008). He starred as Lieutenant Al Giardello in Homicide: Life on the Street, wrote scripts for that series, and voiced Parker again in the video game Alien: Isolation.
81years old at death
- Born New York City
- Died Manila
- Star sign: ScorpioThe sign runs October 23 to November 21
- Yaphet Frederick Kotto (birth name)Also credited as Prince Yaphet Kotto
Movie Career
- Films
- 31
- Career span
- 54 years1964 to 2018
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A role that slipped away
Yaphet Kotto was among the actors Paramount considered for the role of Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation, a part that ultimately went to Patrick Stewart.
First role
At 19, Yaphet Kotto began his professional acting career in Othello. He also belonged to the Actors Studio in New York.
First role
Kotto's first film role came in 1963, when he was 23, in 4 for Texas, though he was not credited for it.
Beyond film
Kotto released a single in 1967 titled "Have You Ever Seen the Blues" backed with "Have You Dug His Scene" on Chisa Records.
Yaphet Kotto movies on Netflix
Best known for
The films on Netflix they are best known for, with the part played in each.
Most often with
Three actors appear in three of them each. Pick a number on the chart or a name in the list to see the films they share.
Films together
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Also two films together8 more actors
- Thomas Rosales Jr.Extreme Justice (1993) and Eye of the Tiger (1986)
- Michael MoriartyKing Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen (2018) and Report to the Commissioner (1975)
- Richard BullWitless Protection (2008) and The Thomas Crown Affair (1968)
- Paul BenjaminFriday Foster (1975) and Across 110th Street (1972)
- Richard BelzerHomicide: The Movie (2000) and The Puppet Masters (1994)
- Jack KehoeMidnight Run (1988) and The Star Chamber (1983)
- Brenda SykesDrum (1976) and The Liberation of L.B. Jones (1970)
- Donna GarrettThe Puppet Masters (1994) and Drum (1976)
When several people share the same number of films, the ones with the most films on Netflix are in the chart.
Box office
What Yaphet Kotto's films earned in cinemas worldwide.
Combined worldwide box office
$430 million
13 of the 31 films have a worldwide figure.
Of the 31 films: 13 worldwide figure; 4 us gross only; 5 never in cinemas; 9 figure not found.
- 13Worldwide figure
- 4US gross only
- 5Never in cinemas
- 9Figure not found
Highest grossing
The eight biggest films earned 94% of the total. The bars are drawn to scale.
- 1$126M29.4% of the total
- 2$105M24.4% of the total
- 3$38M8.9% of the total
- 4$38M8.9% of the total
- 5$37M8.6% of the total
- 6$35M8.1% of the total
- 7$14M3.3% of the total
- 8$11M2.5% of the total
$26.0 millionfrom the other 5 films with a worldwide figure, 6% of the total
Online
Official profiles and reference pages.