Yaphet Kotto: movies and TV shows
Yaphet Kotto has 102 credits in the archive: 74 films and 28 TV series, from 1955 to 2018. Highest rated: Alien (8.2/10).
Career timeline
1955 – 2018 · busiest year: 1972 (6 credits)
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Full filmography
| Year | Title | Role | Type | Rating | Age then |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | King Cohen: The Wild World of Filmmaker Larry Cohen | Self | Film | 6.4 | 78 |
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Ricardo Bodi | Film | 4.5 | 68 |
| 2002 | BaadAsssss Cinema | Self | Film | 6.0 | 62 |
| 2001 | Stiletto Dance | Captain Rick Sands | Film | 4.9 | 61 |
| 2000 | The Ride | Carter | Film | 3.7 | 60 |
| 2000 | Homicide: The Movie | Al Giardello | Film | 6.9 | 60 |
| 1999 | Inside 'Live and Let Die' | Film | 7.4 | 59 | |
| 1997 | The Defenders: Payback | Judge Williams | Film | 4.5 | 57 |
| 1996 | Two If by Sea | FBI Agent O'Malley | Film | 5.0 | 56 |
| 1995 | The World of James Bond | Self | Film | 6.7 | 55 |
| 1995 | Dead Badge | Captain Hunt | Film | 6.8 | 55 |
| 1995 | Out-of-Sync | Quincy | Film | 4.5 | 55 |
| 1995 | Deadline for Murder: From the Files of Edna Buchanan | Marty Talbot | Film | 7.0 | 55 |
| 1994 | The Puppet Masters | Ressler | Film | 5.8 | 54 |
| 1994 | The Corpse Had a Familiar Face | Detective Martin Talbot | Film | 4.7 | 54 |
| 1993 | Homicide: Life on the Street | Al Giardello | TV | 8.1 | 53 |
| 1993 | seaQuest DSV | Captain Jack Clayton | TV | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Larson | Film | 5.0 | 53 |
| 1993 | It's Nothing Personal | Lt. Tom Riley | Film | 7.0 | 53 |
| 1993 | The American Clock | Isaac | Film | 5.7 | 53 |
| 1993 | Almost Blue | Terry | Film | 7.1 | 53 |
| 1992 | Intent to Kill | Captain Jackson | Film | 4.5 | 52 |
| 1992 | Chrome Soldiers | Perry Beach | Film | 4.4 | 52 |
| 1991 | Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Doc | Film | 5.3 | 51 |
| 1991 | Hangfire | Police Lieutenant | Film | 4.7 | 51 |
| 1990 | Law & Order | Al Giardello | TV | 7.3 | 50 |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | Kelly | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1990 | The Trials of Rosie O'Neill | ADA Kelley | TV | 5.8 | 50 |
| 1990 | After the Shock | William McElroy | Film | 6.4 | 50 |
| 1989 | Father Dowling Mysteries | Lt. Fleming | TV | 7.4 | 49 |
| 1989 | Ministry of Vengeance | Mr. Whiteside | Film | 3.8 | 49 |
| 1989 | Prime Target | Gilmore Brown | Film | 5.2 | 49 |
| 1989 | Tripwire | Lee Pitt | Film | 6.0 | 49 |
| 1989 | A Whisper to a Scream | Jules Tallard | Film | 4.0 | 49 |
| 1989 | The Jigsaw Murders | Doctor Tyrone Fillmore | Film | 4.7 | 49 |
| 1988 | Midnight Run | Alonzo Mosely, Special Agent, F.B.I. | Film | 7.2 | 48 |
| 1987 | The Running Man | William Laughlin | Film | 6.5 | 47 |
| 1987 | In Self Defense | Lt. Tyrell | Film | 6.0 | 47 |
| 1987 | Perry Mason: The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel | General Sorenson | Film | 7.4 | 47 |
| 1987 | Terminal Entry | Col. Styles | Film | 4.1 | 47 |
| 1987 | Pretty Kill | Harris | Film | 2.4 | 47 |
| 1987 | Desperado | Bede | Film | 4.2 | 47 |
| 1986 | The Park Is Mine | Eubanks | Film | 5.5 | 46 |
| 1986 | Harem | Agha Kislar | TV | 5.0 | 46 |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger | J.B. Deveraux | Film | 6.1 | 46 |
| 1986 | Harem | Agha Kislar | Film | 5.4 | 46 |
| 1985 | The New Alfred Hitchcock Presents | Convict | TV | 7.2 | 45 |
| 1985 | Warning Sign | Major Connolly | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1985 | Badge of the Assassin | Detective Cliff Fenton NYPD | Film | 5.6 | 45 |
| 1985 | Playing with Fire | Fire Chief Walker | Film | 6.0 | 45 |
| 1984 | Murder, She Wrote | Lt. Bradshaw | TV | 7.5 | 44 |
| 1983 | The A-Team | Charles Struthers | TV | 7.5 | 43 |
| 1983 | For Love and Honor | TV | 6.0 | 43 | |
| 1983 | The Star Chamber | Detective Harry Lowes | Film | 6.1 | 43 |
| 1983 | Women of San Quentin | Sgt. Therman Patterson | Film | 5.0 | 43 |
| 1983 | For Love and Honor | Sgt. China Bell | Film | 9.7 | 43 |
| 1982 | American Playhouse | Jocko | TV | 6.6 | 42 |
| 1982 | Fighting Back | Ivanhoe Washington | Film | 5.8 | 42 |
| 1982 | A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion | Denmark Vessey | Film | 7.0 | 42 |
| 1981 | Hill Street Blues | Calvin Matthias | TV | 7.6 | 41 |
| 1980 | Brubaker | Dickie Coombes | Film | 7.1 | 40 |
| 1980 | Othello | Othello | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1980 | Rage! | Ernie | Film | 8.0 | 40 |
| 1979 | Alien | Parker | Film | 8.2 | 39 |
| 1978 | Blue Collar | Sam 'Smokey' James | Film | 7.3 | 38 |
| 1976 | Drum | Blase | Film | 5.3 | 36 |
| 1976 | Raid on Entebbe | President Idi Amin - Jr. | Film | 6.0 | 36 |
| 1976 | The Monkey Hustle | Daddy Foxx | Film | 5.7 | 36 |
| 1976 | Crunch | Richard "Crunch" Blackstone | Film | 8.0 | 36 |
| 1975 | Doctors' Hospital | TV | 7.0 | 35 | |
| 1975 | Sharks' Treasure | Ben Flynn | Film | 5.3 | 35 |
| 1975 | Friday Foster | Colt Hawkins | Film | 6.1 | 35 |
| 1975 | Report to the Commissioner | Richard 'Crunch' Blackstone | Film | 6.6 | 35 |
| 1974 | Truck Turner | Blue | Film | 6.5 | 34 |
| 1973 | Live and Let Die | Kananga/Mr. Big | Film | 6.5 | 33 |
| 1973 | Bond 1973: The Lost Documentary | Self | Film | 6.0 | 33 |
| 1972 | Across 110th Street | Lt. William Pope | Film | 6.7 | 32 |
| 1972 | Bone | Bone | Film | 6.1 | 32 |
| 1972 | The Limit | Mark Johnson | Film | 10.0 | 32 |
| 1972 | The Limit | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Limit | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1972 | The Limit | Film | 10.0 | 32 | |
| 1971 | Man and Boy | Nate Hodges | Film | 6.7 | 31 |
| 1970 | Night Gallery | Buckner | TV | 7.8 | 30 |
| 1970 | The Liberation of L.B. Jones | Sonny Boy Mosby | Film | 6.0 | 30 |
| 1970 | Night Chase | Ernie Green | Film | 5.9 | 30 |
| 1968 | Hawaii Five-O | LCpl. John T. Auston | TV | 7.2 | 28 |
| 1968 | The Name of the Game | Wyman Jackson | TV | 7.0 | 28 |
| 1968 | The Thomas Crown Affair | Carl | Film | 6.8 | 28 |
| 1968 | 5 Card Stud | Little George | Film | 6.2 | 28 |
| 1967 | Mannix | Gabe Johnson / Gabriel Dillon | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1967 | The High Chaparral | Sgt. Major Creason | TV | 6.8 | 27 |
| 1967 | Cowboy in Africa | Musa | TV | 6.0 | 27 |
| 1966 | Tarzan | TV | 6.9 | 26 | |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Lobo Brown | TV | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1965 | The Big Valley | Damien | TV | 6.2 | 25 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Luke | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1964 | Daniel Boone | Jonah | TV | 7.0 | 24 |
| 1964 | Nothing But a Man | Jocko | Film | 7.4 | 24 |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self | TV | 7.5 | 22 |
| 1959 | Bonanza | Child Barnett | TV | 7.5 | 19 |
| 1955 | Gunsmoke | Piney Biggs | TV | 6.7 | 15 |