Yaphet Kotto

Highlighted works

Alien

The crew of mining spaceship Nostromo answer an apparent distress signal and find themselves with an unwanted passenger, in Ridley Scott’s breakthrough sci-fi horror.

Filmography

2007

Witless Protection

Alonzo Mosely
2000

Homicide The Movie

Lt Al Giardello
1999

Self Defense

Screenplay
Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Shades of Gray

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Sideshow Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Bones of Contention

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Identity Crisis

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

The Same Coin

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Homicide.Com

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Lines of Fire

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

A Case of Do or Die

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Forgive Us Our Trespasses

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Truth Will Out

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

Zen and the Art of Murder

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1999

The Why Chromosome

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Secrets

Screenplay
Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Wanted Dead or Alive Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Brotherly Love

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Just an Old Fashioned Love Song

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

La Famiglia

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

The Twenty Percent Solution

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Kellerman, P.I. Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Wanted Dead or Alive Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Kellerman, P.I. Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Red, Red Wine

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Fallen Heroes Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Finnegan's Wake

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Mercy

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Full Court Press

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Fallen Heroes Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Pit Bull Sessions

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Abduction

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Strangled, Not Stirred

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Sins of the Father

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Lies and Other Truths

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Something Sacred Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Something Sacred Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Closet Cases

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1998

Shaggy Dog, City Goat

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Narcissus

Screenplay
Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Betrayal

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Valentine's Day

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Wu's on First?

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Double Blind

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

The Documentary

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Have a Conscience

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Diener

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Strangers and Other Partners

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Kaddish

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Deception

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Partners and Other Strangers

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Birthday

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Blood Ties Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

All Is Bright

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Saigon Rose

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Blood Ties Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Baby It's You Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Blood Ties Part 3

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

The Subway

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1997

Baby It's You Part 1

Baltimore Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Two If by Sea

O'Malley
1996

Prison Riot

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Hostage Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Bad Medicine

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Hostage Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

The Damage Done

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

M.E., Myself and I

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Stakeout

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Justice Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Work Related

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

The Hat

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

The True Test

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Sniper Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

White Lies

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Blood Wedding

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

For God and Country

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

The Wedding

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Requiem for Adena

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Justice Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Full Moon

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

I've Got a Secret

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Control

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

The Heart of a Saturday Night

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Scene of the Crime

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Map of the Heart

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1996

Sniper Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Deadline for Murder From the Files of Edna Buchananan

Marty Talbot
1995

Out of Sync

cast member
1995

Dead Badge

Captain Hunt
1995

Heartbeat

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

A Doll's Eyes

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Fire Part 2

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Hate Crimes

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Fire Part 1

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Autofocus

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Thrill of the Kill

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

The Gas Man

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Dead End

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Every Mother's Son

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Law and Disorder

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Nothing Personal

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Cradle to Grave

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Partners

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

The City That Bleeds

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

The Old and the Dead

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

Colors

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

End Game

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1995

In Search of Crimes Past

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Freddy's Dead The Final Nightmare

Doc
1994

The Corpse Had a Familiar Face

Martin
1994

Black and Blue

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Bop Gun

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

A Many Splendored Thing

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

See No Evil

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Nearer My God to Thee

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Crosetti

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

A Model Citizen

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

The Last of the Waterman

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Fits Like a Glove

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Happy to Be Here

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

Extreme Unction

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

All through the House

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1994

The Puppet Masters

Ressler
1993

It's Nothing Personal

cast member
1993

Extreme Justice

cast member
1993

A Shot in the Dark

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

And the Rockets Dead Glare

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

A Ghost of a Chance

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

Gone for Goode

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

Night of the Dead Living

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

Son of a Gun

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

A Dog and Pony Show

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

Smoke Gets in Your Eyes

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

Three Men and Adena

Lt. Al 'Gee' Giardello
1993

The American Clock

cast member
1992

Intent to Kill

cast member
1992

Almost Blue

Terry
1990

After the Shock

cast member
1990

The Stone Killer Mystery

Lt. Fleming
1989

A Whisper to a Scream

Detective Jules Taillard
1989

Prime Target

cast member
1989

Black Snow

[originally cast]
1988

The Jigsaw Murders

cast member
1988

Midnight Run

Alonzo Mosely, FBI
1987

In Self Defense

cast member
1987

Prettykill

cast member
1987

The Running Man

Laughlin
1987

Desperado

Bede
1987

Perry Mason The Case of the Scandalous Scoundrel

General Sorenson
1986

Terminal Entry

cast member
1986

Eye of the Tiger

cast member
1986

Harem

cast member
1985

Blues in the Night

Calvin Mathias
1985

Badge of the Assassin

cast member
1985

Prisoners

cast member
1985

Warning Sign

cast member
1985

The Park Is Mine

Frank Eubanks
1985

Playing with Fire

cast member
1983

The Out-of-towners

Struthers
1983

For Love and Honor

cast member
1983

Star Chamber

Detective Harry Lowes
1983

Women of San Quentin

Sergeant Therman Patterson
1982

A House Divided: Denmark Vesey's Rebellion

Denmark Vesey
1982

Fighting Back

Ivanhoe Washington
1981

Momma the Detective

cast member
1980

Othello

cast member
1980

Brubaker

Richard 'Dickie' Coombes
1980

Rage

Ernie
1979

Alien

Parker
1978

Blue Collar

Smokey
1977

Raid on Entebbe

President Idi Amin
1976

The Monkey Hu$tle

Daddy Foxx
1976

Drum

Blaise
1975

Friday Foster

Colt Hawkins
1975

Knives of Chance

.
1974

Report to the Commissioner

Richard "Crunch" Blackstone
1974

Truck Turner

Harvard Blue
1974

Sharks' Treasure

Ben Flanagan
1973

Live and Let Die

Doctor Kananga/'Mr Big'
1972

The Limit

Director
Producer
Story
Mark Johnson
1972

Bone

Bone
1972

Across 110th Street

Det. Lt. Pope
1972

Man and Boy

cast member
1970

Night Chase

cast member
1969

King of the Hill

John Austin
1969

The Liberation of L.B. Jones

Sonny Boy Mosby
1968

5 Card Stud

Little George
1968

The Thomas Crown Affair

Carl
1964

Nothing but a Man

Jocko

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