LOS ANGELES – Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for his appearances in ‘Alien’, the James Bond film ‘Live and Let Die’ and the television series ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’, has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81.
Kotto’s wife, Tessie Sinahon, posted on Facebook for the first time on Monday night about Facebook’s death.
“I am sad and still shocked by the death of my 24-year-old husband Yaphet. He passed away last night around 10:30 PM Philippine time,” she wrote. “… You played a villain in some of your films, but to me you are a true hero and also to many people. A good man, a good father, a good man and a decent man “Very rarely found. One of the best actors in Hollywood, a legend. Rest in peace Honey, I’m going to miss you every day, my best friend, my rock.”
In 1973’s “Live and Let Die”, Kotto portrayed double duties that the corrupt Caribbean dictator, dr. Described in the novel as a monstrous fat muscle with yellow eyes, a gray skin and a head twice the size of a normal man, Kotto’s brave version of the character deprived the physical great queries and a charismatic dose. stylish villain added.
Kotto also played technician Dennis Parker in 1979’s “Alien” and William Laughlin with Arnold Schwarzenegger in 1987 in the action film “The Running Man”. He also had a strong television career and starred in Al Giardello’s NBC series “Homicide: Life on the Street” from 1993 to 1999.
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Kotto was born in New York City on November 15, 1939, and began acting at the Actors Mobile Theater Studio at age 16. At 19, he made his professional theater debut in “Othello” and performed on Broadway in “The Great White Hope”. Kotto’s first few film projects included ‘Nothing But a Man’ in 1964 and ‘The Thomas Crown Affair’ in 1968. In 1969, Kotto landed a guest role as Marine Lance Corporal on ‘Hawaii Five-O’.
After Kotto landed the role in ‘Live and Let Die’, Kotto also referred to roles in 1974’s “Truck Turner” and 1978’s “Blue Collar” as Smokey. After his turn in ‘Alien’, Kotto played a supporting role as Richard ‘Dickie’ Coombes in ‘Brubaker’ in 1980 and starred with Arnold Schwarzenegger in the action film ‘The Running Man’ from 1987. Kotto’s other TV roles are among others ‘The A-Team’ in 1983, ‘For Love and Honor’, ‘Murder She Wrote’, ‘Death Valley Days’ and ‘Law & Order’.
One of Kotto’s last and longest roles was that of Al Giardello in ‘Homicide: Life on the Street’, for which he also holds various credit ratings for screenwriting. He also starred in ‘Homicide: The Movie’ in 2000, and recently voiced Parker in the Alien: Isolation video game.
He is survived by his wife and six children.