NEW YORK -- Yaphet Kotto, the commanding actor who brought tough magnetism and stately gravitas to films including the James Bond movie "Live and Let Die" and "Alien," has died. He was 81.
Standing 6-foot-3-inches, Yaphet Frederick Kotto was a regular and compelling presence across films, television and Broadway beginning with the films "Nothing But a Man" and "The Thomas Crown Affair" . He made his stage debut in a Boston production of "Othello." In 1969, he replaced James Earl Jones in the Pulitzer-winning "The Great White Hope" on Broadway. His big-screen breakthrough came as Lieutenant Pope in 1972's "Across 110th Street.
Kotto was nominated for an Emmy for his performance as Ugandan dictator Idi Amin in the 1997 television movie "Raid on Entebbe." In Paul Schrader's 1978 "Blue Collar," about Detroit auto workers, he starred alongside Richard Pryor and Harvey Keitel as the ex-convict Smokey James.
Good actor. 👍🏼
My favourite kotto role.
He was excellent in Homicide life on the streets in the ‘90’s
Loved him in Alien!
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