The acclaimed Kotto made memorable appearances in a range of classics on both the big and small screen.
Enigmatic screen star Yaphet Kotto has died at the age of 81.
Kotto, who may have been best known for his role as Dennis Parker in the original 1979 Alien film, was known for playing tough guys on screen. In the 1990s, he starred as Lieutenant Al Giardello in the NBC series, Homicide: Life on the Street.
He also played two roles as a villain against James Bond in the 1973 hit Live and Let Die.
The acclaimed actor also made memorable appearances in a range of cinema classics, including the hit Arnold Schwarzenegger film The Running Man and the comedy thriller Midnight Run, in which he starred opposite Robert DeNiro.
Thoughts on the actor’s death are pouring in on social media.
In one Twitter post, director Ava Duvernay wrote: “Yaphet Kotto. My Mom’s favorite. He’s one of those actors who deserved more than the parts he got. But he took those parts and made them wonderful all the same. A star. Rest well, sir.”
Source: Yaphet Kotto, ‘Alien’ and ‘Live and Let Die’ actor, dies at 81
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