Yaphet Kotto's biography
Frederick Samuel Kotto is 83 years old television actor born at New York City, New York, USA. Yaphet was born on Wednesday 15th of November 1939. He is often nicknamed as Yaphet Kotto, Yaphet Frederick Kotto, Fredrick S. Kotto, Frederick S. Kotto, Yaphet Fredrick Kotto, Yaphet Frederick S. Kotto, Yaphet Fredrick S. Kotto, Frederick Samuel Kotto, Yaphet Frederick Samuel Kotto. According to year of birth 1939 he belongs to Silent Generation. Birthday on 15th of November means he is Scorpio. Scorpio is a watery sign. These people are very intense in their thoughts. They always learn from the transformatory phase of their life.
He is native english speaker. He is black american. He is citizen of United States of America. Yaphet is jewish. His primary profession is to be television actor. You can know him also as film actor. Yaphet is recently known as stage actor.
Yaphet Kotto's career
Yaphet´s main focus is to be television actor. He is famous thanks to his role as the villainous Dr. Kananga / Mr. Big in the 1973 James Bond film Live and Let Die and Lieutenant Al Giardello in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street.
Is Yaphet Kotto gay ?
He is known to be straight.
How did Yaphet Kotto die
He died on on Tuesday 15th of March 2022 when he was 83 years old at Manila. Yaphet Kottos death was caused by undisclosed.
What else you don't know about Yaphet Kotto ?
Yaphet´s middle name is Frederick.
What Yaphet Kotto has done for a first time
- Within a week of the divorce from his first wife Rita, he married Antoinette Pettyjohn.
- He was the first black actor to play a main Bond villain.
- He was the father of four daughters and two sons (three children from each of his first two marriages), named (from eldest) Natasha, Fred, Robert, Sarada, Mirabai and Salina.
Yaphet Kotto's quotes
- I do have a favorite kind of director, which is the kind who allows me to create. Some haven't allowed me to create and I think by doing that they don't need an actor. They need a puppet.
- If you're a black actor, you really don't have too many choices. If you keep turning things down, you might as well hit the unemployment office. If I didn't sometimes take small parts in small films I wouldn't get to play anything, and I do have to eat.
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Yaphet Kotto's height, body shape, eye color
Lets describe how Yaphet Kotto looks. We will focus on Yaphet´s height, body shape, eye color and hair color. Yaphet is tall as 6' 3" (191 cm). Body build is average. Yaphet´s eyes are tinted brown - dark. His hair is shade of black.