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Yaphet Frederick Kotto (November 15, 1939 – March 15, 2021) was an American actor for film and television. He starred in the NBC television series Homicide: Life on the Street (1993–1999) as Lieutenant Al Giardello.
May 8, 2024 · Fred Kotto is the son of renowned actor Yaphet Kotto and his wife Rita. Fred worked as a police officer, did pro boxing and more. Here's all.
Eldest son, Fred Kotto, is a very successful officer in the San José Police Department. Turned down the role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars: Episode V - The Empire Strikes Back (1980) . He feared that Lando would be killed in the movie, and that he would be forever typecast.
- Actor, Writer, Director
- March 15, 2021
- November 15, 1939
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Fred Kotto is a retired San Jose Police Department sergeant, a television writer, and a former football player. He is best known as the eldest son of Yaphet Kotto, an American actor. He also competed in the U.S. Olympic boxing trials in 2000. He was a running back for the No. 1 ranked University of Washington Huskies at the time.
Mar 16, 2021 · Yaphet Kotto, a versatile actor whose many roles included the wisecracking engineer in the hit science-fiction film “Alien,” the villainous adversary in the James Bond movie “Live and Let Die”...
Yaphet Kotto. Physically imposing, intense Yaphet Kotto was one of the few actors of his generation to succeed in breaking racial stereotypes in Hollywood. He was born in Harlem, New York, the son of Gladys, a nurse and army officer, and Abraham Kotto, a businessman-turned-construction worker.
Fredrick Kotto is known for The Rookie (2018), Burn and Ice (2016).
