Bond villain Yaphet Kotto, 81, passed away | Entertainment

entertainment">He also played one of the leading roles in the SF classic Alien from 1979 and he was next in 1987 Arnold Schwarzenegger featured in the futuristic thriller The Running Man.

entertainment">Kotto stood in Live And Let Die opposite Roger Moore, who made his debut as the British spy. The black actor played not only the corrupt Caribbean dictator Kananga, but also his paranoid alter ego Mr Big. The American was addressed on his role until an old age. He also recently took a stand in the discussion of whether Bond might be played by a black actor, a suggestion that Kotto called “misplaced political correctness.”

entertainment">Besides on the silver screen, Kotto was also seen a lot in television series. His most important feat was the lead role in the successful NBC series Homicide: Life on the street, which was on display from 1993 to 1999. The actor also spent a lot of time in the theater, especially at the beginning of his career in New York. He made his debut at the age of nineteen with a rendition of Shakespeare’s Othello.

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