Very sad to hear about the passing of Yaphet Kotto. He was a criminally underrated actor and probably deserved more fame than he got. He was great as the first black James Bond main villain Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big in Live and Let Die as well as Lt. Al Giardello on the awesome TV show Homicide: Life on the Street. He was also Agent Alonzo Mosley in Midnight Run, Parker in the first Alien film, was in The Running Man and Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, and was Emmy nominated for the TV film Raid on Entebbe. He was also considered for the role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars and possibly Captain Jean-Luc Picard in Star Trek: The Next Generation.

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Happy 80th Birthday to the underrated and talented actor Yaphet Kotto. Kotto is best known as Dr. Kananga/Mr. Big, the first main black villain in the James Bond franchise in Live and Let Die along with his Emmy Award nominated performance as Ugandan President Idi Amin in Raid on Entebbe, He's also known for playing Parker in Alien, William Laughlin in The Running Man, Alonzo Mosely in Midnight Run, Doc in Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare, and Lt. Al "Gee" Giardello on the television show Homicide: Life on the Street. He was also once considered for the role of Lando Calrissian in Star Wars and may have been considered for the role of Jean-Luc Picard on Star Trek: The Next Generation.