DER US-AMERIKANISCHE SCHAUSPIELER YAPHET KOTTO IST GESTORBEN

Der am 15. November 1939 in New York City geborene US-amerikanische Schauspieler Yaphet Kotto (Bild) ist am 15. März 2021 in Manila (Philippinen) gestorben. In Filmen spielte er u.a. an der Seite von Jane Seymour und Roger Moore («Leben und sterben lassen»), Sigourney Weaver («Alien – Das unheimliche Wesen aus einer fremden Welt»), Robert Redford («Brubaker»), Arnold Schwarzenegger («Running Man») oder Sandra Bullock («Gestohlene Herzen»). In den Jahren 1993 bis 1999 war Kotto in 118 Folgen der TV-Krimiserie «Homicide» in der Rolle des Al Giardello zu sehen.

Foto: John Mathew Smith,  https://www.flickr.com/people/36277035@N06, 2010 – Lizenz: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/2.0/deed.en – Datei: https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/File:Yaphet_Koto.jpg 

Yaphet Kotto, Bond Villain and ‘Alien’ Star, Dies at 81

Well known for playing hardened personalities, he was also seen in movies like «Midnight Run» and the TV show «Homicide: Life on the Street.»

Neil Genzlinger

https://www.nytimes.com/2021/03/16/arts/yaphet-kotto-dead.html 

Yaphet Kotto, an actor known for his performances in «Alien,» the James Bond film «Live and Let Die» and the television series «Homicide: Life on the Street,» has died, his agent Ryan Goldhar confirmed to Variety. He was 81.

Elise Shafer

https://variety.com/2021/film/news/yaphet-kotto-dead-dies-alien-bond-villain-1234931654/

The New Yorker received an Emmy nom for portraying Idi Amin but passed on playing Lando Calrissian and Jean-Luc Picard.

Mike Barnes

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/yaphet-kotto-dead-homicide-life-street-live-let-die-alien-actor-was-81-1115082

Yaphet Kotto, star of Live and Let Die and Alien, dies aged 81

The actor, who played the lead villain in the 1973 Bond film, also starred in hit TV series Homicide: Life on the Street

Andrew Pulver

https://www.theguardian.com/film/2021/mar/16/yaphet-kotto-star-of-live-and-let-die-and-alien-dies-aged-81

Erster schwarzer Bond-Gegenspieler Yaphet Kotto ist tot

Er spielte an der Seite von Roger Moore, war Teil der Nostromo-Crew im Science-Fiction-Horrorfilm «Alien». Die Rolle des Jean-Luc Picard schlug er aus. 

sak

https://www.spiegel.de/kultur/kino/yaphet-kotto-bond-boesewicht-und-alien-darsteller-ist-tot-a-0dd50228-7902-45e2-a69d-b3c7eb334289

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