1939 - 2021
Yaphet Frederick Kotto (born Frederick Samuel 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. His films include the science-fiction horror film Alien (1979), the science-fiction action film The Running Man (1987), the James Bond film Live and Let Die (1973), in which he portrayed the main villain Dr. Read more on Wikipedia
Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yaphet Kotto has received more than 3,426,082 page views. His biography is available in 39 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Yaphet Kotto is the 1,040th most popular actor (up from 1,197th in 2019), the 1,870th most popular biography from United States (up from 2,197th in 2019) and the 510th most popular American Actor.
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Among actors, Yaphet Kotto ranks 1,040 out of 9,996. Before him are Roddy McDowall, Michael Fassbender, Jonathan Hyde, Helen Hayes, Yvonne De Carlo, and Kelly Preston. After him are Carmen Salinas, Christiane Martel, Jaclyn Smith, Rick Moranis, Bernard Blier, and Olympia Dukakis.
1928 - 1998
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,034
1977 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,035
1948 - Present
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,036
1900 - 1993
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,037
1922 - 2007
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,038
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,039
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,040
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,041
1936 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,042
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,043
1953 - Present
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,044
1916 - 1989
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,045
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 1,046
Among people born in 1939, Yaphet Kotto ranks 97. Before him are Chandra Bahadur Dangi, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Lily Tomlin, Daniel C. Tsui, Scott McKenzie, and Krzysztof Zanussi. After him are Carmen Salinas, Nikola Pilić, Michael Moorcock, Ruggero Deodato, John O'Keefe, and Ginger Baker. Among people deceased in 2021, Yaphet Kotto ranks 121. Before him are Kenneth Kaunda, Franco Battiato, Christian Boltanski, Jimmy Greaves, Lee "Scratch" Perry, and Dusty Hill. After him are Carmen Salinas, Olympia Dukakis, Didier Ratsiraka, Justo Gallego Martínez, Edmond H. Fischer, and Jehan Sadat.
1939 - 2015
HPI: 58.09
Rank: 91
1939 - Present
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 92
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.99
Rank: 93
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.96
Rank: 94
1939 - 2012
HPI: 57.94
Rank: 95
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.93
Rank: 96
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 97
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 98
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 99
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.64
Rank: 100
1939 - 2022
HPI: 57.60
Rank: 101
1939 - Present
HPI: 57.53
Rank: 102
1939 - 2019
HPI: 57.50
Rank: 103
1924 - 2021
HPI: 58.03
Rank: 115
1945 - 2021
HPI: 58.02
Rank: 116
1944 - 2021
HPI: 58.00
Rank: 117
1940 - 2021
HPI: 57.97
Rank: 118
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 119
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 120
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 121
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 122
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 123
1936 - 2021
HPI: 57.80
Rank: 124
1925 - 2021
HPI: 57.78
Rank: 125
1920 - 2021
HPI: 57.76
Rank: 126
1933 - 2021
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 127
Among people born in United States, Yaphet Kotto ranks 1,870 out of 18,182. Before him are Charles W. Morris (1903), John Densmore (1944), Dusty Hill (1949), Helen Hayes (1900), Dickinson W. Richards (1895), and Kelly Preston (1962). After him are Jack Vance (1916), Jaclyn Smith (1945), Ward Cunningham (1949), Michael Phelps (1985), Pontiac (1714), and Ray Conniff (1916).
1903 - 1979
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,864
1944 - Present
HPI: 57.87
Rank: 1,865
1949 - 2021
HPI: 57.86
Rank: 1,866
1900 - 1993
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,867
1895 - 1973
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,868
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,869
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,870
1916 - 2013
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 1,871
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,872
1949 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,873
1985 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,874
1714 - 1769
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 1,875
1916 - 2002
HPI: 57.82
Rank: 1,876
Among actors born in United States, Yaphet Kotto ranks 510. Before him are Theda Bara (1885), Edward James Olmos (1947), Vic Morrow (1929), Michael Biehn (1956), Helen Hayes (1900), and Kelly Preston (1962). After him are Jaclyn Smith (1945), Olympia Dukakis (1931), Lee Grant (1927), Dick York (1928), Ashton Kutcher (1978), and Rosanna Arquette (1959).
1885 - 1955
HPI: 57.95
Rank: 504
1947 - Present
HPI: 57.92
Rank: 505
1929 - 1982
HPI: 57.91
Rank: 506
1956 - Present
HPI: 57.88
Rank: 507
1900 - 1993
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 508
1962 - 2020
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 509
1939 - 2021
HPI: 57.84
Rank: 510
1945 - Present
HPI: 57.83
Rank: 511
1931 - 2021
HPI: 57.81
Rank: 512
1927 - Present
HPI: 57.79
Rank: 513
1928 - 1992
HPI: 57.77
Rank: 514
1978 - Present
HPI: 57.75
Rank: 515
1959 - Present
HPI: 57.74
Rank: 516