- Films
- 33
- Avg rating
- 6.41
- Peak run
- 1976’82
- 7+ run
- 3 films
Every film, by IMDb rating
The career
Dot size shows IMDb votes. Films with fewer than 1,000 votes sit on the baseline.
As an actor, films with 1,000+ votes
Yaphet by the numbers
Average
6.41
26 rated films
Vote weighted
6.47
bigger films count more
Median
6.7
half are better
Consistency
±1.02
rating spread
Career
45y
1964 to 2008
Total votes
1.71M
across every film
Best
8.4
Alien
Worst
3.5
Witless Protection
Newest first
Filmography
| 2008 | Witless Protection | Ricardo Bodi | 3.5 | 6,777 |
| 1996 | Two If by Sea | FBI Agent O'Malley | 5.3 | 6,923 |
| 1994 |  The Puppet Masters | Ressler | 5.9 | 10,571 |
| 1993 | Extreme Justice | Larson | 5.6 | 1,639 |
| 1991 |  Freddy's Dead: The Final Nightmare | Doc | 4.7 | 56,569 |
| 1991 | Hangfire | Police Lieutenant | · | 411 |
| 1989 | The Jigsaw Murders | Doctor Fillmore | · | 396 |
| 1989 | Ministry of Vengeance | Mr. Whiteside | · | 347 |
| 1989 | Tripwire | Lee Pitt | · | 365 |
| 1988 |  Midnight Run | Alonzo Mosely | 7.5 | 106K |
| 1987 | Tomorrow's a Killer | Harris | · | 345 |
| 1987 |  The Running Man | Laughlin | 6.6 | 194K |
| 1986 | Eye of the Tiger | J.B. Deveraux | 5.7 | 3,061 |
| 1985 | Warning Sign | Major Connolly | 6.1 | 3,196 |
| 1983 | The Star Chamber | Detective Harry Lowes | 6.4 | 8,454 |
| 1982 | Fighting Back | Ivanhoe Washington | 6.0 | 1,027 |
| 1980 |  Brubaker | Richard 'Dickie' Coombes | 7.2 | 21,765 |
| 1979 |  Alien | Parker | 8.4 | 1.08M |
| 1978 |  Blue Collar | Smokey | 7.5 | 12,360 |
| 1976 | Drum | Blaise | 5.5 | 1,246 |
Better together?
Yaphet Kotto's regulars
The number on the right is the lift: their average together minus the average of their two careers.
Takes
On Yaphet Kotto
Information courtesy of IMDb (https://www.imdb.com). Used with permission. Ratings and votes as of the latest nightly refresh.