Yaphet Kotto

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Biography

Yaphet Kotto, originally called Yaphet Frederick Kotto, is an African-American actor, author, and music producer born on November 15, 1937, in New York City.…more

Born

11/15/1937, New York, New York

Birth Name

Yaphet Frederick Kotto

Gender

Male

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    • (2008) Yaphet is currently co-starring in the comedy Witless Protection.
    • Yaphet co-starred with soul music pioneer Isaac Hayes in Truck Turner (1974).
    • Yaphet claims to have proof that he is the great-great-great-grandson of Queen Victoria. According to Kotto, the Queen's son Albert (later King Edward VII) had an illicit affair with Princess Nakande, daughter of King Doualla Manga Bell, which produced Alexander Bell, Kotto's great-grandfather.
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    • Yaphet Kotto: I do have a favorite kind of director, which is the kind who allows me to create. Some haven't allowed me to create and I think by doing that they don't need an actor. They need a puppet.
    • Yaphet Kotto: I'm afraid that I'm either going to have to write myself something or direct something if I'm going to get somewhere.
    • Yaphet Kotto: All I'm being offered now are parts that are authority figures. I've done that. And that's not what I want. I want something different.

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