The Best Black Actors and Actresses in James Bond Film History

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Yaphet Kotto as Dr. Kananga aka Mr. Big
Live and Let Die (1973)

In Live and Let Die, the Evil Mastermind was a smooth talking Hatian politician by day and a Harlem gangster by night. This film premiered when Blaxplotation films were at a peak and the James Bond flick of the day took on as many of those film tropes as it could: heroine pushing black mobsters, jive talk and a boss named Mr. Big. It was all deftly rolled in with typical Bond fair, which worked well at the box offices. Little known fact, Bronx-native Yaphet Kotto was born and raised a Jew. Whaaaat?

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