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Yakov Smirnoff

Yakov Smirnoff
  • Name: Yakov Smirnoff
  • Birthday: 1951-01-24
  • Also known as: Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
  • Place of birth: Odesa, Ukraine
  • Popularity: 2.877
Biography: Yakov Naumovich Pokhis (Russian: Яков Наумович Похис; born 24 January 1951), better known as Yakov Smirnoff (Russian: Яков Смирнов; /ˈsmɪərnɒf/), is a Ukrainian-American comedian, actor and writer of Jewish origin. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in Ukraine, then immigrated to the United States in 1977 in order to pursue an American show business career, not yet knowing any English. He reached his biggest success in the mid-to-late 1980s, appearing in several films and the television sitcom vehicle What a Country!. His comic persona was of a naive immigrant from the Soviet Union who was perpetually confused and delighted by life in the United... Read More

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Title Release date
Awful Nice   as  Himself 2013-03-08
Yakov: Live From Branson!   as  Himself 2012-12-13
Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh   as  himself 2004-10-23
Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks   as  Self 2004-07-01
Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country!   as  Self 1994-09-01
Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat 1994-03-01
Yakov Smirnoff: I Bet You Never Looked At It That Way!   as  Himself 1994-01-01
Yakov Smirnoff From Moscow...Idaho   as  Self 1991-01-01
Heartburn   as  Contractor Laszlo 1986-07-25
The Money Pit   as  Shatov 1986-03-26
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special   as  himself 1985-08-03
Brewster's Millions   as  Vladimir 1985-05-22
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension   as  National Security Advisor 1984-08-10
Moscow on the Hudson   as  Lev 1984-04-06