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Acting
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...
Highest rated appearances
Heartburn
as Contractor Laszlo
Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks
as Self
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
as Self - Burns Russian Fan (uncredited)
Heartburn
as Contractor Laszlo
The Money Pit
as Shatov
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
as himself
Brewster's Millions
as Vladimir
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as National Security Advisor
Moscow on the Hudson
as Lev
