Yakov Smirnoff
Birthday
1951/01/24 (73 years old)
Gender
Male
Place of Birth
Odesa, Ukraine
Also know as
Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
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 ...Read more
Acting
(1986) The Money Pit
as Shatov
(1985) Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
as himself
(1994) Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country!
as Self
(1991) Yakov Smirnoff From Moscow...Idaho
as Self
(2004) Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks
as Self
(1985) Brewster's Millions
as Vladimir
(2004) Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh
as himself
(1984) Moscow on the Hudson
as Lev
(1994) Yakov Smirnoff: I Bet You Never Looked At It That Way!
as Himself
(1994) Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat
as ---
(1984) The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
as National Security Advisor
(2013) Awful Nice
as Himself
(2012) Yakov: Live From Branson!
as Himself
(1986) Heartburn
as Contractor Laszlo
(2021) Toon In with Me
as Self
(1986) What a Country!
as Nikolai Rostapovich
(1997) King of the Hill
as Yakov Smirnoff (voice)
(1983) Scarecrow and Mrs. King
as ---
(1989) Major Dad
as ---
(1984) Night Court
as Yakov Korolenko
(2012) Gotham Comedy Live
as Self - Host
(1962) The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
(2013) @midnight with Chris Hardwick
as Self