Yakov Smirnoff
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 ...
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Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
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Yakov Smirnoff's Movies
The Money Pit
26 Mar 1986
Brewster's Millions
22 May 1985
The Adventures of Buckaroo Banzai Across the 8th Dimension
10 Aug 1984
Moscow on the Hudson
06 Apr 1984
Heartburn
25 Jul 1986
Awful Nice
08 Mar 2013
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
03 Aug 1985
Yakov Smirnoff From Moscow...Idaho
01 Jan 1991
Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country!
01 Sept 1994
Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks
01 Jul 2004
Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh
23 Oct 2004
Yakov Smirnoff: I Bet You Never Looked At It That Way!
01 Jan 1994
Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat
01 Mar 1994
Yakov: Live From Branson!
13 Dec 2012
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
01 May 1989
Weekend Warriors
Yakov Smirnoff's TV Shows
King of the Hill
12 Jan 1997
Night Court
04 Jan 1984
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
01 Oct 1962
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
03 Oct 1983
Major Dad
17 Sept 1989
@midnight with Chris Hardwick
21 Oct 2013
Toon In with Me
04 Jan 2021
Gotham Comedy Live
15 Nov 2012
What a Country!
27 Sept 1986