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Yakov Smirnoff

Yakov Smirnoff
Nome de nascimento: Yakov Naumovich Pokhis
Data de nascimento: 24 de janeiro de 1951 ( 75 anos)
Atividades: Ator
Local de nascimento: Odesa, Ukraine
Anos ativo: 1984 - presente

Yakov Smirnoff

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 States. His humor combined a mockery of life under communism and of consumerism in the United States, as well as word play caused by misunderstanding of American phrases and culture, all punctuated by the catchphrase, "And I thought, 'What a country!'" The collapse of communism starting in 1989, and the fall of the Soviet Union in 1991, brought an end to Smirnoff's widespread popularity, although he continued to perform. In 1993, he began performing year round at his own theater in Branson, Missouri, where he remained until 2015. He occasionally still performs limited dates at his theater in Branson while touring worldwide. Smirnoff earned a master's degree in psychology from the University of Pennsylvania in 2006 and a doctorate in psychology and global leadership from Pepperdine University in 2019. He has also taught a course titled "The Business of Laughter" at Missouri State University and at Drury University.

Filmografia ( 20 obras)

Ano Nota Título Personagem
2013 - Awful Nice Himself
2012 - Yakov: Live From Branson! Himself
2004 - Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh himself
2004 - Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks Self
2004 - Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks Director
2004 - Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks Writer
1994 - Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country! Self
1994 - Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat -
1994 - Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat Director
1994 - Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat Writer
1994 - Yakov Smirnoff: I Bet You Never Looked At It That Way! Himself
1991 - Yakov Smirnoff From Moscow...Idaho Self
1989 - George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom Self - Burns Russian Fan (uncredited)
1986 - A Difícil Arte de Amar Contractor Laszlo
1986 - Um Dia a Casa Cai Shatov
1985 - Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special himself
1985 - Chuva de Milhões Vladimir
1984 - As Aventuras de Buckaroo Banzai National Security Advisor
1984 - Moscou em Nova York Lev
- - Weekend Warriors -

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