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Vinony's link graph records 136 inbound references to Yakov Smirnoff, and connects out to Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, United States and New York City.
It sits within the topics 1951 births, 20th-century American comedians and 21st-century American comedians.
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Person · Open Library
- Born
- 1953
- Works
- 1
Top works
- America on six rubles a day, or, How to become a capitalist pig
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Film & TV
Odesa, Ukraine
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…
Known for
- Toon In with Me — Self2021
- The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon — Self2014
- Awful Nice — Himself2013
- @midnight with Chris Hardwick — Self2013
- Yakov: Live From Branson! — Himself2012
- Gotham Comedy Live — Self - Host2012
- Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks — Self2004
- Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh — himself2004
- King of the Hill — Yakov Smirnoff (voice)1997
- Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country! — Self1994
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Listeners · Last.fm
- Listeners
- 152
- Total plays
- 936
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Family name
- Smirnov
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- United States
- Place of birth
- Odesa
- Occupation
- actor
- Educated at
- University of Pennsylvania
- Employer
- Missouri State University
- Languages spoken
- English language
- Official website
- www.yakov.com
- Image
- Yakof.jpg
Show 3 more facts
- date of birth
- 1951-01-24
- name in native language
- Яков Наумович Похис
- writing language
- English language
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