Akim Tamiroff
Actor
Biography
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Akim Mikhailovich Tamiroff (Russian: Аким Михайлович Тамиров; 29 October 1899 – 17 September 1972), Tiflis, Russian Empire (now Tbilisi, Georgia) was an Armenian actor. He won the first Golden Globe Award for Best Supporting Actor. He was born of Armenian ethnicity, trained at the Moscow Art Theatre drama school. He arrived in the US in 1923 on a tour with a troupe of actors and decided to stay. Tamiroff managed to develop a career in Hollywood despite his thick Russian accent.
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Filmography
Alphaville
as Henri Dickson 1965
The Trial
as Bloch 1962
Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos 1960
La Classe américaine
as Dino's Friend (archive footage) 1993
Topkapi
as Gerven the Cook 1964
For Whom the Bell Tolls
as Pablo 1943
Mr. Arkadin
as Jakob Zouk 1955
Anastasia
as Boris Adreivich Chernov 1956
Five Graves to Cairo
as Farid 1943
The Black Tulip
as Marquis de Vigogne 1964
The Scarlet Empress
as Bit Part (uncredited) 1934
Queen Christina
as Pedro (uncredited) 1934
The Miracle of Morgan’s Creek
as The Boss 1944
Lord Jim
as Schomberg 1965
After the Fox
as Okra 1966
Union Pacific
as Fiesta 1939