Yakov Smirnoff
演员
15
电影
10
电视节目
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.
作为演员/演员
吉米·法伦主演的《今夜秀》
自己
约翰尼·卡森主演的《今夜秀》
自己
山丘之王
Yakov Smirnoff (voice)
夜阁
Yakov Korolenko
@midnight 与克里斯·哈德威克
自己
稻草人和金夫人
哥谭喜剧现场
自托管
少校爸爸
Las aventuras de Buckaroo Banzai
国家安全顾问
花美元的人
弗拉基米尔
Toon In with Me
自己
家,甜蜜的家
Shatov
困难的爱的艺术
Contractor Laszlo
What a Country!
Nikolai Rostapovich
Moscú en Nueva York
列弗
糟糕 不错
他自己
Rodney Dangerfield Hosts the 9th Annual Young Comedians Special
他自己
George Burns: His Wit and Wisdom
Self - Burns Russian Fan (uncredited)
Yakov Smirnoff: What A Country!
自己
Yakov Smirnoff: Just Off the Boat
Yakov: Live From Branson!
他自己
Yakov Smirnoff: I Bet You Never Looked At It That Way!
他自己
Yakov Smirnoff: As Long As We Both Shall Laugh
他自己
Yakov Smirnoff From Moscow...Idaho
自己
Yakov Smirnoff: Jokes from the Folks
自己