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Akim Tamiroff
From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Akim Tamiroff, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia
Known For
Touch of Evil
as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Ocean's Eleven
as Spyros Acebos
The Trial
as Bloch
Alphaville
as Henri Dickson
Naughty Marietta
as Rudolpho
Anastasia
as Boris Adreivich Chernov
A Scandal in Paris
as Emile Vernet
Marquis de Sade: Justine
as Du Harpin
Queen Christina
as Pedro (uncredited)
China Seas
as Paul Romanoff
