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Akim Tamiroff

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Akim Tamiroff

Acting

146 known credits 0.7 popularity score 72 years

Biography

About Akim Tamiroff

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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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Career at a glance

Akim Tamiroff across film and television

144credited titles
131movie credits
13TV credits
1932–1993screen career span

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