Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Gender

Male

Birthday

October 27, 1899

Died

September 17, 1972 (72 years old)

Place of Birth

Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]

Also Known As

Akim Tamirof
Akin Tamiroff
Аким Тамирофф
A. Tamiroff
Аким Михайлович Тамиров

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Akim Tamiroff

Biography

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.

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