Akim Tamiroff
Known for ActingBorn 1899-10-27 — died 1972-09-17Tiflis, Russian Empire [now Tbilisi, Republic of Georgia]
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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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Known for
Ocean's Eleven
1960 · as Spyros Acebos
Touch of Evil
1958 · as 'Uncle' Joe Grandi
Lord Jim
1965 · as Schomberg
Marquis de Sade: Justine
1969 · as Du Harpin
The Black Tulip
1964 · as Marquis de Vigogne
The Miracle of Morgan's Creek
1944 · as The Boss
The Trial
1962 · as Bloch
Alphaville
1965 · as Henri Dickson
Desire
1936 · as Avilia
Black Magic
1949 · as Gitano
For Whom the Bell Tolls
1943 · as Pablo
Queen Christina
1934 · as Pedro (uncredited)
Fiesta
1947 · as Chato Vasquez
Five Graves to Cairo
1943 · as Farid
Union Pacific
1939 · as Fiesta
Naughty Marietta
1935 · as Rudolpho
La Classe américaine
1993 · as Dino's Friend (archive footage)
China Seas
1935 · as Paul Romanoff