Yakov Naumovich Pokhis, better known as Yakov Smirnoff, is a Soviet-American comedian, actor and writer. He began his career as a stand-up comedian in the Soviet Union, then immigrated to the United States in 1977 in order to pursue an American show business career, not yet knowing any English.
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