Akim Tamiroff
- Date of birth:
- 1899
- Date of death:
- 1972
- Mini Bio:
- Akim Tamiroff was the first Golden Globe Award-winning actor 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.
