Nehemiah Persoff
Actor

Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff is credited on 27 movies and 65 TV shows, best known by TMDB votes for Some Like It Hot, Twins and Star Trek: The Next Generation.

Born August 2, 1919 in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate; died April 5, 2022.

Filmography · 60 titles

The 60 best known of 92 credits on TMDB, by votes.

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About Nehemiah Persoff

Nehemiah Persoff was an American film and television actor. Persoff emigrated with his family from Palestine to the United States in 1929. He began to take an interest in acting in the 1940s, and after serving in the Army during World War II, he began to pursue his acting career in the New York...

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