Acting credits
159
Prolific
Very extensive acting filmography.
Actor
Nehemiah Persoff
Acting
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Movies: 69Series: 90
TMDB ID: 3160
IMDb ID: nm0675490
Known for: Acting
Born: August 2, 1919
Died: April 5, 2022
Age: 102
Place of birth: Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate
Gender: Male
Adult content flag: No
Career span: 1948 - 2012
Years active: 65
Average TMDB rating: 6.98
Wikidata: Q918369
Biography
Nehemiah Persoff (August 2, 1919 – April 5, 2022) was an American film and television actor. He was born in Jerusalem, Palestine Mandate. Born in what is now part of Israel, Persoff emigrated with his family 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 Theater. In 1947, he was accepted into the Actor's Studio and eventually began appearing in films. His film credits include: On the Waterfront, Some Like It Hot, Al Capone, The Greatest Story Ever Told, Voyage of the Damned, The Comancheros, Yentl (portraying Barbra Streisand's character's father), Twins and the American Tail (animated-film series) (voiced, "Papa Mousekewitz"). Persoff appeared in such television series as, Five Fingers ("The Moment of Truth"), The Big Valley ("Legend of a General", Parts I & II, episode), The Twilight Zone ("Judgment Night" episode), Alfred Hitchcock Presents ("Heart of Gold" episode), The Untouchables, Naked City, The Legend of Jesse James, Gunsmoke, The Wild Wild West, Hawaii Five-O, Ellery Queen ("The Adventure of the Pharaoh's Curse" episode), Mission: Impossible (3 episodes), Adam-12 ("Vendetta" episode), Charlie's Angels, Hunter, Columbo, Star Trek: The Next Generation, Magnum, P.I., Law & Order and Chicago Hope. In the mid-1980s, Persoff began to pursue painting, specializing in watercolour. This was at a time when health problems forced him to decrease his acting workload.
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Movies
Movies
Movie credits linked with Nehemiah Persoff.
7.4
Tony Curtis: Driven to Stardom
as Self
2012 Movie
6.3
An American Tail: The Mystery of the Night Monster
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1999 Movie
6.3
An American Tail: The Treasure of Manhattan Island
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1998 Movie
6.3
An American Tail: Fievel Goes West
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1991 Movie
6.0
Twins
as Mitchell Traven
1988 Movie
7.2
The Last Temptation of Christ
as Rabbi
1988 Movie
6.7
An American Tail
as Papa Mousekewitz (voice)
1986 Movie
6.7
Yentl
as Rebbe Mendel
1983 Movie
5.8
St. Helens
as Mr. Ellison
1982 Movie
3.5
O'Hara's Wife
as Dr. Fischer
1982 Movie
Turnover Smith
as Ashmed Amad
1980 Movie
4.0
The Henderson Monster
as Prof. Leo Tedeschi
1980 Movie
5.8
F.D.R.: The Last Year
as Josef Stalin
1980 Movie
4.3
In Search of Historic Jesus
as Herod Antipas
1979 Movie
8.0
A Cry For Justice
as Dr. Burke
1979 Movie
The Rebels
as Baron Von Steuben
1979 Movie
Daniel in the Lions' Den
as Malimar
1978 Movie
A Double Life
1978 Movie
5.0
Ziegfeld: The Man and His Women
as Charles Frohman
1978 Movie
Killing Stone
as Earl Stone
1978 Movie
The Making of a President
1978 Movie
4.3
Deadly Harvest
as Mort Logan
1977 Movie
6.0
Voyage of the Damned
as Herr Hauser
1976 Movie
Francis Gary Powers: The True Story of the U-2 Spy Incident
as Rudenko
1976 Movie
Series
Series
Series credits linked with Nehemiah Persoff.
7.2
Chicago Hope
as Rabbi Ben Taubler • 1 eps
1994 Series
7.3
Law & Order
as David Steinmetz • 1 eps
1990 Series
8.4
Star Trek: The Next Generation
as Toff • 1 eps
1987 Series
5.0
J.J. Starbuck
1 eps
1987 Series
7.0
L.A. Law
as Rabbi Isadore Glickman • 1 eps
1986 Series
7.7
MacGyver
as Sam Bolinski • 1 eps
1985 Series
7.5
Murder, She Wrote
as Constantin Stavros • 1 eps
1984 Series
7.4
Highway to Heaven
1 eps
1984 Series
7.1
Hunter
as Harold Goodman • 1 eps
1984 Series
6.4
Scarecrow and Mrs. King
1 eps
1983 Series
6.8
Hotel
1 eps
1982 Series
7.3
Magnum, P.I.
as Rabbi Asher Solomon • 1 eps
1980 Series
3.0
Condominium
as Conlaw • 2 eps
1980 Series
5.0
B.A.D. Cats
1 eps
1980 Series
7.0
The French Atlantic Affair
as Col. Schreiner • 3 eps
1979 Series
7.1
The Facts of Life
1 eps
1979 Series
4.0
The Word
as Abbot Petropolous • 4 eps
1978 Series
7.0
Vega$
1 eps
1978 Series
7.1
Battlestar Galactica
as Eastern Alliance Leader • 1 eps
1978 Series
6.7
Logan's Run
as ASA • 1 eps
1977 Series
8.0
Hunter
as Sheik Farakbi • 1 eps
1977 Series
7.1
The Hardy Boys / Nancy Drew Mysteries
as Vladimir • 2 eps
1977 Series
7.5
Quincy, M.E.
1 eps
1976 Series
6.7
Charlie's Angels
as Anton • 1 eps
1976 Series