Yank Azman
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Azman on the set of Warehouse 13 (2011) shooting in Toronto
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Jankiel (Jank) Zajfman (aka Jack Zaifman) October 19, 1947 Bad Wörishofen, Germany |
| Occupation | Actor, voice actor, antique dealer |
| Years active | 1969–present |
| Spouse(s) | Pulver Zajfman (1969–present) |
| Website | http://www.yankazman.com |
Yank Azman (born October 19, 1947) is a Canadian television and film actor.
Azman was born in a displaced persons camp in Bad Wörishofen, Germany to Cesia (née Waishand), a sales clerk and Kuba Zajfman, a tailor and furrier, Holocaust survivors from Chmielnik, Poland. They emigrated to Canada in 1948 and settled in Toronto where he attended Harbord Collegiate Institute, William Lyon Mackenzie Collegiate Institute and later the Ontario College of Art (now known as OCAD University) and the University of Toronto.
Although his first stage appearance was at age six, his professional acting career began with the CBC Television series Toby in 1968. By the 1970s after training at Young People's Theatre and The Second City, he was working in improvisational and children's theatre with Gilda Radner and in 1974 was cast as one of an ensemble (which included Valri Bromfield and Jayne Eastwood) to star on the CTV comedy series Funny Farm. During the 1970s he appeared on stage at: Factory Theatre's Hurray for Johnny Canuck with Maury Chaykin and Jim Henshaw; Theatre Passe Muraille in Bethune; and Theatre New Brunswick as Brighella in Goldoni's Servant of Two Masters among others. Since then he has worked steadily in film and television with such roles as Tom Shaughnessy on My Life as A Dog and frequent guest appearances on such shows as Little Mosque on the Prairie and Warehouse 13.
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