Leonard Nimoy And His Amazing Dancing Accent

[mj4ever1332]

Oh I'm stupid... Lol I didn't see the accent part :P epic fail

[mj4ever1332]

I like the part where he dances

[DaneaKISS]

Nope not Afrikaans, PROUD South African Cape Townian here. lol

[PoetryMyLove]

HOLY DOOLEY

[charly88888888]

He's clearly supposed to be from the Greater London/Alabama border. Duh.

[BlueKewne]

Crikey, now dat's illogical, mate...

[mj4ever1332]

sorry but he looks REALLY good as spock...

[btwujustlostTHEGAME]

The worst cockney accent ever!

[issenterprise1]

LOL I HAVE TO SAY IT HES DEAD JIM

[TheDomtar]

@issenterprise1THATS ROIGHT MATE

[MrNurseEric]

Is this from the "Mission impossible" tv series? Leonard Nimoy replaced Martin Landau in the television series "Mission impossible" a series well-known for their "prentended" accents. They all sounded the same but it was fun to watch. As a child, it was mind boggling to see them change into someone else's face, but even as a child, you could tell their accents were the same whether the actor pretending being from Germany or the Soviet Union, which by the way, the Country names were also fake! :)

[jenniferjovi]

What is that accent meant to be?:-)

[Toracube]

Cor Blimey !!

[SmirkingEvil]

OMG on ma takie piękne zęby !

[SchmidtFilms86]

For me it sounds like an american accent.

[RunnersPost]

it is spock lol

[sebulia1]

Wow. Quite possibly the worst Cockney accent ever attempted (yes, even worse than Don Cheadle in the Ocean's # movies).

Makes Dick van Dyke in Mary Poppins sound like Michael Caine... ouch!

[PineconeSoupSpoon]

He should of sung with that accent. He also looks somehwat like Randolph Mantooth in this video.

[147mcrfan147]

And i was scared of Dick Van Dykes cockney accent...

[blown22]

This is what humanity would have ended up with if Robert Shaw had been born on Vulcan instead of Earth.

[InnerSpaceTravel1]

Good 'ell, them Vulcans cain't 'andle they liquors, now, cain they, governuh?

[jordanthewizard]

His career did not live long and prosper

[Crazy56U]

DAMN, Spock is drunk.

[j1noble]

Obviously it's a very distinct dialect of Vulcan.

[coventrygardens]

the people that nimoy was trying to imitate would likely be able to tell right away that he didn't do it right. they might even think he did a really bad job of it. nevertheless, from my view, he did a great job. if i were to meet someone speaking like that, i doubt i would suspect that he's imitating someone. i likely would think he's speaking his natural way. i would think that that's the way he speaks without imitating anyone. to me, he sounds a lot like those he tried to imitate.

[SamildanachEmrys]

@coventrygardens It's good that you're in a position not to find this jarring. To me, it sounds hideous.

[coventrygardens]

@SamildanachEmrys i assume he was trying to do an accent that is common among the english-speaking people who live somewhere other than the u.s. & canada & scotland & ireland. his use of the words "fair dinkum" makes me think that he was gunning for australian, but maybe australians aren't the only people who use that term. to me, his accent that he uses makes me think of australia or england or new zealand or south africa, but i guess there are many times where he doesn't get it quite right.

[SamildanachEmrys]

@coventrygardens I guessed Australian too, but he seems to veer between Australian, Cockney and South African, with frequent American bursts.

[coventrygardens]

@SamildanachEmrys his frequent traces of an american accent are likely the thing that annoys you the most about his performance. yea, i think he just couldn't get rid of all the traces of his real accent, which is likely the same as what he used when playing as mr. spock. i guess i have the kind of accent that captain kirk used. it's common among the english-speakers living near the u.s.-canadian border. the southern u.s. dialects are quite different from canadian and northern u.s. dialects.

[SamildanachEmrys]

@coventrygardens This performance doesn't particularly annoy me. His attempt at whatever accent is no worse than my attempt at a Tennessee accent, I'm reliably informed. I was just observing that, as someone who is quite familiar with various English-derived accents, I detect a lot more mangling of accents here than you do. In a way you're lucky to be in a position where you don't notice.

[coventrygardens]

@SamildanachEmrys you likely have an english or australian accent or something similar. thus you probably have the kind of accent that nimoy was trying to imitate,& thus you would notice his failure. by the way, i can tell that nimoy pronounced some words differently from the aussies i've encountered in real life and tv shows with real aussie actors, but i know that there may be more than one kind of aussie accent, and thus someone with nimoy's fake accent could make me think it's aussie. 

[CaptainKirk997]

what movie is this?

[SamildanachEmrys]

@CaptainKirk997 It's an episode of the old TV series 'Mission: Impossible'

[observer9670]

@SamildanachEmrys Correct. After the originial Star Trek series was canceled, Nimoy joined the Mission Impossible cast as "Parris", a "master of voices and disguises". He was one of the replacements for Barbara Bain and Martin Landeau.

[EdwardElricsGirl]

He could guard the pens at Jurassic Park with that accent.

[coventrygardens]

it's great, whatever it is. it seems like nimoy taught himself by listening to dick van dyke in mary poppins. i can't figure out the words he says right after he says "mate" at 0:01.

[bestplugins]

His ears!!! are regular!!!

[kittykatBflat]

Not enough clothes came off in this scene

[KapStuf]

Dick-van-dyke cockney, Australian surfer, John Wayne bred with George Raft, Lancashire melting pot, generic mid-atlantic...and possibly martian.

Oh I get it! It's a Vulcan accent!

[AdognamedOp]

What Star Trek episode is this?

[OhFishyFish]

@AdognamedOp It's part of "Empire Strikes Back".

[KuroiHato69]

What accent was he trying to do???  LOL

[zee339]

never mind the accent, what's with the safe that opens with one button?

[MrNebulah]

@zee339 maybe it has a fingerprint reader

[rainshinyday]

In Nimoy's defense that atrocity was intentional.

[jbrown1169]

Where's Sybok when you need him?

[crushwb]

Obviously an Australian national of Irish pikey descent who was born and lived most of his life on a tramp steamer crewed by only south-Californians and chavers from Yorkshire. Frankly he nailed it eh, blimey oi mate.

[megarouge2001]

@crushwb You're awesome. I love you.

[AnotherSchmoe]

@crushwb

Indeed. Truly a sublime performance.

[stoob1969]

@crushwb lol

[trufieldmouse]

It looks to me like Fernando Lamas is trying to keep from laughing...Love Nimoy but his accent is awful...even if he's suppose to be impersonating an actor with an accent...the accent awful...someone should have helped him instead of just letting him flap there out in the wind!

[sleepydeery]

Yeah some of the slang words he was using sounded very Australian.

[ernstlng]

Fernando looks very puzzled by Nimoy's acting.

[TheJediCharles]

His character was supposed to be impersonating an accent. It's imperfection is part of the fiction, not a flaw in the acting.

He was "acting like he was acting."

It was meant to only be good enough to fool his adversary, like all the other "traveling in disguise" moments.

[spiderwebbie96]

@TheJediCharles Could you please tell me what movie/tv show this is from.

[TheJediCharles]

@spiderwebbie96 Is it not an episode of Mission Impossible?

[gaaraxpotatopie]

Very terrible but i love him

[coventrygardens]

maybe that's nimoy's real accent. i don't know what he sounds like in real life. when he played as spock, he sounded a lot like me, but i sound much more like kirk.

[JetMechMA]

Fernando....man of few words.

[Rerieth]

Judging by the vocabulary alone, I'd say Australian. It's just awful.

[skibugy]

sounds south african to me

[TheTaylerman]

I really love this voice <3!!!

[vdeferens]

Stamps are cypher to carry.

[xSaz1986x]

oh now that really is terrible...terribly funny too

[SouthIslandSurf]

Pretty much as bad as Dick Van Dyke's cockney accent in Mary Poppins...

[cbainbridge]

illogical

[CriticalListener]

Sounds like he's trying for Australian.

[chairuser4]

Where are you from dude

[Zebonka]

Oi'd like to make a trade!

[XxIronSpiderxX]

Whatever accent he's using, it's the same one as Jim Casy.

[BaronVonLichtenstein]

That's the worst accent I've ever heard. An American, Irish, Austrialian, Cockney accent. Terrible.

[DarthxxRane]

Oh goodness I didn't recognize him. O.O

[cybergonz]

he's simply speaking Nimoyan.

[Bristow42]

Its amazing straight away I picked the ascent, this guy can act. Its the best Mexican ascent I have ever hear.

[overalloverkill]

Oh God. I am so in love with this man.

[Wuluwait]

It's English Jim, but not as we know it.

[joe84au]

If you want to be a true aussie, end all your sentenses with ...and shit

[BenjaminWirtz]

Sort of sounds like Dick van Dyke from Marry Poppins

btw what movie is this?

[glenihan1]

@BenjaminWirtz It's from his Mission Impossible stint.

[wookie72]

I want to go up to people and say "Thaz rite mate!"

[MrAluminumJacket]

Leonard Nimoy practices his accents while Christian Bale looks on.

[spacecowboy5000]

Sounds like Bowie... um, sometimes. Sometimes not.

[wookie72]

That's probably the funniest thing I've seen all day.

[cynsmi]

Judy..Judy..Judy..

[slimturnpike]

"fair dinkum" it's attempted australian

[slimturnpike]

it's the supermodel accent

[sebringf1]

ausfailian!!!!!!!!!!!

[StoneKnivesBearskins]

Leonard Nimoy is amazing and absolutely gorgeous, even if you don't like the accent. I actually like it. LOL It's fun.

[crunchem7399]

Well he uses words like bloke and mate (sounds Australian) mentions Wellington (New Zealand) and at 1:00 says "Hooly Dooly" which I have discovered is an Australian version of "Holy Crap" or "Oh my Gosh". Learn something new every day!

[suze816]

The other guy had to be thinking "God, your accent SUCKS ! "

I heard Australian, mid-west American, American south,...and a few that were indecipherable.

[Shakesdicke]

He sounds about as Australian as Elmer Fudd.

"Be vewy, vewy quiet. I'm hunting kangawoos."

[GaolisVideoLog]

@payndz Afrikaans is not an accent.

[edn172]

austrailian i think..... i think... i really dont know lol

[inkspray]

Going by the uniform he's wearing (looks like naval British) I would guess he's trying Cockney.

[QuartuvLarry]

@inkspray Nah. Has to be Australian. Who else says "fair dinkum"?

[ptracerfastlane]

There's no way that's Nimoy's voice, it's just poorly dubbed with someone else's shit accent.

[durko76]

irish????????????????????????

[Lexyismyhero]

his accent is better than half the Austrailan actors who need to talk with an accent.

-_- which is sad cause I love those actors but...Nimoy is more believable.

[ParanormalityWRFN]

It sounds like a cross between Scottish, British and Australian. He is such a charismatic actor that he overcomes the confusion he creates. He is always compelling to watch.

[ISamuelII]

That is terrible.

If he attempted an auzzie accent, they shouldn't have dropped in Wellington into the script or that versa vise uh thing. I do hear a slight touch of Hamanian in there too.

[vdeferens]

@ISamuelII Why, are Australians unable to say the word "Wellington" in real life?

[ISamuelII]

@vdeferens I don't know, I do know a cutie from Wellington and she doesn't speak like that either.

[damic]

What Show was this from?

[elsietabatha]

Leonard has such pretty hands, and voice, and-

[ConstantTweeter]

I just got finished watching Sean Connery in "The Hunt for Red October."

Now I ask you: Is Sean really doing a Russian accent? Of course not, Moneypenny!

We buy Connery because his portrayal of the Russian sub commander is totally believable.

So, is Mr. Nimoy spot-on in his portrayal of his character? Probably not.

He seems a little distracted, and that may account for the wandering accent, as well as the wandering performance.

[xBeatCity]

Leonard is such a BAMF that his accent fail doesn't fail.

[cassandra5322]

WHERE'S THE MUSTACHE MR. AUSTRALIA.

[MarioMan19]

PIECE OF PISS

[RainyDay1010]

oh my god

it really is sniper

HOLY DOOLEY

[GeekFairy]

sniper get out of here this isn't 2fort go home

[elsyiism]

whats sniper doing here? get back to 2fort

[sebringf1]

HOOLY DOOLY! It's AUSFAILIEN!

[lilmissglentoran]

What an odd accent! I agree with natrul99

[scottevilindark]

What kind of accent? I don't know, but I think I just fell in love!! XD

[annafrancesca1]

I don't care about his accent: he is sooo sexy whatever he says! ^__^

[savagedragon]

The first time i saw this Mission Impossible episode, i was like okay, wierd accent, I can take it. The second time, i was laughing my guts out.

[Libbathegreat]

actually you can tell he's trying hard not to laugh while he's doing it lol

[Libbathegreat]

Obviously he's a White South African who was schooled in either Queensland or Auckland, and then worked as a longshoreman in New Orleans, which is where he cooked up his dubious enterprise.

But honestly, doing a good Afrikaans/Australian accent isn't high on my criteria for determining hotness. Nimoy's off the chart no matter what terrible accent he's doing XD

[FuckYouLetMeLogIn]

Obviously not his voice. And the lips don't quite match the words.

[123MangoTango123]

what movie is this?

[laugurinn]

Pirate?

[sebringf1]

I peed my self lauging too hard!!!! XD

[zachedwards92]

australian.. or from Midwest

[mirasame]

Accent aside, when you remove the other people talking, this video is still hilarious. It sounds like he's just chewing out this guy and he's not saying a thing.

[neckbonemonstrosity]

BEFORE I LEAVE BRUSH MY TEETH WITH A BOTTLE OF JACK

[SodiumCyanide]

i think nimoy was in full alcoholic mode for this one

[oooohla123]

a mix between american and australian which is apparently supposed to equal enlgish??

[Bartman954]

I think he's portraying a Cockney British. The uniform looks like it's from Her Majesty's Royal British Navy.

[Sameera3000]

This is amazing! But what the hell was the first sentence....we got it down to:

"That's right mate...Carrrieeaddraaanngeaaaa­rrraa ong kong !!'

[THEJ0KES0nBatsy]

1:03 The Nimoy is a Sniper XD HOLY DULEY! Then again he does looks like him lol

[wcburns]

NOT deep south, no one says 'mate'. Probably Cockney.

[crappyvideospotter2]

Who cares? He's hot!!!! I was too distracted by the hotness to even pay attention to what he was even saying.

[CrimsonDeluxe]

At 00:44 he briefly diverges into Pirate.

[MJAstronomyRocks1]

I just fangirled and screamed and now the neighbours are wondering if something went wrong! Oh Mr Nimoy, the things you make us do.

[bensexton]

haven't heard "fair dinkum" in years XD

[xBeatCity]

This is exactly why I love Leonard Nimoy so much. xD He's so cute.

[Blabloo72]

I have just had to pause this vid as I could not take it any more! I could not work out what type of accent he was trying to do but it was truly awful. Am guessing he was trying to do an Australian accent but then he sounds like he is trying to be a cockney but then his inntonation sounds like he is from the southern states of the US

[frow9405]

I don't think he's that great doing British and Aussie accents. His Russian accent in The Man From U.N.C.L.E. was pretty good though.

[ontheroadbackhome]

At first it seems like he's doing some sort of Southern accent and then it turns into this weird Irish/British thing. It sounds pretty awesome though, whatever he's trying to do.

[EwicShmee]

Oh dear... Well, at least he tried.

[87sprintqf]

ooorrrstraayliaa...... hoolley dooly

[betsybee11]

LN looks young and handsome here, no matter what his accent.

And the guy he's talking to is Fernando Lamas -- not ricardo Montalban.

[sebringf1]

@betsybee11 Ricardo Montalban? KHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAN­NN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! XD

[natrul99]

He's a worldly man who has traveled so extensively that he uses all accents simultaneously.

[MrFrigs]

I am Australian and wtf is this

[elysiumsangel]

Ausfailian!

[sebringf1]

@elysiumsangel yup, thats aussie mate!

[modestbt]

omg. fantastic! hahahaha his australian is worse than nichole kidman's british accent

[TheMattfish]

Are you guys kidding, it's Pierce Brosnan, not Nimoy!

[LeftyHandedGuns]

Nooo, Neems, noooo. Why must you do this? lmaooo

[bug2321]

australian....deep south?????

[hsd628]

LOL at 00:27 the guy looks at him like "Just what the fuck do you think you are doing?"

[featheredhorse]

How horrible XD

Because he says "fair dinkum" and "mate" I'm guessing it's Fail-Australian.

He's still sexy in that uniform though :D

[arelimoon29]

O.o Uhhhh, yeah. Nimoy is great as an actor but he didn't need to do that accent.

[klingonanna]

This is an episode of "Mission Impossible" and the accent is just bad! But then, the original MI series was well done, but after the original actors left and others were brought in, the series was never the same....as this terrible 'accent' signifies.

[lghgardner]

I think that is Ricardo Montebon. Steven Segal a bit too young to be in these early 70's tv shows

[jorel845]

Steven Segal looks great in this.

[sondano]

this is moldavian accent that's a safe bet as no Americans actually know where Moldavia is

[siouxsie18]

sounds like a really bad australian accent. australians DO NOT sound like steve irwin

D:

[hsd628]

@siouxsie18 Actually, in Queensland, Australians sound EXACTLY like Steve Irwin. It's the Deep South of Australia.

[PonThePony]

Only in the far north. Most Brisbanites sound more English.

[hsd628]

"More English" ??? What are you smoking. They might not sound as bad as Steve Irwin, but compared to the rest of Australia they are pretty close to him.

[beneuto]

I've found that Brisbanites tend to pick up more on the American accents. In Adelaide you get more of an English accent.

Steve's accent is more of a country accent.

As for Nimoy, I've heard far worse attempts than that, particularly at the time that show was filmed.

[AphoticCosmos]

It's not cockney, it's not australian, it's not afrikaans, it's not american . . .

It's just wrong.

[Bufster]

fair dinkim, mate, gazza, must be australia. nice try....

[annathefootdoc]

Australian or New Zealand.......

[MissMael]

Oh, it's the episode with the cute dogs :)

When I heard 'Mate' I though that it probably was supposed to be Australian, lol.

It doesn't beat his 'German' accent though, 'boy' that one is exotic :)