Nikolai Jakov was the head of the Russian KGB, and possibly the biological father of ISIS agent Sterling Archer. He also held a love/hate relationship with Sterling's mother Malory and had an extremely pronounced Russian accent. He was killed by Barry Dylan.
Relationship with Malory
He was in a 40-year, long-distance relationship with Malory Archer, during which he stayed faithful to her the entire time. After they break-up, he remains extremely depressed for a long period of time. This turns to anger when Archer enters Russia to attempt to learn the truth about their possible relationship.
Trivia
- His name is a play on the word jack-off
- Has a direct landline to Malory's office.
- Jakov wears the insignia of a Leutenant General, however in Honeypot Ramon refers to Jakov as a Major.
- In episode 5 it was revealed he used the entire KGB surveillance team to make a sex tape of Malory.
- In episode 6 on the Chum Guzzler it was hinted that he might be Sterling's father, and again in episode 10 where he planned to have a mind control chip implanted in Sterling's brain so he could bring him to Russia to have a paternity test done, instead of just stealing a blood sample. He taped something important, which has yet to be revealed, concerning Archer's relationship with him before Barry Dylan assassinated him.