Alexey Borzunov

He died on 7 June 2013 of a heart attack in his apartment. His funeral service was held at the Central clinic hospital of Administration of the President of the Russian Federation.

Among his last works were films such as Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull (2008), Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2009), Star Trek (2009), Inception (2010) and The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012).

He was honored an unofficial title of "dubbing king” by his fans and admirers for his ability to sound the voices of male and female characters and brilliantly get used to the role. He created 220 works of dubbing and 23 works on voice acting and played 16 roles in the cinema. For many years he collaborated with Radio Yunost, worked on the production of a radio program set. From 1990s to 2010s he was a news presenter on a number of Russian TV channels, among them - ORT, M1 and "Подмосковье". He often voiced commercial ads.

His daughter Elena Borzunova (born in 1970) is also a voice actress. In 1988, she played the role of secretary of the Prosecutor's Office Masha Gvozdikina in Criminal Talent and Lieutenant Popova of Stalin's guard in The Inner Circle.

In 1965 he graduated from the Moscow Art Theatre School (the course of V.P. Markov) and was accepted by the theater troupe. In 1965-1990 he was the actor of this theater. In 1987 he moved to the Moscow Art Theatre. He played Lariosik in the play "The Days of the Turbins" and many other roles. He acted in films, but became known for his numerous works in dubbing and soundtracks of films. The actor's voice is not only the famous voice of Disney cartoons. In addition to Scrooge McDuck, his voice spoke in Russia by the characters of the first Brazilian telenovelas, when they first came to the Russian screen. He voiced the Luis Alberto Salvatierra in the famous Mexican television series Los ricos también lloran, Adolfo and all the male roles from the series Farmacia de guardia.

For the first time he appeared into the cinema as a schoolboy in 1959, in the film The Unusual Journey of Mishka Strekachev.

Alexey Alexeyevich Borzunov (Russian: Алексе́й Алексе́евич Борзуно́в; 1943—2013) was a Soviet and Russian stage, film and voice actor. Merited Artist of the Russian Federation (2005).