Leonid Volodarsky

In this name that follows Eastern Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Veniaminovitch and the family name is Volodarsky.

Leonid Volodarsky Леонид Вениаминович Володарский
Volodarsky in 2018
Born	(1950-05-20)20 May 1950 Moscow, Russian SFSR, USSR
Died	7 August 2023(2023-08-07) (aged 73)
Known for	Film translator radio show anchor writer

Leonid Veniaminovitch Volodarsky (Russian: Леони́д Вениами́нович Волода́рский; 20 May 1950 – 7 August 2023) was a Russian translator, writer, and weekly radio show anchor.[1] He is mostly known in Russia as one of the home video voice-over translators of 1980s and 1990s films such as The Empire Strikes Back, Terminator dilogy, Last Action Hero, A Nightmare on Elm Street and others. Volodarsky was also the first translator of Stephen King books into Russian.

Biography

I'm not interested in my voice at all. Back in time I was a film translator and so, now I'm recognized primary by voice, constantly asked about a clothespin on my nose. I don't like it. I'm not an opera singer and my voice is not in a slightest bit related to my individuality. They say it's a kind of history?.. Well, OK. But I live at present.

— Leonid Volodarsky[2][3]

Volodarsky died on 7 August 2023, at the age of 73 due to heart failure.[4]

References

1. Леонид Володарский: Америка теряет всякий стыд (in Russian). KP.ru. 15 October 2003. Retrieved 2 January 2012.
2. Черняков Е. 4 легендарных голоса эпохи "пиратских" VHS // Российская газета, 30.09.2013
3. Сергеева Ж., Ануфриева А. О чём говорит ваш голос // Psychologies, 21.01.2006. № 35
4. "Умер Леонид Володарский". Российская газета. 8 August 2023. Retrieved 8 August 2023.

See also

• Gavrilov translation