Oleksiy Serhiyovych Horbunov (; born on 29 October 1961) is a Ukrainian film, television and stage actor. He has been named an

Honored Artist of Ukraine Honored Artist of Ukraine (; also translated as Honored (Performing) Artist of Ukraine or Merited (Performing) Artist of Ukraine) is a state honorary title of decoration of the Ukrainian government. Originally awarded by the Ukrainian SSR, the ...

(1991) and a

People's Artist of Ukraine People's Artist of Ukraine () is an honorary title awarded by the government of Ukraine. It is the highest title awarded to outstanding performing artists whose merits are exceptional in the sphere of the development of the performing arts, inc ...

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Life and career

Oleksiy Gorbunov was born on 29 October 1961 in

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. He spent his childhood in Rusanivka neighbourhood in Kyiv. In 1978, immediately after graduating from high school he could not go to Kyiv Theatrical Institute because he was not a member of the

Komsomol The All-Union Leninist Young Communist League, usually known as Komsomol, was a political youth organization in the Soviet Union. It is sometimes described as the youth division of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union (CPSU), although it w ...

. In the years 1978 and 1979 he worked in the dressing room of the

Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater of Russian Drama Lesya Ukrainka National Academic Theater (also referred to as ''Lesya Ukrainka Theater'') () is a theater in Kyiv, Ukraine. It is located in a building known as Bourgogne Theatre. The theatre traces its roots to the Solovtsov theatric troupe ...

. In the theater, thanks to

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, he met with her husband, actor and his mentor

Konstantin Stepankov Kostiantyn Petrovich Stepankov (, by name of Kostiantyn Petrovich Voloshchuk; 3 June 1928 – 22 July 2004) was a Ukrainian soviet actor. He appeared in more than fifty films between 1958 and 1999. He was a member of the jury at the 11th Mo ...

. In 1984 he graduated from the

Kyiv National I. K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University Kyiv National Ivan Karpenko-Karyi, Ivan Karpovych Karpenko-Karyi Theatre, Cinema and Television University () is the national university specializing exclusively in performing arts and located in Kyiv, Ukraine.Oleksandr Dovzhenko Alexander Petrovich Dovzhenko, also Oleksandr Petrovych Dovzhenko (, ; November 25, 1956), was a Soviet film director and screenwriter of Ukrainian origin. He is often cited as one of the most important early Soviet filmmakers, alongside Sergei ...

. From the spring of 1985 to 20 April 1987, he served in the

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. In the 1990s Gorbunov worked as a private taxi driver because of the crisis at the Dovzhenko Film Studio. Director Vladimir Popkov helped him get back into cinema by inviting him for the role of Jester Chicot in the movie ''Countess de Monsoreau''. Gorbunov worked in the Theater Studio of Film Actor, in the private Chamber Theatre M. Nestantiner and

. He starred in Ukrainian TV series ''Night Service'' (1998) and ''Wonder People'' (2008). Gorbunov is a soloist of "Sadness Pilot" and worked as a DJ on the Kyiv radio stations "Continent" and "Nostalgia". He is also an organizer and presenter of two discos in Kyiv: "Dzhankoi" and "Jumanji".

Selected filmography

Source: * 1984 ''

Vacation of Petrov and Vasechkin, Usual and Incredible ''Vacation of Petrov and Vasechkin, Usual and Incredible'' () is a 1984 Soviet musical film, sequel to '' Adventures of Petrov and Vasechkin, Ordinary and Incredible''. School hooligans Petrov and Vasechkin go to Young Pioneer camp for summer vaca ...

'' as climber * 1990 '' Disintegration'' as Shurik * 1991 ''

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'' as Golikov * 1998 ''

Country of the Deaf ''Country of the Deaf'' () is a 1998 Russian crime film directed by Valery Todorovsky, loosely based on Renata Litvinova's novel ''To Own and Belong''. The film set in a fictional underworld of deaf-mute people in Moscow. The film was entered in ...

'' as supplier * 1998 ''Countess de Monsoreau'' as Jester

Chicot Chicot (c. 1540–1591), real name Jean-Antoine d'Anglerais, was the jester of King Henry III of France and later Henry IV. He spoke with the king without formalities. Biography Chicot was born in Gascony in 1540. He had a strong military backgr ...

* 1999 ''Kamenskaya'' as Gall * 2003 ''

Lines of Fate ''Lines of Fate'' () is a 2003 Russian television series directed by Dmitry Meskhiev. The series consists of three separate stories about different people in Moscow whose paths become intertwined at one point in their lives. For her performance i ...

'' as Andrey Shurkov * 2005 ''

The State Counsellor ''The State Counsellor'' (, State Councillor (Russia), the 5th civil grade in the Table of Ranks of Imperial Russia) is the sixth novel in the Erast Fandorin Historical mystery, historical detective series by Russian writer Boris Akunin. It is su ...

'' as Nikolai Seleznov / Rakhmet * 2006 ''

Filipp's Bay ''Filipp's Bay'' () is a 2006 Russian crime drama television series directed by Aleksandr Tsabadze. Plot Filipp Ronin is a former employee of the prosecutor's office, and now the owner of a small company for repair and maintenance of yachts. By ...

'' as Booth * 2006 ''Dikari'' as Baron * 2007 '' 12'' as 9th Juror * 2008 ''

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'' as Major

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* 2008 ''

Stilyagi Stilyagi ( rus, стиляги, p=sʲtʲɪˈlʲæɡʲɪ, "stylish, style hunters") were members of a youth counterculture from the late 1940s until the early 1960s in the Soviet Union. A stilyaga ( rus, стиляга, p=sʲtʲɪˈlʲaɡə ...

'' as Labukh * 2009 ''

The Inhabited Island ''Dark Planet'' () is a two-part Russian science fiction film directed by Fyodor Bondarchuk. The film was adapted by Marina and Sergey Dyachenko from the 1969 novel by Arkady and Boris Strugatsky of the same Russian name, published in English a ...

'' as Shurin * 2009 '' L'affaire Farewell'' as Choukhov * 2010 ''

The 5th Execution ''The 5th Execution'' () is a 2010 Russian adventure film directed by Aleksandr Yakimchuk and Elena Kovaleva. Cast * Rutger Hauer as Khant * Michael Madsen as Rik * Fedor Emelianenko as himself * Paweł Deląg as Ivan * Kim Bo-sung as Chzhan Khe ...

'' as General * 2010 ''

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'' as Kolivanov * 2010 '' The House of the Sun'' as Boris Pavlovich Kapelsky * 2011 '' The PyraMMMid'' as Colonel * 2012 '' Moms'' as telephone cheater * 2012 ''

Atomic Ivan Atomic Ivan () is a 2012 Russian romantic comedy film directed by Vasily Barkhatov. The first in the history of a feature film, shot at the existing nuclear power plants ( Kalinin and Leningrad)Spy Espionage, spying, or intelligence gathering, as a subfield of the intelligence field, is the act of obtaining secret or confidential information (intelligence). A person who commits espionage on a mission-specific contract is called an ''e ...

'' as Selentsov * 2012 ''Eastalgia'' as Zhora * 2013 '' Möbius'' as Korzhov * 2013 ''Khaytarma'' as Krotov * 2013 ''Shuler'' as Leonid Balaban * 2013 '' Sherlok Kholms'' as Professor Moriarty / The Cabman * 2014 ''Trubach'' as Vasily Petrovich, artistic director of the orchestra * 2014 ''Son as Father'' as Georgiy Teodorady, The Arbitrator of the organised crime * 2014 '' Leningrad 46'' as The Musician * 2015 ''National Guard'' as Oleksiy * 2015 ''

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'' as Kavtorang * 2018 ''

The Wild Fields ''The Wild Fields'' () is a film based on Serhiy Zhadan’s novel " Voroshylovhrad". Its genre is eastern. The film was developed by LIMELITE Production in collaboration with TV Channel "Ukraine", Media Group Ukraine, Ukrainian State Film A ...

'' as Pastor * 2021 '' The Last Mercenary'' * 2024-2025 '' Juvenile Inspektor: The Shadow Over Jõhvi''

Television

* 2018 The Bureau (''

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''), season 4 and 5 as Karlov Source:

References

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gorbunov, Oleksiy 1961 births Living people Recipients of the title of People's Artists of Ukraine Ukrainian male film actors Ukrainian male stage actors Soviet male film actors Soviet male stage actors