Boris Yevgenievich Bystrov (; 12 February 1945 – 17 August 2024) was a

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and Russian actor and voice actor.

Biography

In 1966, he graduated from the

Moscow Art Theatre The Moscow Art Theatre (or MAT; , ''Moskovskiy Hudojestvenny Akademicheskiy Teatr'' (МHАТ) was a theatre company in Moscow. It was founded in by the seminal Russian theatre practitioner Konstantin Stanislavski, together with the playwright ...

. After graduating, he worked at the

Lenkom Theatre Lenkom Theatre, formerly known as Lenin’s Komsomol Moscow Theatre or Moscow Leninist Komsomol Theatre is the official name of what was once known as the Moscow State Theatre named after Komsomol, a Communist youth league set up by Vladimir Leni ...

. In 1968 he became an actor with the

Yermolova Theatre The Yermolova Theatre () is a theatre company in the Tverskoy District of central Moscow. It is under the artistic direction of Vladimir Andreyev (). The theatre's building was built in the 1830s, and is one of the largest on Tverskaya Street ...

. In the 1970s, he started working in voice-over and dubbing of foreign feature films and cartoons. In the animated series ''

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'' and ''

Futurama ''Futurama'' is an American animated science fiction sitcom created by Matt Groening for the Fox Broadcasting Company and later revived by Comedy Central, and then Hulu. The series follows Philip J. Fry, who is cryogenically preserved for 1 ...

'', he voiced all the male roles for several years. Bystrov died on 18 August 2024, at the age of 79.

Selected filmography

Actor

* 1966: '' Aladdin and His Magic Lamp'' as Aladdin * 1968: '' Goal! Another Goal!'' as Anatoli Starodub * 1970: ''

Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase ''Adventures of the Yellow Suitcase'' () is a 1970 children's fantasy film directed by Ilya Frez based on the eponymous story by Sofia Prokofieva. Plot In one sunny city live two cute and unusual children; boy Petya and girl Toma. Toma is an "ice ...

'' as pilot Verevkin * 1984: '' TASS Is Authorized to Declare...'' as Agafonov * 1984: '' Lets the Charms Last Long'' as Zhenya * 1994: '' La Piste du télégraphe'' as Scotty

Dubbing roles

* Animated content ** 1989: ''

'' (voice-over translation) Season 9–16, Season 19 (all males), season 20-29 (some males) ** 2007: ''

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'' (full dub), as

Homer Simpson Homer Jay Simpson is the main protagonist of the American animated television series ''The Simpsons'' who is part of the titular family. Homer made his television debut in the short " Good Night" on '' The Tracey Ullman Show'' on April 19, ...

** 1991: ''

Darkwing Duck ''Darkwing Duck'' is an American animated superhero comedy television series produced by Disney Television Animation (formerly Walt Disney Television Animation) that first ran from 1991 to 1992 on both the syndicated programming block '' The Dis ...

'', as Vladimir Goudenov Grizzlikof, Comet Guy and Taurus Bulba ** 1999-2003-2013: ''

'' (voice-over translation) (all males) ** ''

Animaniacs ''Animaniacs'' is an American Animated series, animated Comedy television, comedy Musical film, musical television series created by Tom Ruegger and produced by Warner Bros. Television Animation. It originally aired on Fox Broadcasting Company ...

'', Thaddeus Plotz * Film ** 1980: ''

Long Road in the Dunes Long Road in the Dunes (, ) is a 1981 Soviet Latvian seven-part TV melodrama, directed by Aloizs Brenčs. The original series was shot in Latvian by the Riga Film Studio, and an additional version was released with Russian voiceovers. Plot Th ...

'' as Heinrich

References

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* 1945 births 2024 deaths Soviet male voice actors Soviet male stage actors 20th-century Russian male actors Russian male voice actors Russian male stage actors People's Artists of Russia Honored Artists of the Russian Federation 21st-century Russian male actors Moscow Art Theatre School alumni {{Russia-actor-stub