Leonid Volodarsky
Leonid Volodarsky Леонид Вениаминович Володарский | |
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Volodarsky in 2018 | |
| Born | 20 May 1950 |
| Died | 7 August 2023 (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. 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.