Biography

Oleg Andreyevich Anofriyev (sometimes spelled as Oleg Anofriev, Russian: Оле́г Андре́евич Ано́фриев; 20 July 1930 – 28 March 2018), PAR, was a Soviet and Russian stage and screen actor, voice actor, singer, songwriter, film director, and poet. He was born in Gelendzhik, but spent all his life in Moscow and graduated from Moscow Art Theatre in 1954. He was widely popular in USSR (mostly due to the leading role in The Bremen Town Musicians animated film) and was honored with the title Honored Artist of the RSFSR.