A series of books about Harry Potter is a real masterpiece of world literature, since a whole generation has grown on these books. Naturally, no one doubted that this series was also filmed, and the result of this exceeded all expectations.
It is unlikely that there is now a man who has not watched films about Harry Potter. Moreover, most people watched them in Russian dubbing, so you most likely have a question about who voiced Harry Potter and the other characters in this saga. You know very well that the filming involved both novice actors who grew up in world stars by the end of the series, and already established celebrities. But who allowed the Russian-speaking people to understand what the film was all about? This is what will be discussed in this article. You will find out who voiced Harry Potter, Ron Weasley and Hermione Granger, as well as many other characters in this wonderful fairy tale universe.
Harry Potter
So, the first question that needs to be answered is: "Who voiced Harry Potter?" It turns out that the main character of the saga had two actors of Russian-language voice acting. In the first film, he was voiced by Alexey Elistratov, but for several reasons in the second film he was replaced by Nikolai Bystrov. It was this voice actor that became the voice of Potter, now familiar to all Russian-speaking viewers. Fun fact: he also voiced the opponent of Harry Draco Malfoy in the second film, but then the role of Malfoy was then given to another actor, and Harry's voice remained with Nikolai. Since then, he managed to voice a lot of world blockbusters, such as Slumdog Millionaire, Woman in Black, and Illusion of Deception. Now you know who voiced Harry Potter, so it's time to move on to other important characters.
Ron Weasley
It is not enough to know only who voiced Harry Potter in Russian, since the film has a huge number of other important characters. For example, Harry's best friend, Ron Weasley. One very interesting fact is associated with the voice acting of this character. Listening to how Ron’s voice sounds in the first two parts of the film, you hardly guessed that he was voiced by a woman. But this is indeed so - Olga Sirina voiced a little boy. However, the character grew and matured, so her voice for the third film was replaced. From that moment, Ron spoke in the voice of another voice actor, Alexei Kostrichichkin. Gradually, you will learn more and more about who voiced “Harry Potter” in Russian, but in the trinity of protagonists one character is still missing.
Hermione Granger
This is the first time that one actress has voiced one character throughout the series. And in this case, it’s not only pleasing to answer the question of who voiced “Harry Potter” in Russian, the photos of the actress are also pleasing to the eye. The fact is that Hermione was voiced by Lina Ivanova. For the first time, Lina took up the voice acting for the film "Spy Kids", from that moment on she recorded already a huge amount of work. She voiced Eliza in the French masterpiece “1 + 1”, also a teenage superhero from Deadpool spoke in her voice, she voiced Latika in “Slumdog Millionaire”. The actress herself admits that for the entire existence of the Harry Potter series, she was very used to Hermione and found a lot in common with her.
Dumbledore
Well, now you know who voiced the main trinity of the series, and not just who voiced Harry Potter. Actors in some cases change, in some remain the same. This may depend on many factors, which are not always publicly disclosed. As for the other characters, it is worth highlighting, for example, Dumbledore, whose voice went to Vsevolod Abdulov. In the second part, the voice actor changed, and the main magician spoke in the voice of Andrei Yaroslavtsev. And only for the third film did Angus acquire a constant Russian voice. It began to be voiced by Vasily Bochkarev, who retained this right until the end of the series.
Mcgonnagal
At this point, you can already begin to trace the trend. Male characters changed their voice actors due to both the growing up of the characters and other factors. As for women, this trend is no longer visible. Hermione spoke in the voice of Lina Ivanova throughout the films, the same can be said of another sorceress who teaches at Hogwarts School.
Professor McGonnagal from the very first film had the voice of Lyudmila Ilyina. She also participated in the voice acting of such masterpieces of cinema as Schindler's List, Flying Over the Cuckoo's Nest and Pianist. Naturally, these are just the most popular of her works. Over the course of her career, she has voiced almost four hundred films. It would seem that more than a hundred works in the piggy bank of the young Lina Ivanova is an impressive result, but if you look at what Ilyin achieved, you can understand how many soundings are still ahead of Lina. If you are interested, Ilyina’s voice can also be heard in the films “Alien”, “Interview with the Vampire”, “Get Bottom in Bruges”, “Pretty Woman” and many others. She has been working in voice acting since the distant 1979 and so far is not going to stop.