Valery Nikitenko (born 1940) is a Russian actor who narrated the first dub of the first four series of Thomas & Friends in Russia from 1995-1996.
He has also voiced in such movies as "Bedtime Stories", "Beauty and the BEast", Mufusa in "The Lion King" franchise, "Mulan", "DuckTales", "Snow White and the Seven Dwarves", "Cars" and "Winnie the Pooh".