Nikolai Petrovich Karachentsov (Russian: Николай Петрович Караченцов, b. October 27, 1944, Moscow, Russia) is a Soviet/Russian actor, People's Artist of the RSFSR (1989).
He voiced Gascon Dog in Dog in Boots film.[1] He starred the Opera Rock Junona and Avos.
On February 28th, 2005, Karachentsov was driving to Moscow in a hurry after finding out about the death of his mother-in-law. Due to his hurry, he lost control of his vehicle and crashed into a telephone pole, suffering a traumatic brain injury. After a month-long coma, he began regaining motor skills, finally being able to get up onto a stage and talk to an audience in 2007.
He is still severely disabled.