Emerging from Kyiv’s Rusanivka neighbourhood, Oleksiy Gorbunov entered the performing arts after a stint in a theater dressing room and mentorship by Konstantin Stepankov, graduating in 1984 from the Kyiv National I.K. Karpenko-Kary Theatre, Cinema and Television University. He debuted on screen the same day he received his diploma and soon joined the Oleksandr Dovzhenko Film Studio, where he rema…
