Vladimir Ivanovich Osenev (Russian: Владимир Иванович Осенев; 8 September 1908 – 1 April 1977) was a Soviet stage, film and voice actor.

After graduating from Vakhtangov Theatre in the 1930s he had a stage career spanning four decades.

Yet he was more noticed by his occasional appearances in films and animation series, such as the award-winning Winnie-the-Pooh trilogy.

He also played in The Brothers Karamazov, which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film in 1969.

[1][2] Osenev considered himself a serious actor and first despised the "childish" text of the narrator in Winnie-the-Pooh, but changed his attitude after seeing the final result.