Tibor Kristóf was a Hungarian

Hungary

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 actor

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 and voice actor. Besides his own career in Hungarian films and television, Kristóf provided the Hungarian language

Hungarian language

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 voices of many prominent English-speaking Hollywood actors in major American

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-produced films.

He provided the Hungarian language voice of Morgan Freeman

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 in the films, The Bucket List

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and Wanted. He also provided the Hungarian voice over for actors Sean Connery

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 and Peter Gilmore

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He also provided the voice of Darth Vader

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 in George Lucas

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' Star Wars

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 films, including Star Wars Episode IV: A New Hope

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He died on September 2, 2009, in Budapest, Hungary, at the age 67.

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