Yuri Astafyev was born on April 12, 1949 in Stalinabad, Tajik SSR, USSR [now Dushanbe, Tajikistan]. He was an actor, known for
V polose priboya (1990),
Ishchu druga zhizni (1987) and
Dvoe i odna (1988). He died on November 4, 1990 in Yalta, Ukrainian SSR, USSR.