Nikolai Smirnov was born on January 4, 1924 in Baranovo, Mozhaysk uyezd, Moscow Governorate, RSFSR, USSR [now Ruzsky District, Moscow Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for
Quiet Flows the Don (1957),
Tikhiy Don II (1958) and
Ishchite i naydyote (1969). He died on April 20, 1994 in Russia.