Mikhail Rostovtsev was born on October 22, 1872 in Taganrog, Don Voisko Oblast, Russian Empire as Mikhail Antonovich Ershler. He was an actor, known for Devushka speshit na svidanie (1936), Poruchik Kizhe (1934) and Yego prevoskhoditelstvo (1928). He died on April 19, 1948 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.