Valentin Yantsat was born on November 21, 1905 in Gomel, Gomel uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire as Valentin Ivanovich Yantsat. He was an actor, known for Shestdesyat dney (1940), Na odnoy planete (1965) and Yunost poeta (1937). He died on August 20, 1967 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR.