Rim Syrtlanov was born on September 4, 1908 in Syrtlanovo, Belebey uyezd, Ufa Governorate, Russian Empire as Rakhmetyan Sultangareevich Sartlanov. He was an actor, known for Salavat Yulayev (1940). He died on September 13, 1979 in Ufa, Bashkir ASSR, RSFSR, USSR.