Nikolai Smirnov was born on January 4, 1924 in Baranovo, Mozhaysk uyezd, Moscow Governorate, RSFSR, USSR as Nikolay Andreevich Smirnov. He was an actor, known for Tikhiy Don (1957), Arifmetika lyubvi (1987) and Tri topolya na Plyushchikhe (1968). He died on April 20, 1994 in Russia.