Boris Shukhmin was born on October 7, 1899 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire [now Voronezh Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Opasnye tropy (1955), Bez viny vinovatye (1945) and The Wrestler and the Clown (1957). He died on January 20, 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR [now Russia].