Daniil Antonovich was born on December 22, 1889 in Belopole, Sumy uyezd, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire [now Bilopillia, Sumy Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Battleship Potemkin (1925), Koliyivshchyna (1933) and Prometey (1936). He died on November 8, 1975 in Kharkov, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Kharkiv, Ukraine].