Valentin Yantsat was born on November 21, 1905 in Gomel, Gomel uyezd, Mogilev Governorate, Russian Empire [now Gomel Region, Belarus]. He was an actor, known for Young Pushkin (1937), Shestdesyat dney (1943) and Na odnoy planete (1966). He died on August 20, 1967 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].