Semyon Sokolovsky was born on December 25, 1921 in Nezhin, Nezhin uyezd, Chernogov Governorate, Ukrainian SSR as Solomon Gershevich Sokolovskiy. He was an actor, known for Skanderbeg (1953), Explosion After Midnight (1969) and Asl dost (1959). He died on September 28, 1995 in Moscow, Russia.