Baras Khalzanov was born on September 1, 1938 in Zhargalantuy, Buryat-Mongol ASSR, RSFSR, USSR [now Buryatia, Russia]. He was a director and actor, known for Posledniy ugon (1969), Kochuyushchiy front (1971) and Gorkiy mozhzhevel'nik (1985). He died in 1993.