Vali Galimov was born on June 12, 1908 in Satlamyshevo, Sviyazhsk uyezd, Kazan Governorate, Russian Empire [now Apastovsky District, Tatarstan, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Salavat Yulayev (1940). He died on February 15, 1994 in Kazan, Russia.