Yuriy Gorobets was born on March 15, 1932 in Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia] as Yuri Vasilyevich Gorobets. He is an actor, known for Khozhdenie po mukam (1977), Flug durchs Feuer (1980) and Gorkie zyorna (1967).