Yuriy Vasilev was born on February 20, 1929 in Nizhniy Tagil, Sverdlovskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR as Yuriy Petrovich Vasilev. He was an actor, known for Kochuyushchiy front (1971), Tolko vdvoyom (1976) and Den semeynogo torzhestva (1976). He died on September 4, 1993 in Ekaterinburg, Sverdlovskaya oblast, Russia.