Boris Shukhmin was born on October 7, 1899 in Voronezh, Voronezh Governorate, Russian Empire as Boris Mitrofanovich Shukhmin. He was an actor, known for Bez viny vinovatye (1945), Delo Artamonovykh (1941) and Borets i kloun (1957). He died on January 20, 1962 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.