Valeri Smolyakov was born on January 12, 1941 as Valeri Aleksandrovitch Smolyakov. He was an actor, known for Russkiy kovcheg (2002), Priklyucheniya Sherloka Kholmsa i doktora Vatsona: Okhota na tigra (1980) and Budyonovka (1976). He died on July 3, 2016.