Yuriy Gorobets was born on March 15, 1932 in Ordzhonikidze, North Ossetian ASSR, Russian SFSR, USSR [now Vladikavkaz, North Ossetia-Alania, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Ekipazh (1980), Khozhdenie po mukam (1977) and Gorkie zyorna (1967). He was married to Tamara Lyakina. He died on June 26, 2022 in Moscow, Russia.