Sergei Podgornyj,Sergei Podgorny was born in the Ukraine, in the village Bucha, Kyiv region. In 1973, he was invited by Leonid Bykov to play the role of Victor Schedronov in the film "Only Old Men Are Going to Battle". In 1976, after graduating from KGITI IK Karpenko-Kary, he worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studio.