Nikolai Barmin was born on March 23, 1922 in Kolchugino, Kuznetsk uyezd, Tomsk Governorate, RSFSR [now Leninsk-Kuznetsky, Kemerovo Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Der Kapitän der alten Schildkröte (1956), Chelovek menyaet kozhu (1960) and Tainstvennaya stena (1968). He died on January 12, 1997 in Moscow, Russia.