Spiridon Grigoryev was born on December 12, 1910 in village Ulakhan-An, Zapadno-Kangalasskiy ulus, Yakutsk oblast, Russian Empire as Spiridon Alekseevich Grigorev. He was an actor, known for Dersu Uzala (1961) and Ilgas dienas rits (1968). He died in 1986.