Stepan Krylov was born on 14 February 1910 in village Gorodok, Vyazma uyezd, Smolensk Governorate, Russian Empire [now Vyazemsky District, Smolensk Oblast, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Andrey Rublyov (1966), İvan'in çocukluğu (1962) and Anafema (1961). He died on 28 February 1998 in St. Petersburg, Russia.