Semyon Svashenko was born on September 1, 1904 in Dergachi, Kharkov Governorate, Russian Empire as Semyon Andreyevich Svashenko. He was an actor, known for Sturmnächte (1931), Der stille Don (1957) and Tikhiy Don II (1958). He died on November 23, 1969 in Moscow, RSFSR, USSR.