Stepan Shkurat was born on January 8, 1886 in Kobelyaki, Poltava Governorate, Russian Empire [now Poltava Oblast, Ukraine]. He was an actor, known for Earth (1930), Viy (1967) and Natalka Poltavka (1936). He died on February 26, 1973 in Romny, Sumy Oblast, Ukrainian SSR, USSR [now Ukraine].