Nikolai Khodotov was born on 14 February 1878 in Petrozavodsk, Olonets Governorate, Russian Empire [now Republic of Karelia, Russia]. He was an actor, known for Otets Serafim (1922) and Lichnoe delo (1932). He died on 16 February 1932 in Leningrad, RSFSR, USSR [now St. Petersburg, Russia].