Ivan Grankin was born on February 6, 1889 in Nikolayev, Russian Empire (now Mykolaiv, Ukraine). He was an actor, known for
Sorochynskyi yarmarok (1927),
Nepobedimyye (1928) and
Tsement (1927). He died on January 18, 1971 in Kiev, Ukrainian SSR, Soviet Union [now Kyiv, Ukraine].