Serhiy Pidhornyi was born in Ukraine, in the village Bucha, Kyiv region. In 1973, he was invited by Leonid Bykov to play the role of Victor Schedronov in the film "Only Old Men Are Going to Battle". In 1976, after graduating from KGITI IK Karpenko-Kary, he worked at the Dovzhenko Film Studio. As an actor, he was not in demand until 2008, when he received a role in the Ukrainian film "Cinderella from the island of Djerba" (released in rent in 2009). He has been married twice. He has a son, Volodymyr, from his first marriage (now a sailor) and a daughter, Sasha, a student at university. Later, he moved back with his elderly mother to the Kiev region. He died July 19, 2011. The cause of death was congestive heart failure. The actor was buried July 21 at the city cemetery of Bucha.

Filmography

• 2009Cinderella from the Island of Djerba
• 1995Caution! Red Mercury!
• 1994Ransom
• 1992Cherry Nights
• 1992Personal Weapon — Seryozha
• 1991The Birthday Present
• 1990Collapse
• 1990Doping for Angels
• 1990Ivin A.
• 1990This is Us, God!..
• 1989Scourge of God — Seryoga
• 1988Chance
• 1988My Name Is Harlequin
• 1987Straw Bells — Yashka
• 1985Two Knew the Password
• 1985Осенние утренники — Sasha
• 1984Captured by the Ghosts — Andrey
• 1983Carousel
• 1983Inspector Losev — Petya Shukhmin
• Inspector Losev — Petya Shukhmin
• 1982Droplets
• 1982Execution Is Not Possible — Астахов
• 1982The Last Game
• 1981Mercedes Runs Away from the Chase
• 1981Two Days at the Beginning of December — Valeriy Kravchuk
• 1980Fairfax's Millions
• 1980School
• 1979Family Drama
• 1979Heavy Water — Игорь Девушкин
• 1978Blue Lightnings — Zhora Khovorost
• 1978Chaotic Flight
• 1978I See the Target! — Anatoly Garkusha
• 1978In the Zone of Special Attention
• 1978The Mire — Semyonov
• 1977Destiny
• 1977Time is Moscow Time
• 1976Port
• Born of Revolution — Гриша (сотрудник уголовного розыска)
• 1974Only Old Men Are Going to Battle — Viktor “Smuglyanka” Shchedronov

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1982Who was loved by all — Self