Valentin Nikulin

Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (Валенти́н Ю́рьевич Нику́лин; 7 July 1932, Moscow — 6 August 2005, Moscow) was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor.

Nikulin was born in the family of the playwright Yuri Nikulin (1907-1958) and pianist Eugeniya Brooke (1909-1982); nephew of the writer Lev Nikulin and actors Konstantin Shayne and Tamara Shayne, and a grandson of impresario Veniamin Nikulin.

Nikulin graduated from Moscow State University with a degree in law in 1957 and from the School-Studio at the Moscow Art Theatre (1956–60). From 1960-90, and from 1999 until his death, he was an actor at the Sovremennik Theatre. He also worked in films throughout his career, playing more than hundred roles.

Filmography

 * Nine Days in One Year (Девять дней одного года, 1962) as young physicist
 * The Road to Berth (Путь к причалу, 1962) as Marat Lepin
 * The Big Ore (Большая руда, 1964) as Vladimir
 * Adventures of a Dentist (Похождения зубногo врача, 1965) as patient
 * Three Fat Men (Три толстяка, 1966) as Dr. Haspar Arnery
 * The Mysterious Wall (Таинственная стена, 1967) as Canadian traveler
 * The Brothers Karamazov (Братья Карамазовы, 1969) as Smerdyakov
 * Day by Day (День за днём, 1971) as Dima
 * Failure of Engineer Garin (Крах инженера Гарина, 1973) as Portier
 * The Little Mermaid (Русалочка, 1976) as Sulpitius / Hans Christian Andersen
 * The Nose (Нос, 1977) as janitor
 * Kind Men (Добряки, 1979) as Orest Ivanovich Muzhesky
 * Behind the Blue Nights (За синими ночами, 1983) as Kirill Averichev
 * Visit to Minotaur (Визит к Минотавру, 1987) as Andrea Guarneri
 * Entrance to the Labyrinth (Вход в лабиринт, 1989) as Fiscal
 * Stalin's Funeral (Похороны Сталина, 1990) as neighbor
 * Coffee with Lemon (Кофе с лимоном, 1994) as pianist
 * The Master and Margarita (Мастер и Маргарита, 1994) as episode
 * Yana's Friends (Друзья Яны, 1999) as neighbour