Valery Nikolaev

Valery Nikolaev
Born
Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev

(1965-08-23) 23 August 1965 (age 59)
Occupation(s)Actor, director, TV
Years active1987–2021

Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (Russian: Валерий Валерьевич Николаев; born 23 August 1965) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director.

Career

Nikolaev has choreographed five productions at the Chekhov MKhAT theater. He choreographed the musical My Fair Lady (Moscow, 2000), as well. In 1997 he traveled to Hollywood to play in Phillip Noyce's The Saint. Nikolaev graduated from MKhAT, where he studied under Oleg Tabakov. After graduation, Nikolaev performed with the Chekhov MKhAT theater.

Selected filmography

He performed in more than thirty films since 1987.

Film
Year Title Role Notes
1991 Niagara Pyotr Krasnovitsky
Leg Unknown original title Noga
1992 Love on Request Aleks
Ochen vernaya zhena Zhenya Monahov
Melochi zhizni Gosha Television series
1993 Nastya Sasha Pichugin
1994 Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan Chonkin Balashov
1995 Shirli-Myrli Step Performer
1996 Thief Takers Unknown Television series (episode Black Russian)
1997 The Saint Ilya Tretiak
Aberration Yuri Romanov
U Turn Mr. Arkady
2000 Den rozhdeniya Burzhuya Burzhuy Television series
2003 Tor zum Himmel Alexej German movie
2004 The Terminal Milodragovich
2005 Mirror Wars Boris
2006 Vedma (The Power of Fear) Ivan
2011 The 5th Execution Sanya
2012 The Ballad of Uhlans De Vitt