Valery Nikolaev

Valery Nikolaev
Born
Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev
(1965-08-23) 23 August 1965
OccupationsActor, 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 NiagaraPyotr Krasnovitsky
LegUnknown original title Noga
1992 Love on RequestAleks
Ochen vernaya zhenaZhenya Monahov
Melochi zhizniGosha Television series
1993 NastyaSasha Pichugin
1994 Life and Extraordinary Adventures of Private Ivan ChonkinBalashov
1995 Shirli-MyrliStep Performer
1996 Thief TakersUnknown Television series (episode Black Russian)
1997 The SaintIlya Tretiak
AberrationYuri Romanov
U TurnMr. Arkady
2000 Den rozhdeniya BurzhuyaBurzhuy Television series
2003 Tor zum HimmelAlexej German movie
2004 The TerminalMilodragovich
2005 Mirror WarsBoris
2006 Vedma (The Power of Fear)Ivan
2011 The 5th ExecutionSanya
2012 The Ballad of UhlansDe Vitt