{{Short description|Russian actor}} {{Multiple issues| {{Expand Russian|topic=bio|Николаев, Валерий Валерьевич|date=May 2026}} {{BLP no footnotes|date=March 2013}} }} {{Infobox person | name = Valery Nikolaev | image = | image_size = | caption = | birth_name = Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev | birth_date = {{Birth date and age| df=yes|1965|08|23}} | birth_place = Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union | occupation = Actor, director, TV | years_active = 1987–2021, 2025–present | spouse = | children = }}
'''Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev''' ({{langx|ru|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. {| class="wikitable sortable" |+ Film |- ! Year ! Title ! Role ! class="unsortable" | Notes |- | rowspan="2" | 1991 | ''Niagara'' | Pyotr Krasnovitsky | |- | ''Leg'' | Unknown | original title ''Noga'' |- | rowspan="3" | 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'') |- | rowspan="3" | 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 | |}
==External links== *{{IMDb name|631792}} *Russian Wikipedia
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