Valentin Nikulin

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

This name uses Eastern Slavic naming customs; the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Nikulin.

Valentin Nikulin
Валентин Юрьевич Никулин[1]
Born	Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (1932-07-07)7 July 1932 Moscow, Soviet Union[2]
Died	August 6, 2005(2005-08-06) (aged 73) Moscow, Russia
Alma mater	Law Faculty of Moscow State University (1957) Moscow Art Theater School (1960)
Occupation	Actor
Years active	1960—2005

Biography

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.

Partial filmography

• Visokosnyy god (1962) as Andrey
• Nine Days in One Year (Russian: Девять дней одного года, 1962) as young physicist
• The Road to Berth (1962) as Marat Lepin
• Bolshaya ruda (1964)
• The Big Ore (Большая руда, 1964) as Vladimir
• Adventures of a Dentist (Похождения зубного врача, 1965) as patient
• Pereklichka (1966) as Zhurnalist
• Stroitsya most (1966) as Kochanov
• 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
• 13 porucheniy (1969)
• Lyubit... (1969)
• Udivitelnyy malchik (1970)
• Ballada o Beringe i ego druzyakh (1971) as Georg Steller - Botanist
• Mogila lva (1971)
• Svadba (1973)
• Failure of Engineer Garin (Крах инженера Гарина, 1973, TV Mini-Series) as Portier
• Avariya (1974) as Friedrich
• Ivan and Marya (1974) as Ghost Timosha
• Vozdukhoplavatel (1975) as Journalist Pyotr Polonsky
• Volchya staya (1975) as Griboyed
• Gorozhane (1976) as Passazhir v belom plashche
• The Little Mermaid (Русалочка, 1976) as Sulpitius / Hans Christian Andersen
• Polkovnik v otstavke (1977) as Pavel Bakhrushin
• The Nose (Нос, 1977, TV Movie) as janitor
• Venok sonetov (1977) as Aleksandr Pozharskiy
• Visit to Minotaur (Визит к Минотавру, 1977, TV Mini-Series) as Andrea Guarneri
• Segodnya ili nikogda (1978) as Kulikov
• Raspisaniye na poslezavtra (1979) as Semyon Semyonovich
• Ya khochu pet (1979)
• Podozritelnyy (1979)
• Tsirkachonok (1980) as Tanti
• Vasil Kikvidze (1980) as Glazunov
• My smerti smotreli v litso (1980) as Korol'
• Sitsilianskaya zashchita (1981) as Michail Alekseevich Lebedev
• Tovarishch Innokentiy (1981)
• Belyy tanets (1981)
• Vstrecha v kontse zimy (1984) as Sinkin
• Tayna villy Greta (1984) as Marrone
• Osenniy podarok fey (1984)
• Kankan v angliyskom parke (1985)
• Million v brachnoy korzine (1985) as Alessandro
• Litsom k litsu (1987)
• Chest imeyu (1987)
• Topinambury (1988)
• Balkon (1988)
• Otche nash (1989)
• Bez nadezhdy nadeyus (1989)
• Entrance to the Labyrinth (Вход в лабиринт, 1989, TV Mini-Series) as Fiscal
• Tragediya v stile rok (1990) as Dmitriy Ivanovich's Friend
• A byl li Karotin (1990)
• Sheremetevo-2 (1990) as Nikolay Ilyich Serebryakov - khudozhnik
• Stalin's Funeral (Похороны Сталина, 1990) as neighbor
• Vozdushnyy potseluy (1991) as Musician
• Gospodnya ryba (1991) as Ancharskiy
• Grekh (1992)
• Grekh. Istoriya strasti (1993)
• Coffee with Lemon (Кофе с лимоном, 1994) as pianist
• Yana's Friends (Друзья Яны, 1999) as neighbour
• Master i Margarita (2006) (uncredited) (final film role)

References

1. Валентин Никулин. Каждый выбирает для себя…
2. Valentin Nikulin Biography

External links

• Valentin Nikulin on IMDb