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In this name that follows East Slavic naming customs, the patronymic is Yuryevich and the family name is Nikulin.

Valentin Nikulin
Валентин Никулин
Born	Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin (1932-07-07)7 July 1932 Moscow, Soviet Union
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

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.

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 (Russian: 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

External links

• Valentin Nikulin at IMDb