Valentin Nikulin

Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin was a Soviet, Russian and Israeli theater and film actor.
Nikulin was born in the family of the playwright Yuri Nikulin and pianist Eugeniya Brooke ; 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. 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 as young physicist The Road to Berth as Marat LepinThe Big Ore as Vladimir Adventures of a Dentist as patient Three Fat Men as Dr. Haspar Arnery The Mysterious Wall as Canadian traveler The Brothers Karamazov as Smerdyakov Day by Day as DimaFailure of Engineer Garin as Portier The Little Mermaid as Sulpitius / Hans Christian Andersen The Nose as janitor Kind Men as Orest Ivanovich MuzheskyBehind the Blue Nights as Kirill AverichevVisit to Minotaur as Andrea Guarneri Entrance to the Labyrinth as Fiscal Stalin's Funeral as neighbor Coffee with Lemon as pianist The Master and Margarita as episodeYana's Friends as neighbour