Valentin Nikulin

{{short description|Soviet-born actor}}

{{family name hatnote|Yuryevich |Nikulin|lang=Eastern Slavic}}

{{Infobox person

| name = Valentin Nikulin

| native_name = {{Nowrap|Валентин Никулин}}[https://web.archive.org/web/20120706120804/http://www.tvkultura.ru/news.html?id=157612&cid=54 Валентин Никулин. Каждый выбирает для себя…]

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| alma_mater = Law Faculty of Moscow State University (1957)
Moscow Art Theater School (1960)

| birthname = Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1932|7|7|df=y}}

| birth_place = Moscow, Soviet Union[http://www.kino-teatr.ru/kino/acter/m/ros/3089/bio/ Valentin Nikulin Biography]

| death_date = {{Death date and age|2005|8|06|1932|7|7}}

| death_place = Moscow, Russia

| occupation = Actor

| years_active = 1960—2005

| spouse =

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Valentin Yuryevich Nikulin ({{langx|ru|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.