Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (; born 23 August 1965) is a 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. External links Russian Wikipedia Russian male film actors Soviet male actors 1965 births Living people Male actors from Moscow Russian male television actors Russian male stage actors 20th-century Russian male actors 21st-century Russian male actors Moscow Art Theatre School alumni