 In 1960 he joined the Theatre Studio of Film Actor.In 1957 Valentin Zubkov played a front soldier in "The Cranes Are Flying" (Letyat zhuravli) (1957) and a cowardly villain in "The Communist" (Kommunist) (1958).His most famous roles include those in the films "Our Father's House" (Otchiy dom) (1959), "Leon Garros Is Looking for His Friend" (Leon Garros ishchet druga) (1961), "Northern Story" (Severnaya povest) (1960), "Ivan's Childhood" (Ivanovo Detstvo) (1962), and "A Day of Happiness" (Den schastya) (1963).