Rodion Rafailovich Nakhapetov (Russian: Родион Рафаилович Нахапетов; born 1944) is a Soviet-American-Russian actor, film director and screenwriter.

[3][4] He received the People's Artist of the RSFSR (1985).

[1] Asteroid 256697 Nahapetov, discovered by Russian amateur astronomer Timur Krjačko in 2008, was named in his honour.

[5] The official naming citation was published by the Minor Planet Center on 15 June 2011 (M.P.C.

75353).