Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (Russian: Валерий Валерьевич Николаев; born 23 August 1965) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director.
Nikolaev has choreographed five productions at the Chekhov MKhAT theater.
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.