Valery Valeryevich Nikolaev (; born 23 August 1965) is a Soviet and Russian film and theater actor, director.
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.
He performed in more than thirty films since 1987.