---
name: "Yuri Nikulin"
canonical: "https://film.one/person/yuriy-nikulin"
fi1m_id: "yuriy-nikulin"
imdb_id: "nm0631994"
tmdb_id: 86680
wikidata_id: "Q310873"
roles: ["Actor"]
born: "18 December 1921"
died: "21 August 1997"
reviewed_on_fi1m: 1
average_as: "actor"
average_over: 1
updated: "2026-09-26T16:51:45.431537+00:00"
licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL."
---

# Yuri Nikulin

## Identity

Yuri Nikulin

- **Canonical:** https://film.one/person/yuriy-nikulin
- **Type:** Person
- **Fi1m ID:** yuriy-nikulin
- **IMDb ID:** nm0631994
- **TMDB ID:** 86680
- **Wikidata ID:** Q310873
- **Same entity:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Nikulin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86680

Actor. Born 18 December 1921 in Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR. Died 21 August 1997.

## Details

- **Work:** Actor
- **Born:** 18 December 1921, Demidov, Smolenskaya oblast, RSFSR, USSR
- **Died:** 21 August 1997
- **Also known as:** Yuriy Nikulin, Юрий Владимирович Никулин, Juri Wladimirowitsch Nikulin, Jurij Nikulin, Jurij Władimirowicz Nikulin, يوري نيكولين, یوری نیکولین, Yuri Vladimiroviç Nikulin, Iuri Vladímirovitx Nikulin, Юрый Нікулін, Юрый Уладзіміравіч Нікулін, Юры Нікулін
- **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yuri_Nikulin, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q310873, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0631994/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/86680

## Biography

Yuri Vladimirovich Nikulin was a Soviet and Russian actor and clown. Born in Demidov, Smolensk Oblast, he trained at the Circus School and began performing as a clown at the Moscow State Circus in 1950. He later became director of the Moscow Circus on Tsvetnoy Boulevard.

Nikulin starred in numerous popular films, most notably the comedies directed by Leonid Gaidai such as *Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures* (1965), *Kidnapping, Caucasian Style* (1967) and *The Diamond Arm* (1969). He also appeared in dramatic roles, including Patrikey in Andrei Tarkovsky's *Andrei Rublev* (1966) and in war films such as *They Fought for Their Motherland* (1975).

He received the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1973 and Hero of Socialist Labour in 1990. Nikulin died in Moscow in 1997.

*Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.*

## On Fi1m (1)

- *Andrei Rublev* (1966), Fi1m 86, as Patrikey — [page](https://film.one/film/andrei-rublev.md)

## Complete filmography (43)

Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page.

- *Клуб «Белый попугай»* (1993), series, Actor
- *To Remember* (1993), series, as Narrator
- *Captain Krokus* (1991), as introductory and concluding remarks
- *Scarecrow* (1983), as Nikolay Bessoltsev - Lena's grandfather
- *I Don't Want to Be a Grown-Up* (1982), as Kloun
- *Here, Not Far Away* (1979), Actor
- *Clowns and Children* (1977), Actor
- *Bobik Visiting Barbos* (1977), as Bobik (voice)
- *Twenty Days Without War* (1976), as Major Vasily Nikolaevich Lopatin
- *The Adventures of Travka* (1976), Actor
- *They Fought for Their Motherland* (1975), as pvt. Nekrasov
- *Yeralash* (1974), series, Actor
- *Old Men: Robbers* (1972), as Николай Мячиков
- *Point, Point, Comma...* (1972), as Alexey's father
- *Telegram* (1972), as Fyodor Fyodorovich
- *12 Chairs* (1971), as janitor Tikhon
- *Parad-Alle* (1971), Actor
- *Deniska's Stories* (1970), as сосед Дениски из похожего дома
- *The Diamond Arm* (1969), as Semyon Semyonovich Gorbunkov, Songs
- *New Girl* (1969), Actor
- *Seven Old Men and One Girl* (1968), as грабитель («Балбес»)
- *Kidnapping, Caucasian Style* (1967), as Balbes, Songs
- *Сказки русского леса* (1967), as Balbes
- *The Little Runaway* (1966), Actor
- *Andrei Rublev* (1966), as Patrikey — Fi1m 86, [page](https://film.one/film/andrei-rublev.md)
- *Operation Y and Other Shurik's Adventures* (1965), as «Balbes» (segment "Operation Y")
- *Fantasizing* (1965), Actor
- *Give Me a Complaints Book* (1965), as продавец
- *Big "Wick"* (1964), as Петя-Петушок (нлвелла «Влип»)
- *Come Here, Mukhtar!* (1964), as Glasychev
- *Strictly Business* (1963), as Thief (segment "Makes the Whole World Kin")
- *Young-Green* (1962), as Nikolai
- *Fuse* (1962), series, Actor
- *No Fear, No Blame* (1962), as clown
- *When the Trees Were Tall* (1961), as Kuzma Kuzmich Iordanov
- *The Taming of the Shrew* (1961), as Boys' Choir Master
- *Dog Barbos and Unusual Cross* (1961), as «Балбес»
- *Sovershenno seryozno* (1961), as «Балбес» (новелла «Пёс Барбос и необычный кросс»)
- *The Man from Nowhere* (1961), as Militsioner (uncredited)
- *My Friend, Kolka!* (1961), as Vasya
- *Bootleggers* (1961), as «Балбес»
- *The Unamenables* (1959), as Vasily Klyachkin
- *A Girl with Guitar* (1958), as Pyromancer Loser

## Gallery

- ![Артист цирка и кино народный артист СССР Ю. Никулин. Фото М. Окушко. 1977 год. Главархив Москвы](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-247ee9b53665.jpg) Артист цирка и кино народный артист СССР Ю. Никулин. Фото М. Окушко. 1977 год. Главархив Москвы — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9b/Nikulin_1977.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yuri Nikulin](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-1aade93b89b4.jpg) Yuri Nikulin — Anastasiya Fedorenko, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/6/62/%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD1.jpg/1280px-%D0%AE%D1%80%D0%B8%D0%B9_%D0%9D%D0%B8%D0%BA%D1%83%D0%BB%D0%B8%D0%BD1.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Артист цирка и кино Ю. Никулин (портрет в клоунской маске). 1960-е годы. Главархив Москвы](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-96232c38b971.jpg) Артист цирка и кино Ю. Никулин (портрет в клоунской маске). 1960-е годы. Главархив Москвы — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Nikulin_1960s_portrait.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Клоун Ю. Никулин на арене цирка. Фото В. Ахломова. 1970-е годы. Главархив Москвы](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-06546825779a.jpg) Клоун Ю. Никулин на арене цирка. Фото В. Ахломова. 1970-е годы. Главархив Москвы — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/c2/Nikulin_on_circus_1970s.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)
- ![Yuri Nikulin](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-a6737c09a710.jpg) Yuri Nikulin — Image via TMDB
- ![Народный артист СССР директор цирка на Цветном бульваре Ю. Никулин на арене цирка. Фото Н. Гнисюка. 1980-е годы. Главархив Москвы (1960)](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-fcfa66bb8116.jpg) Народный артист СССР директор цирка на Цветном бульваре Ю. Никулин на арене цирка. Фото Н. Гнисюка. 1980-е годы. Главархив Москвы (1960) — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://thumb.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/b/bc/History_of_Moscow_Circus_on_Tsvetnoy_Boulevard_02.jpg/1280px-History_of_Moscow_Circus_on_Tsvetnoy_Boulevard_02.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail)
- ![Ю. Никулин выступает на первом представлении в новом цирке на проспекте Вернадского. Фото В. Ахломова. 30 апреля 1971 года. Главархив Москвы](https://film.one/media/person/3915294/gallery-45754de6e117.jpg) Ю. Никулин выступает на первом представлении в новом цирке на проспекте Вернадского. Фото В. Ахломова. 30 апреля 1971 года. Главархив Москвы — Главархив Москвы, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/36/Nikulin_on_new_Circus_1971.jpg?utm_source=commons.wikimedia.org&utm_campaign=imageinfo&utm_content=thumbnail_unscaled)

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