Vasily Vasilyevich Samoylov (Russian: Василий Васильевич Самойлов, 25 January 1813, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia — 8 April 1887, Saint Petersburg, Imperial Russia) was a Russian stage actor, associated with Alexandrinsky Theatre in Saint Petersburg. Initially an opera singer, he was also an artist whose several albums of paintings include the gallery of stage self-portraits, amounting to a visual autobiography.