
Jüri Järvet
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1919-06-18
Day of Death
1995-07-05 (76 years old)
Place of Birth
Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Jüri Järvet
Biography
Jüri Järvet (June 18, 1919 – July 5, 1995) was an Estonian actor. His name sometimes appears as Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, an incorrect back-transliteration from the Russian transliteration Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет. His birthname was Georgi Kuznetsov, and he took the Estonian form in 1938.
Järvet is best known in the West for the role of Dr. Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky's Solaris, but he played in numerous other films both in Russian and his native Estonian. He was awarded the title of People's Artist of the USSR in 1975, and the USSR State Prize in 1981.
Järvet played the title role in a powerful version of King Lear (1971) filmed on bleak landscapes in his native Estonia by Russian director Grigori Kozintsev and released in 1970. Kozintsev shared the screenwriting credit with Boris Pasternak; the score was by Dmitri Shostakovich.
His son Jüri Järvet Jr. has also acted in several movies, including All My Lenins and Khrustalyov, My Car!.
Acting
(1995)
Legends of Tallinn
as Old Mayor (voice)
(1994)
(1993)
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
as Old Compositor
(1993)
City Unplugged
as Anton
(1993)
(1993)
Marraskuun harmaa valo
as Old Man
(1992)
(1992)
He Will Receive
as Demoney
(1992)
Luukas
as Albert
(1991)
Surmatants
as Tallinna linnapea
(1991)
Peace Avenue
as Jaak
(1990)
Philipp Traum
as Father Peter
(1989)
(1988)
(1988)
(1986)
Face to Face
as Золле
(1986)
(1984)
Gruz Bez Markirovki
as контрабандист
(1984)
Lurich
as Lawyer
(1984)
Капитан Фракасс
as Матамор
(1983)
The Adventurer
as Siimon Vaa
(1981)
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
as Waldmännchen
(1981)
Murder on the 31st Floor
as Karl Branner
(1980)
Wild Violets
as Lipp
(1979)
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
as Alex Snewahr
(1979)
(1978)
Daisy Petal Game
as Oskar (segment "Poacher")
(1977)
(1976)
Indrek
as Religion Teacher
(1976)
Summer
as Toots's Father
(1975)
The Red Violin
as Peek
(1975)
The Accident
as Вальтер - судья
(1974)
Spring in the Forest
as Minna's Father
(1974)
An Unusual Story
as Psychiatrist
(1974)
Dangerous Games
as Õline
(1972)
Solaris
as Dr. Snaut
(1972)
The Committee of 19
as Techer
(1972)
Forest Captain
as Jõnn
(1971)
Echoes of the Past
as Zeifert
(1971)
Windy Beach
as Hollmann
(1971)
Lack of Wind
as Saare Sander
(1970)
King Lear
as King Lear
(1970)
The Last Relic
as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
(1969)
Madness
as Windisch
(1968)
The Dead Season
as Professor O'Reilly
(1968)
Postmark from Vienna
as Martin Roll
(1967)
(1965)
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
as Peetrus
(1965)
The Milkman of Mäeküla
as Tõnu Prillup
(1964)
Traces
as Elmar
(1963)
Under the Same Roof
as Tõnis
(1962)
Laulu sõber
as Ott Kuu, traktorist
(1960)
Actor Joller
as Ruts
(1959)
(1955)
Crew
(1961)
Meeting by Chance
Writer
(1960)
Actor Joller
Screenplay