Jüri Järvet
Acting
Born: 1919-06-18 in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
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!.
Known For
Solaris
Dr. Snaut
The Milkman of Mäeküla
Tõnu Prillup
Data Tutashkhia
Count Seged
Windy Beach
Hollmann
The Committee of 19
Techer
Dangerous Games
Õline
Madness
Windisch
Täna õhtul...
Self
The Last Relic
Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
Legends of Tallinn
Old Mayor (voice)
Postmark from Vienna
Martin Roll
Uninvited Guests
Spring in the Forest
Minna's Father
Forest Captain
Jõnn
Lurich
Lawyer
Nipernaadi
Siimon Vaa
The Dead Season
Professor O'Reilly
Summer
Toots's Father
An Unusual Story
Psychiatrist
Wild Violets
Lipp
Traces
Elmar
Luukas
Albert
Lack of Wind
Saare Sander
Echoes of the Past
Zeifert
Andrus' Happiness
City Unplugged
Anton
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Alex Snewahr
Daisy Petal Game
Oskar (segment "Poacher")
King Lear
King Lear
The Red Violin
Peek
Vernanda
Капитан Фракасс
Матамор
Laulu sõber
Ott Kuu, traktorist
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Peetrus
Philipp Traum
Father Peter
Time to Live, Time to Love
Murder on the 31st Floor
Karl Branner
Under the Same Roof
Tõnis
