Jüri Järvet
Born
June 18, 1919
Died
July 5, 1995 (76 years old)
Known For
Acting
Place of Birth
Tallinn, Estonia
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!.
Legends of Tallinn
Old Mayor (voice)
1995
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
1994
Candles in the Dark
1993
City Unplugged
Anton
1993
Marraskuun harmaa valo
Old Man
1993
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
Old Compositor
1993
Luukas
Albert
1992
He Will Receive
Demoney
1992
Время вашей жизни
1992
Peace Street
Jaak
1991
Surmatants
Tallinna linnapea
1991
Philipp Traum
Father Peter
1990
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
1989
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
Vernanda
1988
Face to Face
Золле
1986
Hundiseaduse aegu
1986
Lurich
Lawyer
1984
Gruz Bez Markirovki
контрабандист
1984
Капитан Фракасс
Матамор
1984
The Adventurer
Siimon Vaa
1983
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
Waldmännchen
1981
Murder on the 31st Floor
Karl Branner
1981
Wild Violets
Lipp
1980
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
Alex Snewahr
1979
The Visitor
1979
Daisy Petal Game
Oskar (segment "Poacher")
1978
Data Tutashkhia
Count Seged · (7 episodes)
1977
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
Summer
Toots's Father
1976
Indrek
Religion Teacher
1976
The Accident
Вальтер - судья
1975
The Red Violin
Peek
1975
An Unusual Story
Psychiatrist
1974
Spring in the Forest
Minna's Father
1974
Dangerous Games
Õline
1974
The Committee of 19
Techer
1972
Solaris
Dr. Snaut
1972
Forest Captain
Jõnn
1972
Lack of Wind
Saare Sander
1971
Windy Beach
Hollmann
1971
King Lear
King Lear
1970
The Last Relic
Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
1970
Madness
Windisch
1969
The Dead Season
Professor O'Reilly
1968
Postmark from Vienna
Martin Roll
1968
Girl in Black
1967
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
Peetrus
1965
The Milkman of Mäeküla
Tõnu Prillup
1965
Traces
Elmar
1964
Under the Same Roof
Tõnis
1963
Laulu sõber
Ott Kuu, traktorist
1962
Actor Joller
Ruts
1960
Uninvited Guests
1959
Andrus' Happiness
1955