Jüri Järvet
Acting
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!.
Born: June 18, 1919
Place of Birth: Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia
Known For
Filmography
as Old Mayor (voice)
as Anton
as Old Man
as Old Compositor
as Albert
as Demoney
as Jaak
as Tallinna linnapea
as Father Peter
as Золле
as Lawyer
as контрабандист
as Матамор
as Siimon Vaa
as Waldmännchen
as Karl Branner
as Lipp
as Alex Snewahr
as Oskar (segment "Poacher")
as Count Seged
as Toots's Father
as Religion Teacher
as Вальтер - судья
as Peek
as Psychiatrist
as Minna's Father
as Õline
as Techer
as Dr. Snaut
as Jõnn
as Saare Sander
as Zeifert
as Hollmann
as King Lear
as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
as Windisch
as Professor O'Reilly
as Martin Roll
as Peetrus
as Tõnu Prillup
as Elmar
as Tõnis
as Ott Kuu, traktorist
as Ruts