
Jüri Järvet
Born: 1919-06-18
Place of Birth: 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

Actor Joller

City Unplugged

The Last Relic

Surmatants

Daisy Petal Game

Wild Violets

Tear of the Prince of Darkness

Madness

Spring in the Forest

King Lear

The Milkman of Mäeküla

The Adventurer

Face to Face

A Fairy Tale Told at Night

Marraskuun harmaa valo

The New Devil of Hellsbottom

Forest Captain

Hundiseaduse aegu

The Red Violin

Vernanda

Traces

Lurich

The Watchmaker and the Chicken

Uninvited Guests

An Unusual Story

The Dead Season

Windy Beach

Summer

Время вашей жизни

Postmark from Vienna

Andrus' Happiness

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

Laulu sõber

He Will Receive

Капитан Фракасс

Legends of Tallinn

Murder on the 31st Floor

Cargo With No Markings

Girl in Black

Philipp Traum

The Visitor

Luukas

The Committee of 19

Lack of Wind

Echoes of the Past

The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later

Dance Around the Steam Boiler

Dangerous Games

Under the Same Roof

Peace Avenue

The Accident

Time to Live, Time to Love

Candles in the Dark
