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!.

Movies & TV Shows

1. Solaris (1972) — Dr. Snaut
2. Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) — Alex Snewahr
3. King Lear (1970) — King Lear
4. The Last Relic (1970) — Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
5. The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later (1994)
6. Summer (1976) — Toots's Father
7. The Dead Season (1968) — Professor O'Reilly
8. The Adventurer (1983) — Siimon Vaa
9. Data Tutashkhia (1977) — Count Seged
10. Madness (1969) — Windisch
11. Philipp Traum (1990) — Father Peter
12. A Fairy Tale Told at Night (1981) — Waldmännchen
13. City Unplugged (1993) — Anton
14. The New Devil of Hellsbottom (1965) — Peetrus
15. Vernanda (1988)
16. Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993) — Old Man
17. Postmark from Vienna (1968) — Martin Roll
18. The Milkman of Mäeküla (1965) — Tõnu Prillup
19. The Accident (1975) — Вальтер - судья
20. Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993) — Old Compositor
21. Spring in the Forest (1974) — Minna's Father
22. Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
23. Cargo With No Markings (1984) — контрабандист
24. He Will Receive (1992) — Demoney
25. The Visitor (1979)
26. Lurich (1984) — Lawyer
27. Forest Captain (1972) — Jõnn
28. Andrus' Happiness (1955)
29. Under the Same Roof (1963) — Tõnis
30. Candles in the Dark (1993)
31. Dangerous Games (1974) — Õline
32. Daisy Petal Game (1978) — Oskar (segment "Poacher")
33. The Committee of 19 (1972) — Techer
34. Uninvited Guests (1959)
35. Face to Face (1986) — Золле
36. Капитан Фракасс (1984) — Матамор
37. Wild Violets (1980) — Lipp
38. An Unusual Story (1974) — Psychiatrist
39. In the Time of the Law of the Wolf (1986)
40. Laulu sõber (1962) — Ott Kuu, traktorist