Jüri Järvet
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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
Credits
Solaris (1972)
as Dr. Snaut
The Last Relic (1970)
as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
Forest Captain (1972)
as Jõnn
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979)
as Alex Snewahr
Madness (1969)
as Windisch
Windy Beach (1971)
as Hollmann
Cargo With No Markings (1984)
as контрабандист
The Milkman of Mäeküla (1965)
as Tõnu Prillup
Spring in the Forest (1974)
as Minna's Father
Philipp Traum (1990)
as Father Peter
Uninvited Guests (1959)
Actor
Murder on the 31st Floor (1981)
as Karl Branner
Lurich (1984)
as Lawyer
Капитан Фракасс (1984)
as Матамор
Traces (1964)
as Elmar
He Will Receive (1992)
as Demoney
Dangerous Games (1974)
as Õline
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf (1986)
Actor
Daisy Petal Game (1978)
as Oskar (segment "Poacher")
King Lear (1970)
as King Lear
The Committee of 19 (1972)
as Techer
Tear of the Prince of Darkness (1993)
as Old Compositor
Echoes of the Past (1971)
as Zeifert
The Red Violin (1975)
as Peek
Time to Live, Time to Love (1977)
Actor
Under the Same Roof (1963)
as Tõnis
Postmark from Vienna (1968)
as Martin Roll
Summer (1976)
as Toots's Father
Indrek (1976)
as Religion Teacher
Vernanda (1988)
Actor
Girl in Black (1967)
Actor
The New Devil of Hellsbottom (1965)
as Peetrus
Candles in the Dark (1993)
Actor
An Unusual Story (1974)
as Psychiatrist
Nipernaadi (1983)
as Siimon Vaa
Legends of Tallinn (1995)
as Old Mayor (voice)
Täna õhtul... (1984)
as Self
The Dead Season (1968)
as Professor O'Reilly
The Visitor (1979)
Actor
Luukas (1992)
as Albert
A Fairy Tale Told at Night (1981)
as Waldmännchen
Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993)
as Old Man
Face to Face (1986)
as Золле
Laulu sõber (1962)
as Ott Kuu, traktorist
Lack of Wind (1971)
as Saare Sander
Dance Around the Steam Boiler (1988)
Actor
Wild Violets (1980)
as Lipp
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later (1994)
Actor
Surmatants (1991)
as Tallinna linnapea
The Accident (1975)
as Вальтер - судья
The Watchmaker and the Chicken (1989)
Actor
City Unplugged (1993)
as Anton
Andrus' Happiness (1955)
Actor
The Time of Your Life (1992)
Actor
Actor Joller (1960)
as Ruts
Peace Avenue (1991)
as Jaak
JJ: Every Inch a King (2026)
as Self (archive footage)