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!.

Most Known For

Solaris

as Dr. Snaut

Daisy Petal Game

as Oskar (segment "Poacher")

The Last Relic

as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)

Data Tutashkhia

as Count Seged

Madness

as Windisch

Hundiseaduse aegu

Windy Beach

as Hollmann

The Red Violin

as Peek

Vernanda

Lurich

as Lawyer

Wild Violets

as Lipp

Traces

as Elmar

Spring in the Forest

as Minna's Father

Forest Captain

as Jõnn

Uninvited Guests

The Adventurer

as Siimon Vaa

Lack of Wind

as Saare Sander

Actor Joller

as Ruts

An Unusual Story

as Psychiatrist

Summer

as Toots's Father