Jüri Järvet
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!.
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Movies (58)
JJ: Every Inch a King
2026 · Self (archive footage)
Legends of Tallinn
1995 · Old Mayor (voice)
The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
1994
Candles in the Dark
1993
City Unplugged
1993 · Anton
Marraskuun harmaa valo
1993 · Old Man
Tear of the Prince of Darkness
1993 · Old Compositor
Luukas
1992 · Albert
He Will Receive
1992 · Demoney
The Time of Your Life
1992
Peace Avenue
1991 · Jaak
Surmatants
1991 · Tallinna linnapea
Philipp Traum
1990 · Father Peter
The Watchmaker and the Chicken
1989
Dance Around the Steam Boiler
1988
Vernanda
1988
Face to Face
1986 · Золле
In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
1986
Lurich
1984 · Lawyer
Cargo With No Markings
1984 · контрабандист
Täna õhtul...
1984 · Self
Капитан Фракасс
1984 · Матамор
Nipernaadi
1983 · Siimon Vaa
A Fairy Tale Told at Night
1981 · Waldmännchen
Murder on the 31st Floor
1981 · Karl Branner
Wild Violets
1980 · Lipp
Dead Mountaineer's Hotel
1979 · Alex Snewahr
The Visitor
1979
Daisy Petal Game
1978 · Oskar (segment "Poacher")
Time to Live, Time to Love
1977
Summer
1976 · Toots's Father
Indrek
1976 · Religion Teacher
The Accident
1975 · Вальтер - судья
The Red Violin
1975 · Peek
An Unusual Story
1974 · Psychiatrist
Spring in the Forest
1974 · Minna's Father
Dangerous Games
1974 · Õline
The Committee of 19
1972 · Techer
Solaris
1972 · Dr. Snaut
Forest Captain
1972 · Jõnn
Lack of Wind
1971 · Saare Sander
Echoes of the Past
1971 · Zeifert
Windy Beach
1971 · Hollmann
King Lear
1970 · King Lear
The Last Relic
1970 · Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
Madness
1969 · Windisch
The Dead Season
1968 · Professor O'Reilly
Postmark from Vienna
1968 · Martin Roll
Girl in Black
1967
The New Devil of Hellsbottom
1965 · Peetrus
The Milkman of Mäeküla
1965 · Tõnu Prillup
Traces
1964 · Elmar
Under the Same Roof
1963 · Tõnis
Laulu sõber
1962 · Ott Kuu, traktorist
Meeting by Chance
1961 · Writer
Actor Joller
1960 · Ruts, Screenplay
Uninvited Guests
1959
Andrus' Happiness
1955
