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!.

Known For

Solaris

as Dr. Snaut

Dead Mountaineer's Hotel

as Alex Snewahr

King Lear

as King Lear

The Last Relic

as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)

Summer

as Toots's Father

The Dead Season

as Professor O'Reilly

The Adventurer

as Siimon Vaa

The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later

Madness

as Windisch

City Unplugged

as Anton