Jüri Järvet

Jüri Järvet (18 June 1919 – 5 July 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.

Biography
Järvet's mother was a Russian, while his father is believed to have been an ethnic German who had immigrated from Lorraine.

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 in 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 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!.

Filmography

 * Andruse õnn (1955)
 * Kutsumata külalised (1959) - Valter
 * Laulu sõber (1961) - Ott Kuu
 * Ühe katuse all (1963) - Tõnis
 * Jäljed (1963) - Elmar
 * Põrgupõhja uus Vanapagan (1964) - Peetrus
 * Mäeküla piimamees (1965) - Tõnu Prillup
 * Tütarlaps mustas (1967) - Juonas
 * Viini postmark (1968) - Martin Roll
 * Myortvyy sezon (1968) - Professor O'Reilly
 * Hullumeelsus (1969) - Windisch
 * Viimne reliikvia (1969) - Brother Johannes's voice (Estonian version)
 * King Lear (1970) - King Lear
 * Tuuline rand (1971) - Hollmann
 * Tuulevaikus (1971) - Saare Sander
 * Antsyali ardzaganqnere (1971) - Zeifert
 * Metskapten (1971) - Jõnn
 * Solyaris (1972) - Doktor Snaut, kibernetik
 * Komitet 19-ti (1972) - Techer
 * Ukuaru (1973) - Minna's Father
 * Tavatu lugu (1974) - Psychiatrist
 * Ohtlikud mängud (1974) - Õline
 * Avariya (1974) - Judge
 * Punane viiul (1975) - Peek
 * Indrek (1976) - Teacher of religion
 * Suvi (1976) - Toots's father
 * Aeg elada, aeg armastada (1977) - Minister
 * Karikakramäng (1977) - Oskar (segment "Salakütt")
 * Data Tutashkhia (1977, TV Series) - Count Seged
 * Dead Mountaineer's Hotel (1979) - Alex Snewahr
 * Metskannikesed (1980) - Apothecary Lipp
 * Skazka, rasskazannaya nochyu (1981) - Waldmännchen
 * Nipernaadi (1983) - Siimon Vaa
 * Lurich (1984) - Advokaat
 * Litsom k litsu (1987)
 * Tants aurukatla ümber (1987, TV Movie)
 * Khronika Satany mladshego (1989) - Father Peter
 * Surmatants (1991) - Tallinna linnapea
 * Rahu tänav (1991) - Jaak
 * Vremya vashey zhizni (1992)
 * On svoyo poluchit (1992) - Demoney
 * Luukas (1992) - Albert
 * Lza ksiecia ciemnosci (1993) - Old compositor
 * Marraskuun harmaa valo (1993) - Vanha mies
 * Darkness in Tallinn (1993) - Anton