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!.

Filmography

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

Appearances as themselves (1)

• 1984Täna õhtul... — Self