
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!.

Solaris
MOVIE • 1972

The Red Violin
MOVIE • 1975

Data Tutashkhia
TV • 1977

In the Time of the Law of the Wolf
MOVIE • 1986

King Lear
MOVIE • 1970

The Last Relic
MOVIE • 1970

Wild Violets
MOVIE • 1980

Spring in the Forest
MOVIE • 1974

Summer
MOVIE • 1976

Vernanda
MOVIE • 1988

Forest Captain
MOVIE • 1972

Actor Joller
MOVIE • 1960

The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later
MOVIE • 1994

He Will Receive
MOVIE • 1992

Капитан Фракасс
MOVIE • 1984

Philipp Traum
MOVIE • 1990

Lurich
MOVIE • 1984

Traces
MOVIE • 1964