Jüri Järvet
1919-06-18 ( 105 years old ) in Tallinn, Estonia

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!.

Movies

City Unplugged 1993-06-06
Luukas 1992-10-12
Peace Street 1991-12-12
Surmatants 1991-11-07
Philipp Traum 1989-06-06
Vernanda 1988-01-01
Face to Face 1986-08-02
Lurich 1984-08-20
The Adventurer 1983-05-14
Wild Violets 1980-06-30
The Visitor 1979-01-01
Summer 1976-05-10
Indrek 1976-02-02
The Accident 1975-09-04
The Red Violin 1975-01-20
Solaris 1972-03-20
Forest Captain 1972-02-16
Lack of Wind 1971-10-18
Windy Beach 1971-01-03
King Lear 1970-12-15
The Last Relic 1970-03-23
Madness 1969-02-17
Girl in Black 1967-02-03
Traces 1964-01-13
Laulu sõber 1961-06-18
Actor Joller 1960-08-28