--- name: "Jüri Järvet" canonical: "https://film.one/person/juri-jarvet" roles: ["Actor"] born: "18 June 1919" died: "5 July 1995" reviewed_on_fi1m: 1 average_as: "actor" average_over: 1 updated: "2026-09-21T03:33:58.785592+00:00" licence: "© Fi1m Ltd. Written by AI under a human editor; checked against sources before publication. Quote with attribution and a link to the canonical URL." --- # Jüri Järvet Actor. Born 18 June 1919 in Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia. Died 5 July 1995. ## Details - **Work:** Actor - **Born:** 18 June 1919, Tallinn, Harju County, Estonia - **Died:** 5 July 1995 - **Also known as:** Юри Евгеньевич Ярвет, Yuri Yevgenyevich Yarvet, Georgi Kuznetsov, Георгий Евгеньевич Кузнецов, Георгий Кузнецов - **Elsewhere:** https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%BCri_J%C3%A4rvet, https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q516935, https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0433525/, https://www.themoviedb.org/person/8474 ## Streaming the US now - **HBO Max:** [*Solaris*](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) (87) For United States; add `?region=XX` for another country. ## Fi1m on Jüri Järvet > Jüri Järvet makes clever men seem vulnerable, weary and sometimes peculiar. We value the physical expressiveness behind that work, and the resigned presence that keeps us interested in *Solaris* through its long philosophical conversations. In *Solaris* (1972), Jüri Järvet’s Dr. Snaut has the air of a man who has stopped expecting reassuring answers. His resigned presence keeps us interested in the man as Andrei Tarkovsky’s film works through its difficult ideas. We found Snaut’s weary composure unexpectedly comforting in a film so painfully lonely. Järvet is especially valuable in material that might otherwise leave us listening to clever people talk. We rate him for making those people seem vulnerable without asking us to pity them. His screen prominence came with Professor O’Reilly in *Dead Season* (1968) and Windisch in Kaljo Kiisk’s *Madness* (1969). Grigori Kozintsev’s *King Lear* (1970) brought wider attention, with Järvet in the title role. Taken alongside Snaut, those parts suggest why intellectuals and troubled figures of authority became such important territory for him. The attraction is the uneasiness he brings to them: we are interested in the person who has to keep going when intelligence or position proves insufficient. His remark that “the role starts in the legs” offers a useful way into these performances. The physical expressiveness and tragi-comic awkwardness matter because intellectual characters can so easily become people hired to deliver the writer’s thoughts. Järvet gives them nerves, weariness and peculiarities; we can take an interest in them before agreeing with anything they say. His later part as Alex Snewahr in *Dead Mountaineer's Hotel* (1979) continued his association with uncanny material. *Solaris* also shows the limit of what such an actor can do for a film. Some of its philosophical conversations continue after the performances have already made their point, and Järvet’s presence cannot prevent those stretches from dragging. That reservation matters, but it does not outweigh the grief and strange planetary images, or the human company he provides within them. Start there, with patience for the talk, then try *King Lear* to see him carry the title role. ## Biography Jüri Järvet (born Georgi Kuznetsov; 18 June 1919 – 5 July 1995) was an Estonian actor. He changed his name to the Estonian form in 1938. He began studying acting in 1944 and made his first stage appearance the following year. Järvet is known for his performances in *King Lear* (1970), in which he played the title role, and as Dr Snaut in Andrei Tarkovsky’s *Solaris* (1972). He also appeared in *Dead Mountaineer's Hotel* (1979). He received the title of People’s Artist of the USSR in 1975 and the USSR State Prize in 1981. His son, Jüri Järvet Jr., has also worked as an actor. *Sources: en.wikipedia.org, imdb.com.* ## On Fi1m (1) - *Solaris* (1972), Fi1m 87, as Dr. Snaut — [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) ## Complete filmography (58) Every credit, newest first. Titles without a page can be requested for review on the HTML page. - *Legends of Tallinn* (1995), as Old Mayor (voice) - *The Secret of Queen Anna or Musketeers 30 Years Later* (1994), Actor - *Candles in the Dark* (1993), Actor - *City Unplugged* (1993), as Anton - *Marraskuun harmaa valo* (1993), as Old Man - *Tear of the Prince of Darkness* (1993), as Old Compositor - *Luukas* (1992), as Albert - *He Will Receive* (1992), as Demoney - *The Time of Your Life* (1992), Actor - *Peace Avenue* (1991), as Jaak - *Surmatants* (1991), as Tallinna linnapea - *Philipp Traum* (1990), as Father Peter - *The Watchmaker and the Chicken* (1989), Actor - *Dance Around the Steam Boiler* (1988), Actor - *Vernanda* (1988), Actor - *Face to Face* (1986), as Золле - *In the Time of the Law of the Wolf* (1986), Actor - *Lurich* (1984), as Lawyer - *Cargo With No Markings* (1984), as контрабандист - *Капитан Фракасс* (1984), as Матамор - *Nipernaadi* (1983), as Siimon Vaa - *A Fairy Tale Told at Night* (1981), as Waldmännchen - *Murder on the 31st Floor* (1981), as Karl Branner - *Wild Violets* (1980), as Lipp - *Dead Mountaineer's Hotel* (1979), as Alex Snewahr - *The Visitor* (1979), Actor - *Daisy Petal Game* (1978), as Oskar (segment "Poacher") - *Data Tutashkhia* (1977), series, as Count Seged - *Time to Live, Time to Love* (1977), Actor - *Summer* (1976), as Toots's Father - *Indrek* (1976), as Religion Teacher - *The Accident* (1975), as Вальтер - судья - *Авария* (1975), series, as Вальтер, судья - *The Red Violin* (1975), as Peek - *An Unusual Story* (1974), as Psychiatrist - *Spring in the Forest* (1974), as Minna's Father - *Dangerous Games* (1974), as Õline - *The Committee of 19* (1972), as Techer - *Solaris* (1972), as Dr. Snaut — Fi1m 87, [page](https://film.one/film/solaris-1972.md) - *Forest Captain* (1972), as Jõnn - *Lack of Wind* (1971), as Saare Sander - *Echoes of the Past* (1971), as Zeifert - *Windy Beach* (1971), as Hollmann - *King Lear* (1970), as King Lear - *The Last Relic* (1970), as Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited) - *Madness* (1969), as Windisch - *The Dead Season* (1968), as Professor O'Reilly - *Postmark from Vienna* (1968), as Martin Roll - *Girl in Black* (1967), Actor - *The New Devil of Hellsbottom* (1965), as Peetrus - *The Milkman of Mäeküla* (1965), as Tõnu Prillup - *Traces* (1964), as Elmar - *Under the Same Roof* (1963), as Tõnis - *Laulu sõber* (1962), as Ott Kuu, traktorist - *Meeting by Chance* (1961), Writer - *Actor Joller* (1960), as Ruts · Screenplay - *Uninvited Guests* (1959), Actor - *Andrus' Happiness* (1955), Actor ## Awards ### Other awards — 8 won - USSR State Prize 1981: USSR State Prize (won) - Order of Friendship of Peoples 1979: Order of Friendship of Peoples (won) - People's Artist of the USSR 1975: People's Artist of the USSR (won) - Order of the Red Banner of Labour 1971: Order of the Red Banner of Labour (won) - People's Artist of the Estonian SSR 1969: People's Artist of the Estonian SSR (won) - Merited Artist of Estonian SSR 1964: Merited Artist of Estonian SSR (won) - Medal "For Distinguished Labour" 1956: Medal "For Distinguished Labour" (won) - Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" 1946: Medal "For Valiant Labour in the Great Patriotic War 1941–1945" (won) *From Wikidata, which records wins more completely than nominations.* --- © Fi1m Ltd. 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