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!.
Count Seged
Dr. Snaut
Windisch
Brother Johannes (voice) (uncredited)
Alex Snewahr
King Lear
Вальтер - судья
Father Peter
Lipp
Toots's Father
Professor O'Reilly
Золле
Матамор
контрабандист
Oskar (segment "Poacher")
Religion Teacher
Demoney
Lawyer
Ruts
Waldmännchen
Hollmann
Siimon Vaa
Õline
Karl Branner
Tallinna linnapea
Old Compositor
Techer
Peetrus
Martin Roll
Peek
Jaak
Old Man
Ott Kuu, traktorist
Elmar
Jõnn
Minna's Father
Tõnu Prillup
Albert
Saare Sander
Psychiatrist
Anton
Tõnis
Old Mayor (voice)