Jüri Krjukov

Born: 1954-09-05

Jüri Krjukov (September 5, 1954 – October 18, 1997) was an Estonian actor. Jüri Krjukov was born in Tallinn to Igor Krjukov, an engineer of Russian origin, and Maria Krjukov (née Pirson), who was Estonian. He had an older brother Oleg, seven years his senior. When he was six-months-old, his father died and his mother supported the family by working as a hairdresser. In 1968, aged fourteen, Krjukov made his film debut in a starring role as Ilmar, an Estonian boy in the Pioneer organization, in the Aleksandr Kurochkin directed Russian language children's film Passenger from the "Equator". After filming, he returned to his studies at the Tallinn Secondary School No. 7 (now, Tallinn English College), graduating in 1972. Afterwards, he enrolled at the Tallinn Conservatory to study acting under instructor Voldemar Panso, graduating in 1976. His is graduating classmates included: Merle Karusoo, Ago-Endrik Kerge, Urmas Kibuspuu, Kalju Orro, Anne Paluver, Külliki Tool, Lembit Peterson, Priit Pedajas, Eero Spriit, and Peeter Volkonski. His diploma production roles were as Kägu in August Kitzberg's Kosjasõit and Director in Luigi Pirandello's Six Characters in Search of an Author


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Karoliine's Silver Yarn

as Bandit
Released: 1985-05-16

Karoliine is a spoiled and selfish princess who will meet swamp ogres and sleep fairies, a...

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All My Lenins

as Bolshevik
Released: 1997-10-02

Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks'...

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Woman Heating the Sauna

as Moorits' Son
Released: 1979-01-02

The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to...

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Doubles

as Band Administrator
Released: 1983-05-11

A musical comedy about singer Toomas Aringus and rally driver Mati Uibo, whom journalist Tiina...

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Breakfast on the Grass

as (voice)
Released: 1987-08-01

Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to...

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American Mountains

as uncredited
Released: 1994-05-19

A former goldminer who has run afoul of the law is made an unusual offer by the mafia. The power...

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Lurich

as Lecturer
Released: 1984-06-02

Georg Lurich was a world-famous Estonian professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a...

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Three Jolly Fellows 2

as Kingpool (voice)
Released: 1987-09-12

The second part of the film based on Eno Raua's children's book of the same name, which tells...

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Pisuhänd

as Ludvig Sander
Released: 1982-01-31

Classics of the Estonian plays about how a penniless man can become a millionaire and marry his...

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A Man Who Never Was

as uncredited
Released: 1990-03-18

In the final weeks of the existence of the Soviet empire, a number of unusual films were...

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Fools of Fame

as Salomon Vesipruul
Released: 1982-12-27

Eduard Bornhöhe „Kuulsuse narrid" is a fun story about two unsuccessful, yet aspiring fools....

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In One Hundred Years in May

as Viktor Kingisepp
Released: 1986-11-27

Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three...

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Prompter

as Photographer
Released: 1993-04-19

The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre....

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Passenger from the 'Equator'

as Ilmar
Released: 1970-01-02

Young boy traveling on the ship called "Equator" suddenly witnesses the activity of the spy and...

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Three Jolly Fellows

as Kingpool (voice)
Released: 1990-08-31

Three Jolly Fellows tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the...

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Karlsson-on-the-Roof

as Fille
Released: 1988-01-20

Karlsson is a very short, portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hidden behind...

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Tom and Fluffy

as Narrator (voice)
Released: 1997-01-01

A small village in a large sea. Two young dogs, Tom and Fluffy are in love with each other....

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Ball im Savoy

as Mustafa
Released: 1986-03-31

The aristocratic couple de Faublas returns from the honeymoon, but instead of domestic peace,...

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So long, Dracula!

as Narrator
Released: 1993-11-05

Occupied Estonia. Stalin and his time, when poets wrote stories and poems to Stalin. The...

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Wikman's Boys

as Mr. Sirkel
First aired: 1995-01-08

Wikman's Boys is a 1994-year drama serial about the Wikman Private Gymnasium students from 1937...

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