Jüri Krjukov
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
Known For | Acting |
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Most Rating | 1.443 |
Birthday | 1954-09-05 |
Place of Birth | Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia] |
Also Known As | Юрий Крюков, Yury Kryukov, Юри Крюков, Yuriy Kryukov, |
1994
American Mountains
0/0
A former goldminer who has run afoul of the law is made an unusual offer by the mafia. The power of money and popularity among women won't let him ste...
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American Mountains
1983
Doubles
3/2
A musical comedy about singer Toomas Aringus and rally driver Mati Uibo, whom journalist Tiina Salum considers to be one and the same person due to th...
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Doubles
1990
A Man Who Never Was
3.2/4
In the final weeks of the existence of the Soviet empire, a number of unusual films were released. In this wry Estonian comedy, a woman with an unusua...
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A Man Who Never Was
1979
A Woman Heats the Sauna
2/2
The story is about a woman, who has to heat up the company's sauna, because the bosses want to entertain foreign visitors. The sauna is situated in a...
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A Woman Heats the Sauna
1981
Igihaljas vaatemäng
8.5/1
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Igihaljas vaatemäng
1982
Pisuhänd
4.6/5
Classics of the Estonian plays about how a penniless man can become a millionaire and marry his loving girl.
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Pisuhänd
1970
Passenger from the 'Equator'
5.8/4
Young boy traveling on the ship called "Equator" suddenly witnesses the activity of the spy and helps to catch him.
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Passenger from the 'Equator'
1997
Tom and Fluffy
6.2/4
A small village in a large sea. Two young dogs, Tom and Fluffy are in love with each other. Their friend, Oskar the dog, is a newly invented machine f...
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Tom and Fluffy
1990
Three Jolly Fellows
7/3
Three Jolly Fellows tells of the adventures of three small men in a world that borders on the fantastic: the composed and close-to-nature Mossbeard, t...
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Three Jolly Fellows
1997
All My Lenins
4.9/8
Young and active nationalist Aleksander Kesküla makes up his mind to use Lenin, the Bolsheviks' leader, in order to start a revolution in Russia with...
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All My Lenins
1985
Karoliine's Silver Yarn
4/4
Karoliine is a spoiled and selfish princess who will meet swamp ogres and sleep fairies, a mermaid and a werewolf on her journey. A bunch of robbers w...
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Karoliine's Silver Yarn
1993
Prompter
3.5/2
The last film directed by Kaljo Kiisk has been dedicated to theatre and the people in theatre. You are entering the hectic world of musicians, zanies...
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Prompter
1987
Three Jolly Fellows 2
5/1
The second part of the film based on Eno Raua's children's book of the same name, which tells about the activities of three jolly fellows - Sammalhabe...
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Three Jolly Fellows 2
1988
Karlsson-on-the-Roof
0/0
Karlsson is a very short, portly and overconfident man who lives in a small house hidden behind a chimney on the roof of a very ordinary apartment bui...
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Karlsson-on-the-Roof
1986
Ball im Savoy
8/1
The aristocratic couple de Faublas returns from the honeymoon, but instead of domestic peace, they are intrigued by old relations. Love and jealousy,...
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Ball im Savoy
1982
Fools of Fame
4.7/3
Eduard Bornhöhe „Kuulsuse narrid" is a fun story about two unsuccessful, yet aspiring fools. Jaan is an incompetent and uneducated inventor, Saalomon...
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Fools of Fame
1993
So long, Dracula!
10/1
Occupied Estonia. Stalin and his time, when poets wrote stories and poems to Stalin. The tribunes appealed to Stalin as the "great friend of the Eston...
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So long, Dracula!
1987
Breakfast on the Grass
6.2/20
Several episodes, each focusing on a different figure. Towards the end they all come together to replicate the famous painting by Édouard Manet that p...
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Breakfast on the Grass
1987
In One Hundred Years in May
0/0
Viktor Kingissepp has been the underground head of the Communist Party of Estonia for three years. He corresponds with Moscow, writes speeches for the...
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In One Hundred Years in May
1984
Lurich
6.5/2
Georg Lurich was a world-famous Estonian professional wrestler in the early 1900-s who became a legend already in his lifetime. He was called not only...
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