Jüri Krjukov
Actor
- Born
- September 5, 1954 · Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Harju County, Estonia]
- Died
- October 18, 1997 (age 43)
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.
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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
Acting28
- 1997All My Lenins as Bolshevik
- 1997Tom and Fluffy as Narrator (voice)
- 1994American Mountains
- 1993So long, Dracula! as Narrator
- 1993Cabbage Head as (voice)
- 1993Prompter as Photographer
- 1990Three Jolly Fellows as Kingpool (voice)
- 1990A Man Who Never Was as Imbi's uncle
- 1988Karlsson-on-the-Roof as Fille
- 1987Three Jolly Fellows 2 as Kingpool (voice)
