Jüri Krjukov

Jüri Krjukov

1954-09-05

Biography

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

Also appears in

All My Lenins

All My Lenins

4.9

Pisuhänd

Pisuhänd

4.6

Breakfast on the Grass

Breakfast on the Grass

6.2

A Man Who Never Was

A Man Who Never Was

3.2

Three Jolly Fellows

Three Jolly Fellows

7.0

In One Hundred Years in May

In One Hundred Years in May

Not yet rated

Igihaljas vaatemäng

Igihaljas vaatemäng

8.5

A Woman Heats the Sauna

A Woman Heats the Sauna

2.0

Tom and Fluffy

Tom and Fluffy

6.2

Passenger from the ’Equator’

Passenger from the ’Equator’

5.6

Doubles

Doubles

3.0

Three Jolly Fellows 2

Three Jolly Fellows 2

5.0

Karoliine’s Silver Yarn

Karoliine’s Silver Yarn

4.0

Lurich

Lurich

6.5

American Mountains

American Mountains

Not yet rated

Prompter

Prompter

3.5

Karlsson-on-the-Roof

Karlsson-on-the-Roof

Not yet rated

Ball im Savoy

Ball im Savoy

8.0

The Wolf Law

The Wolf Law

Not yet rated

Fools of Fame

Fools of Fame

4.7