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5 Sept 1954

Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

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

Breakfast on the Grass

1 August 1987

All My Lenins

2 October 1997

Pisuhänd

31 January 1982

Open Book

8 January 1980

A Man Who Never Was

18 March 1990

Passenger from the 'Equator'

2 January 1970

Tom and Fluffy

1 January 1997

Karoliine's Silver Yarn

16 May 1985

Three Jolly Fellows

31 August 1990

Fools of Fame

27 December 1982