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Aliases: Юрий Крюков , Yury Kryukov , Юри Крюков , Yuriy Kryukov

Gender: Male

Place of birth: Tallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR [now Estonia]

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Movie Involvements: 11

TV Involvements: 1


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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

Most Famous Work

Wikman's Boys
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Wikman's Boys

(1995) Mr. Sirkel
Breakfast on the Grass
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6

Breakfast on the Grass

(1987) (voice)
Karlsson-on-the-Roof
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Karlsson-on-the-Roof

(1988) Fille
Passenger from the 'Equator'
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7
Three Jolly Fellows 2
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Three Jolly Fellows 2

(1987) Kingpool (voice)
So long, Dracula!
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So long, Dracula!

(1993) Narrator
Karoliine's Silver Yarn
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Karoliine's Silver Yarn

(1985) Bandit
In One Hundred Years in May
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In One Hundred Years in May

(1986) Viktor Kingisepp

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