Yul Brynner
Known for department: Acting
Birthday: 1920-07-11 – 1985-10-10
Place of birth: Vladivostok, Russia
Biography
Yul Brynner (July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985) was a Russian-born American actor of stage and film. He was best known for his portrayal of Mongkut, king of Siam, in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, for which he won an Academy Award for Best Actor for the film version; he also played the role more than 4,500 times on stage. He is also remembered as Rameses II in the 1956 Cecil B. DeMille film The Ten Commandments, General Bounine in Anastasia and Chris Adams in The Magnificent Seven. Brynner was noted for his distinctive voice and for his shaven head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for his initial role in The King and I. He was also a photographer and the author of two books.
Known for
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995Self (archive footage)
The Magnificent Seven
1960Chris Adams
Westworld
1973The Gunslinger
Futureworld
1976The Gunslinger
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996Self (archive footage)
Triple Cross
1966Baron von Grunen
The Buccaneer
1958Jean Lafitte
Fuzz
1972The Deaf Man
The Ten Commandments
1956Rameses
Port of New York
1949Paul Vicola
The Ultimate Warrior
1975Carson
Return of the Seven
1966Chris Adams
The Battle of Neretva
1969Vlado
Chauves, la revanche
2023Self (archive footage)
Solomon and Sheba
1959Solomon
Testament of Orpheus
1960L'huissier (non crédité)
Morituri
1965Captain Müller
Taras Bulba
1962Taras Bulba
The Brothers Karamazov
1958Dmitri Karamazov