Yul Brynner
Actor
- Born
- July 11, 1920 · Vladivostok, Russia
- Died
- October 10, 1985 (age 65)
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
The Magnificent Seven
October 12, 1960
The Ten Commandments
November 8, 1956
Westworld
August 15, 1973
The King and I
June 29, 1956
Futureworld
July 14, 1976
Return of the Seven
October 19, 1966
Anastasia
December 13, 1956
Testament of Orpheus
February 18, 1960
Solomon and Sheba
October 27, 1959
Morituri
August 24, 1965
Triple Cross
December 9, 1966
Taras Bulba
November 21, 1962
Acting56
- 2023Chauves, la revanche as Self (archive footage)
- 2020Yul Brynner, the Magnificent as Self - Actor (archive footage)
- 2015Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
- 2003The Making of The Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
- 2003Broadway's Lost Treasures as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
- 2002My Sister Maria as Himself (archive)
- 1996Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
- 1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self (archive footage)
- 1991Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice as Self (archive footage)