Yul Brynner
Born Jul 11, 1920 · Vladivostok, Russia
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
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
My Sister Maria
2002
Futureworld
1976
Death Rage
1976
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Westworld
1973
The Serpent
1973
Anna and the King
1972
Fuzz
1972
Catlow
1971
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
Adiós, Sabata
1970
The Magic Christian
1969
The Battle of Neretva
1969
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Villa Rides
1968
The Double Man
1967
The Long Duel
1967
Return of the Seven
1966
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Triple Cross
1966
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Morituri
1965
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Flight from Ashiya
1964
Kings of the Sun
1963
Taras Bulba
1962
Escape from Zahrain
1962
Goodbye Again
1961
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Testament of Orpheus
1960
Once More, with Feeling!
1960
Surprise Package
1960
Solomon and Sheba
1959
The Sound and the Fury
1959
The Journey
1959
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
The Buccaneer
1958
The Ten Commandments
1956
The King and I
1956
Anastasia
1956
Omnibus
1952
Flowers from a Stranger
1950
Port of New York
1949
Flowers from a Stranger
1949
Studio One
1948