Yul Brynner

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. Description above from the Wikipedia Yul Brynner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

Self (archive footage)

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

Chris Adams

The Magnificent Seven

The Gunslinger

Westworld

The Gunslinger

Futureworld

Self (archive footage)

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Baron von Grunen

Triple Cross

Jean Lafitte

The Buccaneer

The Deaf Man

Fuzz

Rameses

The Ten Commandments

Paul Vicola

Port of New York

Carson

The Ultimate Warrior

Chris Adams

Return of the Seven

Vlado

Bitka na Neretvi

Self (archive footage)

Chauves, la revanche

Solomon

Solomon and Sheba

Court Usher (uncredited)

Le Testament d'Orphée

Captain Müller

Morituri

Taras Bulba

Taras Bulba

Dmitri Karamazov

The Brothers Karamazov

Col. Alexi Vlassov

Le Serpent

General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine

Anastasia

King Mongkut of Siam

The King and I

Pancho Villa

Villa Rides

Chief Black Eagle

Kings of the Sun

Peter Novak

The File of the Golden Goose

Self (archive footage)

Jag är Ingrid

Sabata / Indio Black

Indio Black, sai che ti dico: Sei un gran figlio di…

Jonathan Kongre

The Light at the Edge of the World

Jules Gaspard d'Estaing

Invitation to a Gunfighter

Catlow

Catlow

Major Surov

The Journey

Sultan

The Long Duel

Dan Slater / Kalmar

The Double Man

Peter Marciani

Con la rabbia agli occhi

The Chairman

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Sharif

Escape from Zahrain

TSgt. Mike Takashima

Flight from Ashiya

Colonel Salem

The Poppy Is Also a Flower

Jason Compson

The Sound and the Fury

Captain Stoloff

Le Roman d'un voleur de chevaux

Victor Fabian

Once More, with Feeling!

Himself (archive)

Meine Schwester Maria

Nico March

Surprise Package

The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Asher Gonen

Cast a Giant Shadow

Self

Night of 100 Stars II

Transvestite Cabaret Singer

The Magic Christian

Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

Extra in Nightclub Scene

Goodbye Again

Self (archive footage)

It's Showtime

Dr. Nestri

Flowers from a Stranger

Self (archive footage)

Spanish Western

Self (uncredited)

On Location with Westworld

Dr. Nestri

Flowers from a Stranger

Self - Actor (archive footage)

Les Mille et Une Vies de Yul Brynner

Self (archive footage)

Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes

Self (archive footage)

The Making of The Ten Commandments

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

57

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-07-11

Place of Birth

Vladivostok, Russia

Also Known As

Yuli Borisovich Bryner