Yul Brynner
Acting
Born July 11, 1920 · 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…
Known For · 40 titles
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
The Mike Douglas Show
Tony Awards
What's My Line?
Studio One
The Ed Sullivan Show
The Oscars
Dinah!
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Anna and the King
Omnibus
Cinépanorama
The Magnificent Seven
The Ten Commandments
Reflets de Cannes
Westworld
Futureworld
Solomon and Sheba
The King and I
Return of the Seven
The Brothers Karamazov
Anastasia
The Buccaneer
Night of 100 Stars II
Cast a Giant Shadow
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Triple Cross
The Magic Christian
The Battle of Neretva
Goodbye Again
Taras Bulba
Morituri
Testament of Orpheus
Invitation to a Gunfighter
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Villa Rides
The Ultimate Warrior
Kings of the Sun
The Journey
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