Yul Brynner
Acting
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.
Born: July 11, 1920
Place of Birth: Vladivostok, Russia
Known For
Filmography
as Self (archive footage)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
as Himself (archive)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self (archive footage)
as Self
as Peter Marciani
as The Gunslinger
as Self (archive footage)
as Carson
as Self
as The Gunslinger
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
as Self (uncredited)
as King Mongkut
as The Deaf Man
as Catlow
as Captain Stoloff
as Jonathan Kongre
as Sabata / Indio Black
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
as Peter Novak
as The Chairman
as Vlado
as Pancho Villa
as Sultan
as Dan Slater / Kalmar
as Baron von Grunen
as Chris Adams
as Colonel Salem
as Asher Gonen
as Captain Müller
as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
as TSgt. Mike Takashima
as Chief Black Eagle
as Taras Bulba
as Sharif
as Self
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
as Chris Adams
as Nico March
as Court Usher (uncredited)
as Victor Fabian
as Solomon
as Jason Compson
as Major Surov
as Jean Lafitte
as Dmitri Karamazov
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
as Rameses
as King Mongkut of Siam
as Self - Performer
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Self
as Dr. Nestri
as Self - Mystery Guest
as Paul Vicola
as Dr. Nestri
as Dr. Nestri
as Self