profile image

Yul Brynner

Jul 11, 1920 - Oct 10, 1985 (65 years old) in 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.

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

Known For

poster
Studio One
Dr. Nestri
poster
What's My Line?
Self - Mystery Guest
poster
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
poster
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
poster
The Ten Commandments
Rameses
poster
Dinah!
Self
poster
The Oscars
Self
poster
The Magnificent Seven
Chris Adams
poster
Westworld
The Gunslinger
poster
Night of 100 Stars II
Self

Credits

Images

image
image