Yul Brynner
Born: 1920-07-11
Place of Birth: 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 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
Futureworld
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
The Ten Commandments
The Magnificent Seven
Once More, with Feeling!
The Journey
Westworld
Anastasia
Triple Cross
Taras Bulba
Solomon and Sheba
Fuzz
The King and I
The Double Man
Morituri
Catlow
Kings of the Sun
Surprise Package
The Serpent
Return of the Seven
The Brothers Karamazov
Villa Rides
Chauves, la revanche
On Location with Westworld
The Magic Christian
The Buccaneer
Cast a Giant Shadow
The Ultimate Warrior
The File of the Golden Goose
Testament of Orpheus
The Light at the Edge of the World
The Battle of Neretva
Escape from Zahrain
It's Showtime
Adiós, Sabata
Night of 100 Stars II
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
The Sound and the Fury
Goodbye Again
The Madwoman of Chaillot
Spanish Western
Port of New York
The Long Duel
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Romance of a Horsethief
Flight from Ashiya
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Death Rage
My Sister Maria
Broadway's Lost Treasures
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Flowers from a Stranger
Flowers from a Stranger
