Yul Brynner
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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
Credits
The Ten Commandments (1956)
as Rameses
The Magnificent Seven (1960)
as Chris Adams
Westworld (1973)
as The Gunslinger
Futureworld (1976)
as The Gunslinger
The King and I (1956)
as King Mongkut of Siam
Solomon and Sheba (1959)
as Solomon
Testament of Orpheus (1960)
as L'huissier (non crédité)
The Ultimate Warrior (1975)
as Carson
Return of the Seven (1966)
as Chris Adams
Fuzz (1972)
as The Deaf Man
The Magic Christian (1969)
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
The Light at the Edge of the World (1971)
as Jonathan Kongre
Cast a Giant Shadow (1966)
as Asher Gonen
Anastasia (1956)
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
Triple Cross (1966)
as Baron von Grunen
The Brothers Karamazov (1958)
as Dmitri Karamazov
Kings of the Sun (1963)
as Chief Black Eagle
Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964)
as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
Morituri (1965)
as Captain Müller
The Buccaneer (1958)
as Jean Lafitte
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice (1991)
as Self (archive footage)
Villa Rides (1968)
as Pancho Villa
Taras Bulba (1962)
as Taras Bulba
Chauves, la revanche (2023)
as Self (archive footage)
Adiós, Sabata (1970)
as Sabata / Indio Black
It's Showtime (1976)
as Self (archive footage)
The Battle of Neretva (1969)
as Vlado
The Madwoman of Chaillot (1969)
as The Chairman
The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966)
as Colonel Salem
Goodbye Again (1961)
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
The Journey (1959)
as Major Surov
The Serpent (1973)
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
The Long Duel (1967)
as Sultan
Death Rage (1976)
as Peter Marciani
On Location with Westworld (1973)
as Self (uncredited)
Night of 100 Stars II (1985)
as Self
The Sound and the Fury (1959)
as Jason Compson
Catlow (1971)
as Catlow
Once More, with Feeling! (1960)
as Victor Fabian
The File of the Golden Goose (1969)
as Peter Novak
Flight from Ashiya (1964)
as TSgt. Mike Takashima
Flowers from a Stranger (1950)
as Dr. Nestri
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? (1969)
as Self
The Double Man (1967)
as Dan Slater / Kalmar
Port of New York (1949)
as Paul Vicola
Escape from Zahrain (1962)
as Sharif
Romance of a Horsethief (1971)
as Captain Stoloff
Surprise Package (1960)
as Nico March
Ingrid Bergman Remembered (1996)
as Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments (2003)
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent (2020)
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
Broadway's Lost Treasures (2003)
as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
Spanish Western (2015)
as Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King (1995)
as Self (archive footage)
Flowers from a Stranger (1949)
as Dr. Nestri
My Sister Maria (2002)
as Himself (archive)