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