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