Yul Brynner

Personal Info

Known For

Acting

Known Credits

68

Gender

Male

Birthday

1920-07-11

Day of death

1985-10-10 (65 years old)

Place of Birth

Vladivostok, Russia

Yul Brynner

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

  • The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

    The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

  • The Mike Douglas Show

    The Mike Douglas Show

  • Tony Awards

    Tony Awards

  • The Colgate Comedy Hour

    The Colgate Comedy Hour

  • Studio One

    Studio One

  • What's My Line?

    What's My Line?

  • Dinah!

    Dinah!

  • The Ed Sullivan Show

    The Ed Sullivan Show

  • The Magnificent Seven

    The Magnificent Seven

  • Omnibus

    Omnibus

  • The Oscars

    The Oscars

  • Cinépanorama

    Cinépanorama

  • Futureworld

    Futureworld

  • The Ten Commandments

    The Ten Commandments

  • Return of the Seven

    Return of the Seven

  • Villa Rides

    Villa Rides

  • Surprise Package

    Surprise Package

  • Anastasia

    Anastasia

  • Spanish Western

    Spanish Western

  • The Double Man

    The Double Man

  • The Sound and the Fury

    The Sound and the Fury

  • The Madwoman of Chaillot

    The Madwoman of Chaillot

  • Westworld

    Westworld

  • Port of New York

    Port of New York

  • The Journey

    The Journey

  • Flight from Ashiya

    Flight from Ashiya

  • The Serpent

    The Serpent

  • Reflets de Cannes

    Reflets de Cannes

  • Taras Bulba

    Taras Bulba

  • Goodbye Again

    Goodbye Again

  • Morituri

    Morituri

  • The Poppy Is Also a Flower

    The Poppy Is Also a Flower

  • Triple Cross

    Triple Cross

  • The King and I

    The King and I

  • Anna and the King

    Anna and the King

  • It's Showtime

    It's Showtime

  • Solomon and Sheba

    Solomon and Sheba

  • The Magic Christian

    The Magic Christian

  • Broadway's Lost Treasures

    Broadway's Lost Treasures

  • Once More, with Feeling!

    Once More, with Feeling!

  • Catlow

    Catlow

  • Escape from Zahrain

    Escape from Zahrain

  • The Light at the Edge of the World

    The Light at the Edge of the World

  • The Long Duel

    The Long Duel

  • The Ultimate Warrior

    The Ultimate Warrior

  • Invitation to a Gunfighter

    Invitation to a Gunfighter

  • Fuzz

    Fuzz

  • Kings of the Sun

    Kings of the Sun

  • Ingrid Bergman Remembered

    Ingrid Bergman Remembered

  • The File of the Golden Goose

    The File of the Golden Goose

  • Testament of Orpheus

    Testament of Orpheus

  • Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

    Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

  • Chauves, la revanche

    Chauves, la revanche

  • Romance of a Horsethief

    Romance of a Horsethief

  • Cast a Giant Shadow

    Cast a Giant Shadow

  • The Brothers Karamazov

    The Brothers Karamazov

  • The Battle of Neretva

    The Battle of Neretva

  • The Making of The Ten Commandments

    The Making of The Ten Commandments

  • Death Rage

    Death Rage

  • The Buccaneer

    The Buccaneer

  • Adiós, Sabata

    Adiós, Sabata

  • Night of 100 Stars II

    Night of 100 Stars II

  • Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

    Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

  • Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

    Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?

  • My Sister Maria

    My Sister Maria

  • On Location with Westworld

    On Location with Westworld

  • Flowers from a Stranger

    Flowers from a Stranger

  • Flowers from a Stranger

    Flowers from a Stranger