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Known For:
Acting
Birthday:
July 11, 1920
Place of Birth:
Vladivostok, Russia
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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.
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Known For
Filmography
| Year | Movie | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 2024 | Elizabeth Taylor: The Lost Tapes | Self (archive footage) |
| 2023 | Chauves, la revanche | Self (archive footage) |
| 2020 | Yul Brynner, the Magnificent | Self - Actor (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Ingrid Bergman: In Her Own Words | Self (archive footage) |
| 2015 | Spanish Western | Self (archive footage) |
| 2003 | Broadway's Lost Treasures | The King of Siam (segment "The King and I") |
| 2003 | The Making of The Ten Commandments | Self (archive footage) |
| 2002 | My Sister Maria | Himself (archive) |
| 1996 | Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) |
| 1995 | Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self (archive footage) |
| 1985 | Night of 100 Stars II | Self |
| 1976 | Futureworld | The Gunslinger |
| 1976 | Death Rage | Peter Marciani |
| 1976 | It's Showtime | Self (archive footage) |
| 1975 | The Ultimate Warrior | Carson |
| 1973 | Westworld | The Gunslinger |
| 1973 | The Serpent | Col. Alexi Vlassov |
| 1973 | On Location with Westworld | Self (uncredited) |
| 1972 | Fuzz | The Deaf Man |
| 1971 | The Light at the Edge of the World | Jonathan Kongre |
| 1971 | Catlow | Catlow |
| 1971 | Romance of a Horsethief | Captain Stoloff |
| 1970 | Adiós, Sabata | Sabata / Indio Black |
| 1969 | The Battle of Neretva | Vlado |
| 1969 | The File of the Golden Goose | Peter Novak |
| 1969 | The Madwoman of Chaillot | The Chairman |
| 1969 | The Magic Christian | Transvestite Cabaret Singer |
| 1969 | Will the Real Mr Sellers.....? | |
| 1968 | Villa Rides | Pancho Villa |
| 1967 | The Long Duel | Sultan |
| 1967 | The Double Man | Dan Slater / Kalmar |
| 1966 | Triple Cross | Baron von Grunen |
| 1966 | Return of the Seven | Chris Adams |
| 1966 | The Poppy Is Also a Flower | Colonel Salem |
| 1966 | Cast a Giant Shadow | Asher Gonen |
| 1965 | Morituri | Captain Müller |
| 1964 | Invitation to a Gunfighter | Jules Gaspard d'Estaing |
| 1964 | Flight from Ashiya | TSgt. Mike Takashima |
| 1963 | Kings of the Sun | Chief Black Eagle |
| 1962 | Taras Bulba | Taras Bulba |
| 1962 | Escape from Zahrain | Sharif |
| 1961 | Goodbye Again | Extra in Nightclub Scene |
| 1960 | The Magnificent Seven | Chris Adams |
| 1960 | Testament of Orpheus | Court Usher (uncredited) |
| 1960 | Once More, with Feeling! | Victor Fabian |
| 1960 | Surprise Package | Nico March |
| 1959 | Solomon and Sheba | Solomon |
| 1959 | The Journey | Major Surov |
| 1959 | The Sound and the Fury | Jason Compson |
| 1958 | The Buccaneer | Jean Lafitte |
| 1958 | The Brothers Karamazov | Dmitri Karamazov |
| 1956 | The Ten Commandments | Rameses |
| 1956 | Anastasia | General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine |
| 1956 | The King and I | King Mongkut of Siam |
| 1950 | Flowers from a Stranger | Dr. Nestri |
| 1949 | Port of New York | Paul Vicola |
| 1949 | Flowers from a Stranger | Dr. Nestri |
| Year | TV Show | Role |
|---|---|---|
| 1974 | Dinah! | Self |
| 1972 | Anna and the King | King Mongkut |
| 1962 | The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson | Self |
| 1961 | The Mike Douglas Show | Self |
| 1956 | Tony Awards | Self - Performer |
| 1956 | Cinépanorama | Self |
| 1954 | Reflets de Cannes | Self |
| 1953 | The Oscars | Self |
| 1952 | Omnibus | |
| 1950 | The Colgate Comedy Hour | Self |
| 1950 | What's My Line? | Self - Mystery Guest |
| 1948 | Studio One | Dr. Nestri |
| 1948 | The Ed Sullivan Show | Self |