Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Acting
Born 1920-07-11 Vladivostok, Russia 8 credit(s) Popularity 1.4
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 Te...
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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.

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Dinah! poster
Dinah!
as Self
1974-10-21
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson poster
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962-10-01
The Mike Douglas Show poster
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961-12-11
Tony Awards poster
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956-04-01
Cinépanorama poster
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956-02-04
The Oscars poster
The Oscars
as Self
1953-03-19
Omnibus poster
Omnibus
as Director
1952-11-09
Danger poster
Danger
as Director
1950-09-26

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