Yul Brynner

Known for ActingBorn 1920-07-11Died 1985-10-10Vladivostok, Russia

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.Read more

Movies & web series

Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice

Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King

On Location with Westworld

Cinépanorama

The Making of The Ten Commandments

Night of 100 Stars II

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

The Ten Commandments

It's Showtime

Testament of Orpheus

Danger

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

The Magnificent Seven

Anna and the King

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Sure As Fate

Actors Studio

Goodbye Again

Dinah!

My Sister Maria

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

The King and I

What's My Line?

The Oscars

Westworld

The Battle of Neretva

Broadway's Lost Treasures

Morituri

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Anastasia

Spanish Western

The Ed Sullivan Show

The Sound and the Fury

Chauves, la revanche

Surprise Package

The Brothers Karamazov

The Buccaneer

Cast a Giant Shadow

Solomon and Sheba

Houseboat

Once More, with Feeling!

The Double Man

Adiós, Sabata

Villa Rides

Taras Bulba

The Journey

Omnibus

The Serpent