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

Yul Brynner, the Magnificent

The Ten Commandments

It's Showtime

Testament of Orpheus

Danger

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

Anna and the King

The Magnificent Seven

Sure As Fate

The Madwoman of Chaillot

Actors Studio

Dinah!

Goodbye Again

My Sister Maria

Ingrid Bergman Remembered

Night of 100 Stars II

The King and I

Spanish Western

The Oscars

Omnibus

Westworld

What's My Line?

The Battle of Neretva

Broadway's Lost Treasures

The Sound and the Fury

Morituri

The Colgate Comedy Hour

Anastasia

The Ed Sullivan Show

Chauves, la revanche

Surprise Package

The Brothers Karamazov

The Buccaneer

Solomon and Sheba

Adiós, Sabata

Once More, with Feeling!

Houseboat

The Double Man

Cast a Giant Shadow

The Journey

Villa Rides

Taras Bulba

The Serpent