Yul Brynner
Personal Info
Know For
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1920-07-11 (65 years old)
Deathday
1985-10-10
Place of Birth
Vladivostok, Russia
Also known As
Yuli Borisovich Bryner
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...
Acting
1995
as Self (archive footage)
1960
as Chris Adams
1973
as The Gunslinger
1976
as The Gunslinger
1996
as Self (archive footage)
1966
as Baron von Grunen
1958
as Jean Lafitte
1972
as The Deaf Man
1956
as Rameses
1949
as Paul Vicola
1975
as Carson
1966
as Chris Adams
1969
as Vlado
2023
as Self (archive footage)
1959
as Solomon
1960
as Court Usher (uncredited)
1965
as Captain Müller
1962
as Taras Bulba
1958
as Dmitri Karamazov
1973
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
1956
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
1956
as King Mongkut of Siam
1968
as Pancho Villa
1963
as Chief Black Eagle
1969
as Peter Novak
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1970
as Sabata / Indio Black
1971
as Jonathan Kongre
1964
as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
1971
as Catlow
1959
as Major Surov
1967
as Sultan
1967
as Dan Slater / Kalmar
1976
as Peter Marciani
1969
as The Chairman
1962
as Sharif
1964
as TSgt. Mike Takashima
1966
as Colonel Salem
1959
as Jason Compson
1971
as Captain Stoloff
1960
as Victor Fabian
2002
as Himself (archive)
1960
as Nico March
2003
as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
1966
as Asher Gonen
1985
as Self
1969
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
1961
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
1976
as Self (archive footage)
1949
as Dr. Nestri
2015
as Self (archive footage)
1973
as Self (uncredited)
1950
as Dr. Nestri
2020
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2024
as Self (archive footage)
2003
as Self (archive footage)
Production
1970
as Still Photographer
1958
as Still Photographer
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