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Personal Info
Known For
Acting
Birthday
July 11, 1920
Died
October 10, 1985
Place of Birth
Vladivostok, Russia
Also Known As
- Yuli Borisovich Bryner
Yul Brynner
1.4 Popularity
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.
Known For
6.0
Self (archive footage)
Chauves, la revanche
2023
7.5
Self - Actor (archive footage)
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
2020
6.2
Self (archive footage)
Spanish Western
2015
8.0
Self (archive footage)
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
6.1
The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
Broadway's Lost Treasures
2003
6.0
Himself (archive)
My Sister Maria
2002
6.7
Self (archive footage)
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
8.5
Self (archive footage)
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
8.0
Self
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
5.3
Peter Marciani
Death Rage
1976
Credits
Chauves, la revanche
as Self (archive footage)
2023
6.0
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
7.5
Spanish Western
as Self (archive footage)
2015
6.2
The Making of The Ten Commandments
as Self (archive footage)
2003
8.0
Broadway's Lost Treasures
as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
2003
6.1
My Sister Maria
as Himself (archive)
2002
6.0
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
as Self (archive footage)
1996
6.7
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
as Self (archive footage)
1995
8.5
Night of 100 Stars II
as Self
1985
8.0
Death Rage
as Peter Marciani
1976
5.3
Futureworld
as The Gunslinger
1976
5.9
It's Showtime
as Self (archive footage)
1976
7.0
The Ultimate Warrior
as Carson
1975
5.7
Dinah!
as Self
1974
6.7
Westworld
as The Gunslinger
1973
6.8
The Serpent
as Col. Alexi Vlassov
1973
6.1
On Location with Westworld
as Self (uncredited)
1973
7.0
Anna and the King
as King Mongkut
1972
6.5
Fuzz
as The Deaf Man
1972
5.4
Catlow
as Catlow
1971
5.0
Romance of a Horsethief
as Captain Stoloff
1971
2.5
The Light at the Edge of the World
as Jonathan Kongre
1971
6.0
Adiós, Sabata
as Sabata / Indio Black
1970
6.3
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
0.0
The Magic Christian
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
1969
5.6
The File of the Golden Goose
as Peter Novak
1969
5.2
The Madwoman of Chaillot
as The Chairman
1969
7.1
The Battle of Neretva
as Vlado
1969
6.8
Villa Rides
as Pancho Villa
1968
6.2
The Long Duel
as Sultan
1967
5.1
The Double Man
as Dan Slater / Kalmar
1967
6.1
Triple Cross
as Baron von Grunen
1966
6.0
Return of the Seven
as Chris Adams
1966
6.1
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
as Colonel Salem
1966
5.8
Cast a Giant Shadow
as Asher Gonen
1966
6.2
Morituri
as Captain Müller
1965
6.8
Invitation to a Gunfighter
as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
1964
5.9
Flight from Ashiya
as TSgt. Mike Takashima
1964
5.0
Kings of the Sun
as Chief Black Eagle
1963
6.1
Taras Bulba
as Taras Bulba
1962
6.3
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
as Self
1962
7.5
Escape from Zahrain
as Sharif
1962
6.2
The Mike Douglas Show
as Self
1961
5.4
Goodbye Again
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
1961
7.1
The Magnificent Seven
as Chris Adams
1960
7.5
Surprise Package
as Nico March
1960
5.8
Testament of Orpheus
as Court Usher (uncredited)
1960
7.7
Once More, with Feeling!
as Victor Fabian
1960
5.9
Solomon and Sheba
as Solomon
1959
6.4
The Sound and the Fury
as Jason Compson
1959
6.6
The Journey
as Major Surov
1959
6.2
The Buccaneer
as Jean Lafitte
1958
6.4
The Brothers Karamazov
as Dmitri Karamazov
1958
6.6
Anastasia
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
1956
6.8
The Ten Commandments
as Rameses
1956
7.8
The King and I
as King Mongkut of Siam
1956
7.1
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
1956
5.9
Cinépanorama
as Self
1956
8.0
Reflets de Cannes
as Self
1954
2.0
The Oscars
as Self
1953
7.0
Omnibus
1952
6.0
The Colgate Comedy Hour
as Self
1950
6.8
Flowers from a Stranger
as Dr. Nestri
1950
0.0
What's My Line?
as Self - Mystery Guest
1950
6.9
Port of New York
as Paul Vicola
1949
4.8
Flowers from a Stranger
as Dr. Nestri
1949
0.0
Studio One
as Dr. Nestri
1948
5.0
The Ed Sullivan Show
as Self
1948
6.8