Yul Brynner
Known for Acting
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.
Filmography
The Ten Commandments
1956
as Rameses
The Magnificent Seven
1960
as Chris Adams
Westworld
1973
as The Gunslinger
Futureworld
1976
as The Gunslinger
Solomon and Sheba
1959
as Solomon
The King and I
1956
as King Mongkut of Siam
Goodbye Again
1961
as Extra in Nightclub Scene
Triple Cross
1966
as Baron von Grunen
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
as Self
Return of the Seven
1966
as Chris Adams
The Magic Christian
1969
as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
Fuzz
1972
as The Deaf Man
The Buccaneer
1958
as Jean Lafitte
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
as Dmitri Karamazov
It's Showtime
1976
as Self (archive footage)
Kings of the Sun
1963
as Chief Black Eagle
Anastasia
1956
as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
Testament of Orpheus
1960
as L'huissier (non crédité)
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
as Carson
Morituri
1965
as Captain Müller