Yul Brynner
Acting
Born: Jul 11, 1920 — Died: Oct 10, 1985
From: Vladivostok, Russia
Credits: 30 titles
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
| Title | Character | Year | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chauves, la revanche | Self (archive footage) | 2023 | 6.0 |
| Ingrid Bergman Remembered | Self (archive footage) | 1996 | 6.7 |
| Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King | Self (archive footage) | 1995 | 8.5 |
| Futureworld | The Gunslinger | 1976 | 5.896 |
| The Ultimate Warrior | Carson | 1975 | 5.754 |
| Westworld | The Gunslinger | 1973 | 6.767 |
| The Serpent | Col. Alexi Vlassov | 1973 | 6.104 |
| Fuzz | The Deaf Man | 1972 | 5.48 |
| The Light at the Edge of the World | Jonathan Kongre | 1971 | 6.018 |
| Catlow | Catlow | 1971 | 5.093 |
| Adiós, Sabata | Sabata / Indio Black | 1970 | 6.278 |
| The Battle of Neretva | Vlado | 1969 | 6.804 |
| The File of the Golden Goose | Peter Novak | 1969 | 5.667 |
| Villa Rides | Pancho Villa | 1968 | 6.315 |
| Triple Cross | Baron von Grunen | 1966 | 6.068 |
| Return of the Seven | Chris Adams | 1966 | 6.085 |
| Morituri | Captain Müller | 1965 | 6.791 |
| Invitation to a Gunfighter | Jules Gaspard d'Estaing | 1964 | 5.939 |
| Kings of the Sun | Chief Black Eagle | 1963 | 6.138 |
| Taras Bulba | Taras Bulba | 1962 | 6.335 |
| The Magnificent Seven | Chris Adams | 1960 | 7.505 |
| Testament of Orpheus | L'huissier (non crédité) | 1960 | 7.631 |
| Solomon and Sheba | Solomon | 1959 | 6.427 |
| The Journey | Major Surov | 1959 | 6.308 |
| The Buccaneer | Jean Lafitte | 1958 | 6.5 |
| The Brothers Karamazov | Dmitri Karamazov | 1958 | 6.56 |
| The Ten Commandments | Rameses | 1956 | 7.772 |
| Anastasia | General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine | 1956 | 6.798 |
| The King and I | King Mongkut of Siam | 1956 | 7.088 |
| Port of New York | Paul Vicola | 1949 | 4.87 |
| Known for | Acting |
| Credits | 30 |
| Born | 1920 |
| From | Vladivostok, Russia |