Yul Brynner

Acting

Jul 11, 1920 – Oct 10, 1985 · Vladivostok, 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.

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Magnificent Seven1960
as ⁨Chris Adams⁩
The Ten Commandments1956
as ⁨Rameses⁩
Westworld1973
as ⁨The Gunslinger⁩
The King and I1956
as ⁨King Mongkut of Siam⁩
Futureworld1976
as ⁨The Gunslinger⁩
Return of the Seven1966
as ⁨Chris Adams⁩
Anastasia1956
as ⁨General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine⁩
as ⁨L'huissier (non crédité)⁩
as ⁨Solomon⁩
as ⁨Captain Müller⁩
as ⁨Baron von Grunen⁩
as ⁨Taras Bulba⁩
as ⁨Sabata / Indio Black⁩
as ⁨Carson⁩
as ⁨Pancho Villa⁩
as ⁨Asher Gonen⁩
as ⁨Jules Gaspard d'Estaing⁩
as ⁨Vlado⁩
as ⁨Jonathan Kongre⁩
as ⁨Dmitri Karamazov⁩
as ⁨Jean Lafitte⁩
as ⁨Col. Alexi Vlassov⁩
as ⁨The Deaf Man⁩
as ⁨Transvestite Cabaret Singer⁩
as ⁨Chief Black Eagle⁩

Adds the top 10 unseen, by popularity

The Magnificent Seven1960
as ⁨Chris Adams⁩
The Ten Commandments1956
as ⁨Rameses⁩
Westworld1973
as ⁨The Gunslinger⁩
The King and I1956
as ⁨King Mongkut of Siam⁩
Futureworld1976
as ⁨The Gunslinger⁩
Return of the Seven1966
as ⁨Chris Adams⁩
Anastasia1956
as ⁨General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine⁩
as ⁨L'huissier (non crédité)⁩
as ⁨Solomon⁩
as ⁨Captain Müller⁩
as ⁨Baron von Grunen⁩
as ⁨Taras Bulba⁩
as ⁨Sabata / Indio Black⁩
as ⁨Carson⁩
as ⁨Pancho Villa⁩
as ⁨Asher Gonen⁩
as ⁨Jules Gaspard d'Estaing⁩
as ⁨Vlado⁩
as ⁨Jonathan Kongre⁩
as ⁨Dmitri Karamazov⁩
as ⁨Jean Lafitte⁩
as ⁨Col. Alexi Vlassov⁩
as ⁨The Deaf Man⁩
as ⁨Transvestite Cabaret Singer⁩
as ⁨Chief Black Eagle⁩