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Yul Brynner

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Yul Brynner

Jul 11, 1920 – Oct 10, 198574 titles 58 movies · 16 TV
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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.

Also known as

Yuli Borisovich Bryner

Born

Jul 11, 1920 – Oct 10, 1985

Vladivostok, Russia

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Roles across career

Titles counted once; a person can act and direct on the same film (roles merged).

69

Acting credits

5

Directing

0

Writing

2

Other crew

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Highest TMDB vote count (attention / reach proxy; not box office)

Career timeline

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