Yul Brynner
Born: 1920-07-11 in Vladivostok, Russia
Died: 1985-10-10
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
2023
- Chauves, la revanche as Self (archive footage)
2020
- Yul Brynner, the Magnificent as Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015
- Spanish Western as Self (archive footage)
2003
- Broadway's Lost Treasures as The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
- The Making of The Ten Commandments as Self (archive footage)
2002
- My Sister Maria as Himself (archive)
1996
- Ingrid Bergman Remembered as Self (archive footage)
1995
- Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King as Self (archive footage)
1985
- Night of 100 Stars II as Self
1976
- Futureworld as The Gunslinger
- It's Showtime as Self (archive footage)
- Death Rage as Peter Marciani
1975
- The Ultimate Warrior as Carson
1974
- Dinah! as Self
1973
- Westworld as The Gunslinger
- The Serpent as Col. Alexi Vlassov
- On Location with Westworld as Self (uncredited)
1972
- Fuzz as The Deaf Man
- Anna and the King as King Mongkut
1971
- Catlow as Catlow
- The Light at the Edge of the World as Jonathan Kongre
- Romance of a Horsethief as Captain Stoloff
1970
- Adiós, Sabata as Sabata / Indio Black
- The Lady in the Car with Glasses and a Gun ... (Still Photographer)
1969
- The Madwoman of Chaillot as The Chairman
- The Magic Christian as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
- The Battle of Neretva as Vlado
- The File of the Golden Goose as Peter Novak
- Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1968
- Villa Rides as Pancho Villa
1967
- The Double Man as Dan Slater / Kalmar
- The Long Duel as Sultan
1966
- Triple Cross as Baron von Grunen
- Return of the Seven as Chris Adams
- The Poppy Is Also a Flower as Colonel Salem
- Cast a Giant Shadow as Asher Gonen
1965
- Morituri as Captain Müller
1964
- Flight from Ashiya as TSgt. Mike Takashima
- Invitation to a Gunfighter as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
1963
- Kings of the Sun as Chief Black Eagle
1962
- The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson as Self
- Taras Bulba as Taras Bulba
- Escape from Zahrain as Sharif
1961
- The Mike Douglas Show as Self
- Goodbye Again as Extra in Nightclub Scene
1960
- The Magnificent Seven as Chris Adams
- Surprise Package as Nico March
- Testament of Orpheus as Court Usher (uncredited)
- Once More, with Feeling! as Victor Fabian
1959
- The Journey as Major Surov
- Solomon and Sheba as Solomon
- The Sound and the Fury as Jason Compson
1958
- Houseboat ... (Still Photographer)
- The Brothers Karamazov as Dmitri Karamazov
- The Buccaneer as Jean Lafitte
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer
- The Ten Commandments as Rameses
- Anastasia as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
- Cinépanorama as Self
- The King and I as King Mongkut of Siam
1954
- Reflets de Cannes as Self
1953
- The Oscars as Self
1952
1950
- What's My Line? as Self - Mystery Guest
- The Colgate Comedy Hour as Self
- Danger ... (Director)
- Sure As Fate ... (Director)
- Flowers from a Stranger as Dr. Nestri
1949
- Port of New York as Paul Vicola
- Flowers from a Stranger as Dr. Nestri
1948
- Studio One as Dr. Nestri
- The Ed Sullivan Show as Self
- Actors Studio ... (Director)