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.
Movies & TV Shows
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The Magnificent Seven (1960) — Chris Adams
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The Ten Commandments (1956) — Rameses
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Westworld (1973) — The Gunslinger
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The King and I (1956) — King Mongkut of Siam
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Futureworld (1976) — The Gunslinger
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Return of the Seven (1966) — Chris Adams
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Anastasia (1956) — General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
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Testament of Orpheus (1960) — L'huissier (non crédité)
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Solomon and Sheba (1959) — Solomon
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The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson (1962) — Self
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Morituri (1965) — Captain Müller
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Triple Cross (1966) — Baron von Grunen
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The Oscars (1953) — Self
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Taras Bulba (1962) — Taras Bulba
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Adiós, Sabata (1970) — Sabata / Indio Black
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The Ultimate Warrior (1975) — Carson
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Villa Rides (1968) — Pancho Villa
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Cast a Giant Shadow (1966) — Asher Gonen
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Invitation to a Gunfighter (1964) — Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
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The Battle of Neretva (1969) — Vlado
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The Light at the Edge of the World (1971) — Jonathan Kongre
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The Buccaneer (1958) — Jean Lafitte
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The Brothers Karamazov (1958) — Dmitri Karamazov
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Fuzz (1972) — The Deaf Man
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The Serpent (1973) — Col. Alexi Vlassov
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Kings of the Sun (1963) — Chief Black Eagle
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The Magic Christian (1969) — Transvestite Cabaret Singer
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Goodbye Again (1961) — Extra in Nightclub Scene
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Escape from Zahrain (1962) — Sharif
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Catlow (1971) — Catlow
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What's My Line? (1950) — Self
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Death Rage (1976) — Peter Marciani
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The Journey (1959) — Major Surov
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Port of New York (1949) — Paul Vicola
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The Double Man (1967) — Dan Slater / Kalmar
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The Poppy Is Also a Flower (1966) — Colonel Salem
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The Ed Sullivan Show (1948) — Self
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The Long Duel (1967) — Sultan
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The File of the Golden Goose (1969) — Peter Novak
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The Sound and the Fury (1959) — Jason Compson