Yul Brynner
Acting
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.
Known for
2023Chauves, la revanche
Self (archive footage)
2020Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2015Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
2003Broadway's Lost Treasures
The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
2003The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
2002My Sister Maria
Himself (archive)
1996Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1995Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self (archive footage)
1985Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1976Futureworld
The Gunslinger
1976Death Rage
Peter Marciani
1976It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1975The Ultimate Warrior
Carson
1973Westworld
The Gunslinger
1973The Serpent
Col. Alexi Vlassov
1973On Location with Westworld
Self (uncredited)
1972Fuzz
The Deaf Man
1971The Light at the Edge of the World
Jonathan Kongre
1971Catlow
Catlow
1971Romance of a Horsethief
Captain Stoloff
1970Adiós, Sabata
Sabata / Indio Black
1969The Battle of Neretva
Vlado
1969The File of the Golden Goose
Peter Novak
1969The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Chairman