Yul Brynner

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. Description above from the Wikipedia Yul Brynner, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

Known For

The Magnificent Seven

as Chris Adams

The Ten Commandments

as Rameses

Westworld

as The Gunslinger

The King and I

as King Mongkut of Siam

Futureworld

as The Gunslinger

Return of the Seven

as Chris Adams

Anastasia

as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine

Testament of Orpheus

as Court Usher (uncredited)

Solomon and Sheba

as Solomon

The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

as Self