Yul Brynner
Known for: 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.
Filmography
Series
The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson
Self
1962
Series
The Mike Douglas Show
Self
1961
Series
Tony Awards
Self - Performer
1956
Series
What's My Line?
Self
1950
Film
The Magnificent Seven
Chris Adams
1960
Series
Studio One
Dr. Nestri
1948
Series
The Colgate Comedy Hour
Self
1950
Series
The Oscars
Self
1953
Series
The Ed Sullivan Show
Self
1948
Series
Dinah!
Self
1974
Series
Omnibus
1952
Film
The Ten Commandments
Rameses
1956
Series
Cinépanorama
Self
1956
Film
Westworld
The Gunslinger
1973
Series
Anna and the King
King Mongkut
1972
Series
Reflets de Cannes
Self
1954
Film
Futureworld
The Gunslinger
1976
Film
The King and I
King Mongkut of Siam
1956
Film
Return of the Seven
Chris Adams
1966
Film
Solomon and Sheba
Solomon
1959
Film
Villa Rides
Pancho Villa
1968
Film
The Brothers Karamazov
Dmitri Karamazov
1958
Film
Triple Cross
Baron von Grunen
1966
Film
The Buccaneer
Jean Lafitte
1958
Film
Morituri
Captain Müller
1965
Film
Testament of Orpheus
L'huissier (non crédité)
1960
Film
The Battle of Neretva
Vlado
1969
Film
Anastasia
General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
1956
Film
Goodbye Again
Extra in Nightclub Scene
1961
Film
The Journey
Major Surov
1959
Film
Taras Bulba
Taras Bulba
1962
Film
The Serpent
Col. Alexi Vlassov
1973
Film
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
Colonel Salem
1966
Film
The Magic Christian
Transvestite Cabaret Singer
1969
Film
Night of 100 Stars II
Self
1985
Film
Cast a Giant Shadow
Asher Gonen
1966
Film
The Ultimate Warrior
Carson
1975
Film
Kings of the Sun
Chief Black Eagle
1963
Film
The Light at the Edge of the World
Jonathan Kongre
1971
Film
Adiós, Sabata
Sabata / Indio Black
1970
Film
Catlow
Catlow
1971
Film
The Madwoman of Chaillot
The Chairman
1969
Film
Fuzz
The Deaf Man
1972
Film
The Long Duel
Sultan
1967
Film
Invitation to a Gunfighter
Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
1964
Film
It's Showtime
Self (archive footage)
1976
Film
The Double Man
Dan Slater / Kalmar
1967
Film
The Sound and the Fury
Jason Compson
1959
Film
Broadway's Lost Treasures
The King of Siam (segment "The King and I")
2003
Film
The File of the Golden Goose
Peter Novak
1969
Film
Death Rage
Peter Marciani
1976
Film
Flight from Ashiya
TSgt. Mike Takashima
1964
Film
Chauves, la revanche
Self (archive footage)
2023
Film
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
Self (archive footage)
1996
Film
The Making of The Ten Commandments
Self (archive footage)
2003
Film
Surprise Package
Nico March
1960
Film
Escape from Zahrain
Sharif
1962
Film
Once More, with Feeling!
Victor Fabian
1960
Film
Spanish Western
Self (archive footage)
2015
Film
On Location with Westworld
Self (uncredited)
1973
Film
Romance of a Horsethief
Captain Stoloff
1971
Alma Cogan: The Girl With The Giggle In Her Voice
Self (archive footage)
1991
Film
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
Self (archive footage)
1995
Film
Yul Brynner, the Magnificent
Self - Actor (archive footage)
2020
Film
Port of New York
Paul Vicola
1949
Film
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
Self
1969
Film
Flowers from a Stranger
Dr. Nestri
1950
Film
My Sister Maria
Himself (archive)
2002
Film
Flowers from a Stranger
Dr. Nestri
1949