Yul Brynner
Born July 11, 1920 (Age: 105)
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Vladivostok, Russia
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.
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.
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Filmography
Westworld
1973
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as The Gunslinger
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Age: 53
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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as Self
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Age: 49
Return of the Seven
1966
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as Chris Adams
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Age: 46
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
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as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
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Age: 44
Taras Bulba
1962
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as Taras Bulba
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Age: 42
Goodbye Again
1961
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as Extra in Nightclub Scene
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Age: 40
The Magnificent Seven
1960
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as Chris Adams
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Age: 40
Solomon and Sheba
1959
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as Solomon
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Age: 39
The Sound and the Fury
1959
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as Jason Compson
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Age: 38
The Journey
1959
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as Major Surov
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Age: 38
Anastasia
1956
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as General Sergei Pavlovich Bounine
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Age: 36
The Ten Commandments
1956
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as Rameses
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Age: 36
The King and I
1956
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as King Mongkut of Siam
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Age: 35