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
My Sister Maria
2002
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as Himself (archive)
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Age: 81
Ingrid Bergman Remembered
1996
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as Self (archive footage)
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Age: 75
Night of 100 Stars II
1985
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as Self
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Age: 64
Futureworld
1976
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as The Gunslinger
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Age: 56
Westworld
1973
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as The Gunslinger
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Age: 53
The Serpent
1973
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as Col. Alexi Vlassov
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Age: 52
On Location with Westworld
1973
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as Self (uncredited)
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Age: 52
Will the Real Mr Sellers.....?
1969
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as Self
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Age: 49
The Magic Christian
1969
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as Transvestite Cabaret Singer
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Age: 49
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
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as Peter Novak
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Age: 49
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
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as The Chairman
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Age: 49
The Battle of Neretva
1969
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as Vlado
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Age: 49
Return of the Seven
1966
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as Chris Adams
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Age: 46
Morituri
1965
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as Captain Müller
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Age: 45
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
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as Jules Gaspard d'Estaing
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Age: 44
Flight from Ashiya
1964
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as TSgt. Mike Takashima
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Age: 43
Kings of the Sun
1963
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as Chief Black Eagle
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Age: 43
Taras Bulba
1962
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as Taras Bulba
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Age: 42
Escape from Zahrain
1962
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as Sharif
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Age: 41
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
Surprise Package
1960
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as Nico March
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Age: 40
Testament of Orpheus
1960
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as L'huissier (non crédité)
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Age: 39
Once More, with Feeling!
1960
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as Victor Fabian
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Age: 39
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
The Buccaneer
1958
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as Jean Lafitte
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Age: 38
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
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as Dmitri Karamazov
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Age: 37
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
Flowers from a Stranger
1950
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as Dr. Nestri
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Age: 29