As Actor
The Making of The Ten Commandments
2003
8.0
Yul Brynner
Acting
Birth date
July 11, 1920
Birth place
Vladivostok, Russia
Death date
October 10, 1985
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.
Featured in
As Actor
Yul Brynner: The Man Who Was King
1995
8.5
As Actor
Death Rage
1976
5.5
As Actor
Futureworld
1976
5.9
As Actor
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
5.7
As Actor
Westworld
1973
6.8
As Actor
The Serpent
1973
6.1
As Actor
Catlow
1971
5.1
As Actor
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
6.0
As Actor
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
5.5
As Actor
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
7.1
As Actor
Villa Rides
1968
6.3
As Actor
The Long Duel
1967
5.1
As Actor
The Double Man
1967
6.1
As Actor
Triple Cross
1966
6.0
As Actor
Return of the Seven
1966
6.1
As Actor
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
5.8
As Actor
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
6.3
As Actor
Morituri
1965
6.8
As Actor
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
5.9