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Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner

Acting • 1920-07-11 • Vladivostok, Russia

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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The Magnificent Seven7.5

The Magnificent Seven

1960

The Ten Commandments7.8

The Ten Commandments

1956

Westworld6.8

Westworld

1973

The King and I7.1

The King and I

1956

Return of the Seven6.1

Return of the Seven

1966

Anastasia6.8

Anastasia

1956

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