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Yul Brynner
🎂 Jul 11, 1920 — 🕯️ Oct 10, 1985 (65 years)
Vladivostok, Russia
Yul Brynner, born in Vladivostok, Russia, is an actor and producer. Made their debut in 1949 with Flowers from a Stranger. Best known for The Magnificent Seven, playing Chris Adams. Also starred in The Ten Commandments and Westworld. Their filmography spans 56 movies and 13 TV shows over 77 years, across genres including adventure, drama.
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The Ten Commandments
1956
The Magnificent Seven
1960
Westworld
1973
Solomon and Sheba
1959
The King and I
1956
Futureworld
1976
Return of the Seven
1966
The Buccaneer
1958
Cast a Giant Shadow
1966
Anastasia
1956
The Brothers Karamazov
1958
Morituri
1965
The Poppy Is Also a Flower
1966
Villa Rides
1968
Testament of Orpheus
1960
Kings of the Sun
1963
Taras Bulba
1962
Fuzz
1972
Triple Cross
1966
The Magic Christian
1969
The Battle of Neretva
1969
The Journey
1959
The Serpent
1973
Escape from Zahrain
1962
The Sound and the Fury
1959
The Ultimate Warrior
1975
Invitation to a Gunfighter
1964
Goodbye Again
1961
Adiós, Sabata
1970
The Double Man
1967
The Madwoman of Chaillot
1969
The Light at the Edge of the World
1971
Catlow
1971
Port of New York
1949
Flight from Ashiya
1964
Death Rage
1976
Romance of a Horsethief
1971
The Long Duel
1967
Surprise Package
1960
The File of the Golden Goose
1969
Once More, with Feeling!
1960
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Yul Brynner
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.