Acting

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner is best known for The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Oscars, What's My Line? and The Ed Sullivan Show. Yul Brynner was born on July 11, 1920. Yul Brynner died on October 10, 1985 at the age of 65.

Born: July 11, 1920
Place of birth: Vladivostok, Russia
Died: October 10, 1985 (65 years old)

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.