Acting

Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner paling dikenal lewat The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson, The Oscars, What's My Line? dan The Ed Sullivan Show. Yul Brynner lahir pada 11 Juli 1920. Yul Brynner meninggal pada 10 Oktober 1985 di usia 65 tahun.

Lahir: 11 Juli 1920
Tempat lahir: Vladivostok, Russia
Meninggal: 10 Oktober 1985 (65 tahun)

Biografi

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.