Yul Brynner
Russian-born american actor (1920–1985)
- Fame61.6
- Momentum1.5
- Actors rank#201
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- Fame61.6
- Momentum1.5
- Actors rank#201
- Wikipedia122.8K
Lived 1920–1985, aged 65
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Updated 2026-06-10
He played the same role 4,625 times and kept the shaved head for life. Yul Brynner owned the part of the Siamese king so completely that the look became him — a personal trademark worn decades past the curtain call.
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Yuliy Borisovich Briner was born in Russia on July 11, 1920, and crossed into American stardom under a shorter name. The King and I opened on Broadway in 1951 and Brynner won two Tonys for playing King Mongkut — then an Oscar in 1956 when the musical went to film. That same year he took the National Board of Review Award for playing both Rameses II in The Ten Commandments and General Bounine in Anastasia, a run that landed his handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre. He rode into The Magnificent Seven in 1960 as gunslinger Chris Adams, returned for the sequel, then played a homicidal android i…
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- Grammy Hall of Fame
- Special Tony Award
- Academy Award for Best Actor
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Source confidence65.0
Completeness65.0
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