Yul Brynner July 11 1920 October 10 1985 was a Russianborn 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 4500 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 Description above from the Wikipedia Yul Brynner licensed under CCBYSA full list of contributors on Wikipedia
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