Yul Brynner

Yul Brynner, born Yuliy Borisovich Briner, was a Russian and American actor who lived from 1920 to 1985 and is remembered for his shaved head and commanding presence. His defining role was King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I, which he first played on stage in 1951, won two Tony Awards for, and performed 4,625 times; he later won the Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1956 film version. Considered one of the first Russian-American film stars, he took parts in The Ten Commandments and Anastasia in 1956, led the gunmen of The Magnificent Seven in 1960 and its sequel Return of the Seven, and played the android Gunslinger in Westworld and Futureworld. He was honored with handprints at Grauman's Chinese Theatre in 1956 and a Hollywood Walk of Fame star in 1960, and he also worked as a model, photographer and author.