ACTOR

Yul Brynner

1920 - 1985

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Yuliy Borisovich Briner (Russian: Юлий Борисович Бринер; July 11, 1920 – October 10, 1985), known professionally as Yul Brynner (Russian: Юл Бриннер), was a Russian-born actor. He was known for his portrayal of King Mongkut in the Rodgers and Hammerstein stage musical The King and I (1951), for which he won two Tony Awards, and later an Academy Award for Best Actor for the 1956 film adaptation. He played the role 4,625 times on stage and became known for his shaved head, which he maintained as a personal trademark long after adopting it for The King and I. Considered one of the first Russian-American film stars, he was honored with a ceremony to put his handprints in front of Grauman's Chinese Theatre in Hollywood in 1956. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Yul Brynner has received more than 12,906,090 page views. His biography is available in 67 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 66 in 2019). Yul Brynner is the 32nd most popular actor (up from 36th in 2019), the 33rd most popular biography from Russia (up from 45th in 2019) and the most popular Russian Actor.

Yul Brynner is most famous for his role as the King of Siam in the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The King and I.

Memorability Metrics

  • 13M

    Page Views (PV)

  • 80.54

    Historical Popularity Index (HPI)

  • 67

    Languages Editions (L)

  • 13.46

    Effective Languages (L*)

  • 2.55

    Coefficient of Variation (CV)

Among ACTORS

Among actors, Yul Brynner ranks 32 out of 13,578. Before him are Danny DeVito, James Stewart, Romy Schneider, Patrick Swayze, Bud Spencer, and Jim Carrey. After him are Morgan Freeman, Gina Lollobrigida, Terence Hill, Harrison Ford, Jean Reno, and Vivien Leigh.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Yul Brynner ranks 4. Before him are Pope John Paul II, Federico Fellini, and Isaac Asimov. After him are Charles Bukowski, Rosalind Franklin, Toshiro Mifune, Ray Bradbury, Farouk of Egypt, Javier Pérez de Cuéllar, Paul Celan, and Mario Puzo. Among people deceased in 1985, Yul Brynner ranks 3. Before him are Marc Chagall, and Enver Hoxha. After him are Konstantin Chernenko, Heinrich Böll, Italo Calvino, Carl Schmitt, Simone Signoret, Fernand Braudel, Orson Welles, László Bíró, and Jean Dubuffet.

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In Russia

Among people born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 33 out of 3,761. Before him are Igor Stravinsky (1882), Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn (1918), Nicholas I of Russia (1796), Yuri Andropov (1914), Alexander III of Russia (1845), and Sergei Rachmaninoff (1873). After him are Dmitri Shostakovich (1906), Valentina Tereshkova (1937), Georgy Zhukov (1896), David Hilbert (1862), E. T. A. Hoffmann (1776), and Alexander II of Russia (1818).

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Among ACTORS In Russia

Among actors born in Russia, Yul Brynner ranks 1. After him are Armin Mueller-Stahl (1930), Michael Chekhov (1891), Lila Kedrova (1918), Sacha Guitry (1885), Yuri Nikulin (1921), Olga Knipper (1868), Vyacheslav Tikhonov (1928), Yury Solomin (1935), Lyubov Orlova (1902), Yevgeny Leonov (1926), and Innokenty Smoktunovsky (1925).

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