Yul Brynner (1920-1985)
58.1 TOPICAL actor score · #408 of 1,977 actors
Yul Brynner (1920-1985) has a TOPICAL actor score of 58.1 - ranked 408 of the 1,977 actors TOPICAL ranks. Their strongest parts are acting honours and prime. They've won 2 acting honours from 3 nominations, including the Academy Award for Best Actor. Their best ten-year run was 1956-1965. Best films: The Ten Commandments (1956), The Magnificent Seven (1960), The King and I (1956).
Why this score
Each bar: better than this % of the 1,977 actors we rank. How the score works.
Acting honours85
Prime85
Their movies49
Credits33
Career standing76
- Acting honours2 wins, 3 nominations - incl. Academy Award for Best Actor; National Board of Review Award for Best Actor
- Prime1956-1965
- Credits43 films and shows · billed in the top 8 of 11 scored films (11 as a lead)
- Known inWikipedia articles in 73 languages
“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.”
Wikipedia · read the article - AI legacy read: 6/10
Yul Brynner's scored films
| TOPICAL rank | Film | Year | Billed |
|---|---|---|---|
| 286 | The Ten Commandments | 1956 | 2 |
| 730 | The Magnificent Seven | 1960 | 1 |
| 860 | The King and I | 1956 | 2 |
| 1,667 | Anastasia | 1956 | 2 |
| 2,966 | Westworld | 1973 | 1 |
| 3,558 | Morituri | 1965 | 2 |
| 4,056 | The Battle of Neretva | 1969 | 1 |
| 4,644 | Taras Bulba | 1962 | 2 |
| 5,342 | The Brothers Karamazov | 1958 | 1 |
| 5,403 | The Buccaneer | 1958 | 1 |
| 6,166 | Return of the Seven | 1966 | 1 |