Originating the role of King Mongkut of Siam in the original Broadway production, actor Yul Brynner then brought him to life in the 1956 film. He earned an Oscar and a Tony for his work in both ...

Photograph of Irena Brynner showing jewelry to Yul Brynner, Edward G. Robinson, and Cecil B. DeMille on the set of the movie "The Ten Commandments", circa 1956.

Yul Brynner will always be associated with his role as King Mongkut of Siam in the stage and film versions of “The King and I,” for which he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1956. But he played many other ...

About Yul Yul Brynner will always be associated with his role as King Mongkut of Siam in the stage and film versions of “The King and I,” for which he won the Best Actor Oscar in 1956. But he played ...

Anna and the King of Siam was adapted first into a film in 1946, and then into a stage musical in 1951 which starred Yul Brynner. His performance in the role earned him a Tony Award.

Why Steven Yeun, not Yul Brynner, is Oscars’ first Asian American lead actor nominee Steven Yeun is indeed the first Asian American nominee for a lead actor Oscar.