Birth Name:
Yuliy Borisovich Brynner
Birth Place:
Vladivostok, Russia
Ethnicity:
Swiss, Russian and Jewish
The actor was born Yuliy Borisovich Brynner in Vladivostok, Russia. His father was of part Swiss and Russian heritage and his mother was of Russian and Jewish heritage. This was stated on the thejewishlife.com website.
Yul was also mixed with Buryat (Mongolic) blood.
He claimed that was of part-Japanese heritage and born on the Island of Sakhalin but this was contradicted in a biography by his son Rock.
Source:
- http://www.thejewishlife.com/yul-brynner-actor/
- http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0000989/bio
- Brynner, Rock (2006). Empire & odyssey: the Brynners in Far East Russia and beyond.
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I looked him up, and wow. He was very different looking. He was unique.
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He was a great actor i loved the ten commandens even though he didn’t looked egyptian
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awesome actor what ever race he was
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HE’S ALSO ROMANi tOO. iTS ON WiKipEdiA.
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He had an ambiguous look to him. That’s why he could play Egyptian in the Ten Commandments, Asian in the King and I, and white in many movies. Simply means $$$. Kinda like Jessica Alba.
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Actually he is mixed w/ Buryat blood, also. Source at: Brynner, Rock (2006). Empire & odyssey: the Brynners in Far East Russia and beyond. Steerforth Press. pp. 20-30, 80-82. ISBN1586421026. (Its on Wikipedia.org)
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I thought for sure he had some asian in him?? I just finished watching westworld, great classic movie!!
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He is not white.He looks like a Native-American.
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I doubt he is Native American. some Russians have central Asian blood and he does look a slightly Asian in appearance.
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I heard that he claimed Mongolian ancestry.
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His mom is actually Russian-Jewish [references at wikipedia.org]
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