Michael York
- Acting
- March 27, 1942 · Fulmer, England, UK
Biography
Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; March 27, 1942) is an English actor. After performing on-stage with the Royal National Theatre, he had a breakthrough in films by playing Tybalt in Franco Zeffirelli's Romeo and Juliet (1968). His blond, blue-eyed boyish looks and English upper social class demeanor saw him play leading roles in several major British and Hollywood films of the 1970s. His best known roles include Konrad Ludwig in Something for Everyone (1970), Geoffrey Richter-Douglas in Zeppelin (1971), Brian Roberts in Cabaret (1972), George Conway in Lost Horizon (1973), D'Artagnan in The Three Musketeers (also 1973) and its two sequels, Count Andrenyi in Murder on the Orient Express (1974), Logan 5 in Logan's Run (1976). In his later career he found success as Basil Exposition in the Austin Powers film series (1997–2002). He is a two-time Emmy Award nominee, for the ABC Afterschool Special: Are You My Mother? (1986) and the AMC series The Lot (2001). In 2002, he received a Star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame for his contributions to motion pictures.
Known for
Filmography
- The Crystal Planet · The Patriarch (Voice)
- Dreams · Private Agent
- Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora · Self
- Sleeping Beauty · The Narrator
- Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals · Self
- Flatland²: Sphereland · Spherius (Voice)
- Earth Songs · Narrator
- Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta · Self
- The Mill and the Cross · Nicolaes Jonghelinck
- The Justice of Wolves · Mika - Adult
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes · Sherlock Holmes (Voice)
- A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert · Narrator
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen · Prime #1 (Voice)
- Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons · Stephen Combe
- Świadectwo
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars · Dr. Nuvo Vindi (Voice)
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies · Self
- Chris & Don: A Love Story · Self
- Ben 10: Alien Force · Patrick (Voice)
- Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation · Self
- Flatland · Spherius (Voice)
- Legends · Self
- Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion · Narrator
- Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
- How I Met Your Mother · Jefferson Van Smoot
- The Hobart Shakespeareans · Self
- Crusader · McGovern
- William Powell: A True Gentleman · Narrator
- Alias Nick and Nora · Narrator
- Frederick Forsyth's Icon · Sir Nigel Irvine
- Icon · Sir Nigel Irvine
- Moscow Heat · Roger Chambers
- Freedom from Despair · Voice Over
- Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' · Self
- Justice League Unlimited · Ares / Mr. Sera (Voice)
- The Lady Musketeer · D'Artagnan
- Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year · Narrator (Voice)
- Presidio Med · George Slingerland
- Austin Powers in Goldmember · Basil Exposition
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent · Bernard Fremont
- In Search of Peace · Chaim Herzog (Voice)
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 · Stone Alexander, Co-producer
- Borstal Boy · Joyce
- The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire · Pterano (Voice)
- Founding Fathers · Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (Voice)
- One Hell of a Guy · The Devil
- Curb Your Enthusiasm · Michael York
- Gilmore Girls · Asher Fleming
- The Haunting of Hell House · Professor Ambrose
- Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' · Self
- Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 · Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
- The Omega Code · Stone Alexander
- The Lot · Colin Rhome
- Puss in Boots · Puss In Boots (Voice)
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me · Basil Exposition
- Magic and Beyond · Host
- Lovers and Liars · Dick
- A Knight in Camelot · King Arthur
- The Treat · Simon
- 54 · Ambassador
- Wrongfully Accused · Hibbing Goodhue
- Perfect Little Angels · Calvin Lawrence
- Merchants of Venus · Alex Jakoff
- Babylon 5: In the Beginning · David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
- The Ripper · Sir Charles Warren
- A Christmas Carol · Bob Cratchit (Voice)
- The Long Way Home · Voice
- Un coup de baguette magique · Ilya
- Dark Planet · Winter
- True Women · Lewis Lawshe
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery · Basil Exposition
- Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club · The Swingers Club
- Goodbye America · Senator Bladon
- The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century · Robert Graves / Harold Owen (Voice)
- The Ring · Walmar von Gotthard
- The Ring · Walmar von Gotthard
- Superman: The Animated Series · Kanto (Voice)
- Basketball Mozart · Narrator (Voice)
- September · Edmund
- The Miracle of Medjugorje · Milan Vukovic