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Michael York

Michael York

Born: 1942-03-27 • Fulmer, England, UK

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.

Filmography
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Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
2014 • Self
Sleeping Beauty poster
Sleeping Beauty
2014 • The Narrator
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals poster
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013 • Self
Flatland²: Sphereland poster
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012 • Spherius (voice)
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Earth Songs
2012 • Narrator
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta poster
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011 • Self
The Mill and the Cross poster
The Mill and the Cross
2011 • Nicolaes Jonghelinck
The Justice of Wolves poster
The Justice of Wolves
2010 • Mika - Adult
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes poster
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010 • Sherlock Holmes (voice)
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert poster
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009 • Narrator
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009 • Prime #1 (voice)
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Świadectwo
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies poster
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008 • Self - Narrator
Chris & Don: A Love Story poster
Chris & Don: A Love Story
2008 • Self - Narrator
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation poster
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008 • Self
Flatland poster
Flatland
2007 • Spherius (voice)
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion poster
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006 • Narrator
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Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
2006
The Hobart Shakespeareans poster
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005 • Himself
Crusader poster
Crusader
2005 • McGovern
William Powell: A True Gentleman poster
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005 • Narrator
Icon poster
Icon
2005 • Sir Nigel Irvine
Moscow Heat poster
Moscow Heat
2004 • Roger Chambers
Freedom from Despair poster
Freedom from Despair
2004 • Voice Over
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' poster
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004 • Self
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year poster
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002 • Narrator (voice)
Austin Powers in Goldmember poster
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002 • Basil Exposition
In Search of Peace poster
In Search of Peace
2001 • Chaim Herzog (voice)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 poster
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001 • Stone Alexander
Borstal Boy poster
Borstal Boy
2001 • Joyce
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire poster
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000 • Pterano (voice)
One Hell of a Guy poster
One Hell of a Guy
2000 • The Devil
The Haunting of Hell House poster
The Haunting of Hell House
1999 • Professor Ambrose
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' poster
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999 • Self
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999 • Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
The Omega Code poster
The Omega Code
1999 • Stone Alexander
Puss in Boots poster
Puss in Boots
1999 • Puss In Boots (voice)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me poster
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999 • Basil Exposition
A Knight in Camelot poster
A Knight in Camelot
1998 • King Arthur
The Treat poster
The Treat
1998 • Simon
54 poster
54
1998 • Ambassador
Wrongfully Accused poster
Wrongfully Accused
1998 • Hibbing Goodhue
Perfect Little Angels poster
Perfect Little Angels
1998 • Calvin Lawrence
Merchants of Venus poster
Merchants of Venus
1998 • Alex Jakoff
Babylon 5: In the Beginning poster
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998 • David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Lovers and Liars poster
Lovers and Liars
1998 • Dick
A Christmas Carol poster
A Christmas Carol
1997 • Bob Cratchit (voice)
The Ripper poster
The Ripper
1997 • Sir Charles Warren
The Long Way Home poster
The Long Way Home
1997 • (voice)
Un coup de baguette magique poster
Un coup de baguette magique
1997 • Ilya
Dark Planet poster
Dark Planet
1997 • Winter
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery poster
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997 • Basil Exposition
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club poster
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997 • The Swingers Club
Goodbye America poster
Goodbye America
1997 • Senator Bladon
The Ring poster
The Ring
1996 • Walmar von Gotthard
Rosamunde Pilcher: September poster
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996 • Edmund
Basketball Mozart poster
Basketball Mozart
1996 • Narrator (voice)
Virgin Mary poster
Virgin Mary
1995 • Milan Vukovic
Not of This Earth poster
Not of This Earth
1995 • Paul Johnson
Shadow of a Kiss poster
Shadow of a Kiss
1995 • Albert
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995 • Merlin
Discretion Assured poster
Discretion Assured
1994 • Trevor
Fall from Grace poster
Fall from Grace
1994 • Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
The Magic Flute poster
The Magic Flute
1994 • King Sarastro
TekWar: TekLab poster
TekWar: TekLab
1994 • Richard Stewart
David Copperfield poster
David Copperfield
1993 • Edward Murdstone (voice)
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The Magic Paintbrush
1993 • The King (voice)
Wide Sargasso Sea poster
Wide Sargasso Sea
1993 • Paul Mason
Rochade poster
Rochade
1992 • Paul Grumbach
Duel of Hearts poster
Duel of Hearts
1992 • Gervaise Warlingham
The Long Shadow poster
The Long Shadow
1992
Eline Vere poster
Eline Vere
1991 • Lawrence St. Clare
The Wanderer poster
The Wanderer
1991 • Saxon Warrior
Night of the Fox poster
Night of the Fox
1990 • Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Come See the Paradise poster
Come See the Paradise
1990 • Dance Hall Band
Till We Meet Again poster
Till We Meet Again
1989 • Paul de Lancel
The Heat of the Day poster
The Heat of the Day
1989 • Robert
The Return of the Musketeers poster
The Return of the Musketeers
1989 • D'Artagnan
The Lady and the Highwayman poster
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988 • King Charles II
The Four Minute Mile poster
The Four Minute Mile
1988 • Franz Stampfl
Midnight Cop poster
Midnight Cop
1988 • Karstens
Phantom of Death poster
Phantom of Death
1988 • Robert Dominici
Lethal Obsession poster
Lethal Obsession
1987 • Dr. Proper
The Dawn poster
The Dawn
1986 • John Dawson
Ponce de Leon poster
Ponce de Leon
1986 • Ponce de Leon
Sword of Gideon poster
Sword of Gideon
1986 • Robert
Dark Mansions poster
Dark Mansions
1986 • Jason Drake
Are You My Mother? poster
Are You My Mother?
1986 • Chet Gordon
The Bengal Lancers! poster
The Bengal Lancers!
1984 • Captain Walberton
Success Is the Best Revenge poster
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984 • Alex Rodak
The Master of Ballantrae poster
The Master of Ballantrae
1984 • James Durie
The Weather in the Streets poster
The Weather in the Streets
1983 • Rollo Spencer
For Those I Loved poster
For Those I Loved
1983 • Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage poster
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
The Phantom of the Opera poster
The Phantom of the Opera
1983 • Michael Hartnell
Twilight Theatre poster
Twilight Theatre
1982 • Self - Host
The White Lions poster
The White Lions
1981 • Chris McBride
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast poster
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981 • Beast (voice)
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Beauty and the Beast
1981 • The Beast (voice)
Final Assignment poster
Final Assignment
1980 • Lyosha Petrov