Michael York
Personal Info
Known for
Acting
Gender
Male
Birthday
1942-03-27 (83 years old)
Place of Birth
Fulmer, England, UK
Michael York
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
Acting
The Crystal Planet
as The Patriarch (voice)
(2014)
Sleeping Beauty
as The Narrator
(2014)
(2013)
(2012)
Flatland²: Sphereland
as Spherius (voice)
(2012)
Earth Songs
as Narrator
(2011)
(2011)
The Mill and the Cross
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
(2010)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
(2010)
The Justice of Wolves
as Mika - Adult
(2009)
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Prime #1 (voice)
(2009)
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
as Narrator
(2008)
(2008)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self - Narrator
(2008)
(2007)
Chris & Don: A Love Story
as Narrator
(2007)
Flatland
as Spherius (voice)
(2006)
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
as Narrator
(2005)
Crusader
as McGovern
(2005)
Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
(2005)
The Hobart Shakespeareans
as Himself
(2005)
William Powell: A True Gentleman
as Narrator
(2004)
Freedom from Despair
as Voice Over
(2004)
Moscow Heat
as Roger Chambers
(2004)
(2002)
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Basil Exposition
(2002)
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Narrator (voice)
(2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Stone Alexander
(2001)
Borstal Boy
as Joyce
(2001)
In Search of Peace
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
(2000)
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
as Pterano (voice)
(2000)
One Hell of a Guy
as The Devil
(1999)
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Basil Exposition
(1999)
The Omega Code
as Stone Alexander
(1999)
Puss in Boots
as Puss In Boots (voice)
(1999)
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
(1999)
The Haunting of Hell House
as Professor Ambrose
(1998)
54
as Ambassador
(1998)
Perfect Little Angels
as Calvin Lawrence
(1998)
A Knight in Camelot
as King Arthur
(1998)
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
(1998)
Wrongfully Accused
as Hibbing Goodhue
(1998)
Merchants of Venus
as Alex Jakoff
(1998)
The Treat
as Simon
(1998)
Lovers and Liars
as Dick
(1997)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as Basil Exposition
(1997)
Goodbye America
as Senator Bladon
(1997)
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
(1997)
Dark Planet
as Winter
(1997)
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
(1997)
The Ripper
as Sir Charles Warren
(1997)
Un coup de baguette magique
as Ilya
(1997)
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
as The Swingers Club
(1996)
The Ring
as Walmar von Gotthard
(1996)
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
as Edmund
(1996)
Basketball Mozart
as Narrator (voice)
(1995)
Shadow of a Kiss
as Albert
(1995)
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
(1995)
Virgin Mary
as Milan Vukovic
(1995)
(1994)
The Magic Flute
as King Sarastro
(1994)
Fall from Grace
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
(1994)
Discretion Assured
as Trevor
(1994)
TekWar: TekLab
as Richard Stewart
(1993)
Wide Sargasso Sea
as Paul Mason
(1993)
David Copperfield
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
(1993)
The Magic Paintbrush
as The King (voice)
(1992)
Rochade
as Paul Grumbach
(1992)
(1992)
Duel of Hearts
as Gervaise Warlingham
(1991)
The Wanderer
as Saxon Warrior
(1991)
Eline Vere
as Lawrence St. Clare
(1990)
Come See the Paradise
as Dance Hall Band
(1990)
Night of the Fox
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
(1989)
The Return of the Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1989)
The Heat of the Day
as Robert
(1988)
The Lady and the Highwayman
as King Charles II
(1988)
Phantom of Death
as Robert Dominici
(1988)
The Four Minute Mile
as Franz Stampfl
(1988)
Midnight Cop
as Karstens
(1987)
Lethal Obsession
as Dr. Proper
(1986)
Sword of Gideon
as Robert
(1986)
Ponce de Leon
as Ponce de Leon
(1986)
The Dawn
as John Dawson
(1986)
Dark Mansions
as Jason Drake
(1986)
Are You My Mother?
as Chet Gordon
(1984)
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Alex Rodak
(1984)
The Bengal Lancers!
as Captain Walberton
(1984)
The Master of Ballantrae
as James Durie
(1983)
The Phantom of the Opera
as Michael Hartnell
(1983)
The Weather in the Streets
as Rollo Spencer
(1983)
For Those I Loved
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
(1983)
(1982)
Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
(1981)
The White Lions
as Chris McBride
(1981)
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Beast (voice)
(1981)
Beauty and the Beast
as The Beast (voice)
(1980)
Final Assignment
as Lyosha Petrov
(1979)
The Riddle of the Sands
as Charles Carruthers
(1979)
A Man Called Intrepid
as Evan Michaelian
(1979)
Red, White, and Zero
as Acrobat
(1978)
Fedora
as Self
(1978)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
(1977)
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Andrew Braddock
(1977)
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
(1977)
True Patriot
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
(1976)
Logan's Run
as Logan
(1976)
Seven Nights in Japan
as Prince George
(1976)
A Look Into the 23rd Century
as Self
(1975)
Conduct Unbecoming
as Tenente Arthur Drake
(1974)
Murder on the Orient Express
as Count Andrenyi
(1974)
Great Expectations
as Pip
(1974)
The Four Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1973)
The Three Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
(1973)
Lost Horizon
as George Conway
(1973)
England Made Me
as Anthony Farrant
(1973)
(1972)
Cabaret
as Brian Roberts
(1972)
(1971)
Zeppelin
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
(1971)
Touch and Go
as Basil
(1970)
Something for Everyone
as Konrad Ludwig
(1969)
The Guru
as Tom Pickle
(1969)
Justine
as Darley
(1969)
Alfred the Great
as Guthrum
(1968)
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
(1968)
The Strange Affair
as Peter Strange
(1968)
Red and Blue
as Acrobat
(1967)
Smashing Time
as Tom Wabe
(1967)
The Taming of the Shrew
as Lucentio
(1967)
Accident
as William
(1967)
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Peter
Crew
(2001)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Co-Producer