Actor

Michael York

Born 27 March 1942 · 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.

Films and shows

  1. 2026The Crystal PlanetThe Patriarch (voice)
  2. 2014Sleeping Beauty1h 29mThe Narrator
  3. 2014Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora1h 27mSelf
  4. 2013Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals29mSelf
  5. 2012Earth SongsNarrator
  6. 2012Flatland²: Sphereland36mSpherius (voice)
  7. 2011Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta1h 13mSelf
  8. 2011The Mill and the Cross1h 36mNicolaes Jonghelinck
  9. 2010Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes49mSherlock Holmes (voice)
  10. 2010The Justice of Wolves1h 34mMika - Adult
  11. 2009A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert1h 36mNarrator
  12. 2008Chris & Don: A Love Story1h 30mSelf - Narrator
  13. 2008Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies1h 42mSelf - Narrator
  14. 2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation58mSelf
  15. 2008Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons1 seasonStephen Combe
  16. 2008Świadectwo1h 38m
  17. 2007Flatland36mSpherius (voice)
  18. 2006Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion1h 16mNarrator
  19. 2006Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari55m
  20. 2005William Powell: A True Gentleman31mNarrator
  21. 2005Alias Nick and Nora1h 17mNarrator
  22. 2005The Hobart Shakespeareans52mSelf
  23. 2005Crusader1h 40mMcGovern
  24. 2005Frederick Forsyth's Icon1 seasonSir Nigel Irvine
  25. 2005Icon2h 46mSir Nigel Irvine
  26. 2004The Lady Musketeer1 seasonD'Artagnan
  27. 2004Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'48mSelf
  28. 2004Moscow Heat1h 29mRoger Chambers
  29. 2004Freedom from Despair1h 35mVoice Over
  30. 2002Austin Powers in Goldmember1h 34mBasil Exposition
  31. 2002Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year1h 5mNarrator (voice)
  32. 2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 21h 44mStone Alexander
  33. 2001Borstal Boy1h 31mJoyce
  34. 2000One Hell of a Guy1h 37mThe Devil
  35. 2000Founding Fathers1 seasonAlexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
  36. 2000The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire1h 15mPterano (voice)
  37. 1999Puss in Boots1h 15mPuss In Boots (voice)
  38. 1999The Haunting of Hell House1h 28mProfessor Ambrose
  39. 1999Magic and Beyond1 seasonHost
  40. 1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'26mSelf
  41. 1999The Omega Code1h 40mStone Alexander
  42. 1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me1h 35mBasil Exposition
  43. 1998Merchants of Venus1h 18mAlex Jakoff
  44. 1998Lovers and Liars1h 36mDick
  45. 1998A Knight in Camelot1h 30mKing Arthur
  46. 1998Perfect Little Angels1h 35mCalvin Lawrence
  47. 1998The Treat1h 34mSimon
  48. 1998Wrongfully Accused1h 27mHibbing Goodhue
  49. 1997Dark Planet1h 39mWinter
  50. 1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery1h 29mBasil Exposition
  51. 1997A Christmas Carol1h 12mBob Cratchit (voice)
  52. 1997Un coup de baguette magiqueIlya
  53. 1997The Ripper1h 40mSir Charles Warren
  54. 1997True Women1 seasonLewis Lawshe
  55. 1997Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club43mThe Swingers Club
  56. 1997The Long Way Home2h(voice)
  57. 1997Goodbye America1h 56mSenator Bladon
  58. 1996The Ring3hWalmar von Gotthard
  59. 1996The Ring1 seasonWalmar von Gotthard
  60. 1996Rosamunde Pilcher: September2h 51mEdmund
  61. 1996September1 seasonEdmund
  62. 1996Basketball Mozart57mNarrator (voice)
  63. 1995A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court1h 35mMerlin
  64. 1995Not of This Earth1h 23mPaul Johnson
  65. 1995Shadow of a Kiss1h 27mAlbert
  66. 1995The Miracle of Medjugorje2h 5mMilan Vukovic
  67. 1994The Magic Flute44mKing Sarastro
  68. 1994Discretion Assured1h 37mTrevor
  69. 1994Fall from Grace3h 2mHans-Dieter Stromelburg
  70. 1994TekWar: TekLab1h 45mRichard Stewart
  71. 1993The Magic Paintbrush23mThe King (voice)
  72. 1993Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn1 seasonNarrator
  73. 1993David Copperfield1h 31mEdward Murdstone (voice)
  74. 1993Wide Sargasso Sea1h 38mPaul Mason
  75. 1992Rochade1h 38mPaul Grumbach
  76. 1992Duel of Hearts1h 35mGervaise Warlingham
  77. 1992The Long Shadow1h 20m
  78. 1991The Wanderer30mSaxon Warrior
  79. 1991Eline Vere2h 48mLawrence St. Clare
  80. 1990Night of the Fox3h 8mField Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
  81. 1989The Return of the Musketeers1h 42mD'Artagnan
  82. 1989Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again1 seasonPaul de Lancel
  83. 1989Till We Meet Again3mPaul de Lancel
  84. 1989The Heat of the Day1h 46mRobert
  85. 1988Phantom of Death1h 32mRobert Dominici
  86. 1988The Secret of the Sahara1 seasonDesmond Jordan
  87. 1988Midnight Cop1h 35mKarstens
  88. 1988The Four Minute Mile2h 32mFranz Stampfl
  89. 1988The Lady and the Highwayman1h 30mKing Charles II
  90. 1987The Far Country1 seasonCarl Zlinter
  91. 1987Lethal Obsession1h 37mDr. Proper
  92. 1986Are You My Mother?1hChet Gordon
  93. 1986Ponce de Leon52mPonce de Leon
  94. 1986Sword of Gideon2h 53mRobert
  95. 1986The Dawn1h 40mJohn Dawson
  96. 1986Dark Mansions1h 36mJason Drake
  97. 1985Au nom de tous les miens1 seasonMartin Gray
  98. 1985Space1 seasonDieter Kolff
  99. 1984The Bengal Lancers!30mCaptain Walberton
  100. 1984Success Is the Best Revenge1h 31mAlex Rodak
  101. 1984The Master of Ballantrae3hJames Durie
  102. 1983The Weather in the Streets2h 13mRollo Spencer
  103. 1983For Those I Loved2h 25mMartin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
  104. 1983The Phantom of the Opera1h 36mMichael Hartnell
  105. 1983Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
  106. 1982Twilight Theater II1h 30mSelf- Guest
  107. 1981The White Lions1h 37mChris McBride
  108. 1981Beauty and the BeastThe Beast (voice)
  109. 1981Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast12mBeast (voice)
  110. 1980Final Assignment1h 38mLyosha Petrov
  111. 1979The Riddle of the Sands1h 43mCharles Carruthers
  112. 1979A Man Called Intrepid1 seasonEvan Michaelian
  113. 1978Regie: Billy Wilder1h 2mSelf
  114. 1978Fedora1h 49mSelf
  115. 1978Formula 1 - Speed fever1h 35mSelf
  116. 1977True PatriotDietrich Bonhoeffer
  117. 1977The Island of Dr. Moreau1h 39mAndrew Braddock
  118. 1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste1h 25mBeau Geste
  119. 1977Jesus of Nazareth1 seasonJohn the Baptist
  120. 1976Seven Nights in Japan1h 40mPrince George
  121. 1976Logan's Run1h 58mLogan
  122. 1976A Look Into the 23rd Century9mSelf
  123. 1975Conduct Unbecoming1h 47m2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
  124. 1974Great Expectations1h 40mPip
  125. 1974The Four Musketeers1h 47mD'Artagnan
  126. 1974Murder on the Orient Express2h 8mCount Andrenyi
  127. 1973The Three Musketeers1h 47mD'Artagnan
  128. 1973England Made Me1h 40mAnthony Farrant
  129. 1973Lost Horizon2h 27mGeorge Conway
  130. 1973Tennessee Williams' South1h 20m
  131. 1972Cabaret2h 4mBrian Roberts
  132. 1972The Recreation of an Era6mSelf
  133. 1971Zeppelin1h 41mGeoffrey Richter-Douglas
  134. 1971Touch and Go1h 50mBasil
  135. 1970Something for Everyone1h 52mKonrad Ludwig
  136. 1969Alfred the Great2h 2mGuthrum
  137. 1969The Guru1h 52mTom Pickle
  138. 1969Justine1h 56mDarley
  139. 1968The Strange Affair1h 46mPeter Strange
  140. 1968Romeo and Juliet2h 18mTybalt
  141. 1968Red and Blue36mAcrobat
  142. 1968Red, White, and Zero1h 38mAcrobat
  143. 1967Smashing Time1h 36mTom Wabe
  144. 1967Confessions of Loving Couples1h 20mPeter
  145. 1967Accident1h 45mWilliam
  146. 1967The Taming of the Shrew1h 57mLucentio