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