Michael York
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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
Credits
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999)
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997)
as Basil Exposition
Murder on the Orient Express (1974)
as Count Andrenyi
Dreams (2025)
as Private Agent
Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002)
as Basil Exposition
Romeo and Juliet (1968)
as Tybalt
Logan's Run (1976)
as Logan
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen (2009)
as Prime #1 (voice)
The Three Musketeers (1973)
as D'Artagnan
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year (2002)
as Narrator (voice)
Cabaret (1972)
as Brian Roberts
Fedora (1978)
as Self
The Miracle of Medjugorje (1995)
as Milan Vukovic
Wrongfully Accused (1998)
as Hibbing Goodhue
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire (2000)
as Pterano (voice)
The Island of Dr. Moreau (1977)
as Andrew Braddock
The Taming of the Shrew (1967)
as Lucentio
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes (2010)
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Four Musketeers (1974)
as D'Artagnan
54 (1998)
as Ambassador
The Treat (1998)
as Simon
The Return of the Musketeers (1989)
as D'Artagnan
TekWar: TekLab (1994)
as Richard Stewart
The Crystal Planet (2026)
as The Patriarch (voice)
The Bengal Lancers! (1984)
as Captain Walberton
Alfred the Great (1969)
as Guthrum
Flatland (2007)
as Spherius (voice)
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' (1999)
as Self
Babylon 5: In the Beginning (1998)
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Come See the Paradise (1990)
as Dance Hall Band
Night of the Fox (1990)
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
The Last Remake of Beau Geste (1977)
as Beau Geste
Flatland²: Sphereland (2012)
as Spherius (voice)
Twilight Theater II (1982)
as Self- Guest
Merchants of Venus (1998)
as Alex Jakoff
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 (2001)
as Stone Alexander
The Magic Paintbrush (1993)
as The King (voice)
The Phantom of the Opera (1983)
as Michael Hartnell
Sleeping Beauty (2014)
as The Narrator
Tennessee Williams' South (1973)
Actor
Discretion Assured (1994)
as Trevor
Lovers and Liars (1998)
as Dick
Confessions of Loving Couples (1967)
as Peter
Accident (1967)
as William
A Knight in Camelot (1998)
as King Arthur
The White Lions (1981)
as Chris McBride
Icon (2005)
as Sir Nigel Irvine
The Ring (1996)
as Walmar von Gotthard
Zeppelin (1971)
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as The Beast (voice)
The Lady and the Highwayman (1988)
as King Charles II
Fall from Grace (1994)
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Till We Meet Again (1989)
as Paul de Lancel
Lost Horizon (1973)
as George Conway
England Made Me (1973)
as Anthony Farrant
Alias Nick and Nora (2005)
as Narrator
Phantom of Death (1988)
as Robert Dominici
Something for Everyone (1970)
as Konrad Ludwig
Regie: Billy Wilder (1978)
as Self
The Recreation of an Era (1972)
as Self
The Omega Code (1999)
as Stone Alexander
For Those I Loved (1983)
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
The Long Way Home (1997)
as (voice)
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation (2008)
as Self
A Christmas Carol (1997)
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Midnight Cop (1988)
as Karstens
The Mill and the Cross (2011)
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Conduct Unbecoming (1975)
as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
Are You My Mother? (1986)
as Chet Gordon
Great Expectations (1974)
as Pip
Wide Sargasso Sea (1993)
as Paul Mason
Rochade (1992)
as Paul Grumbach
Twilight Theatre (1982)
Actor
Borstal Boy (2001)
as Joyce
Dark Planet (1997)
as Winter
Perfect Little Angels (1998)
as Calvin Lawrence
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast (1981)
as Beast (voice)
The Riddle of the Sands (1979)
as Charles Carruthers
Sword of Gideon (1986)
as Robert
Touch and Go (1971)
as Basil
Seven Nights in Japan (1976)
as Prince George
William Powell: A True Gentleman (2005)
as Narrator
Success Is the Best Revenge (1984)
as Alex Rodak
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club (1997)
as The Swingers Club
The Strange Affair (1968)
as Peter Strange
The Four Minute Mile (1988)
as Franz Stampfl
Justine (1969)
as Darley
Red, White, and Zero (1968)
as Acrobat
Formula 1 - Speed fever (1978)
as Self
Chris & Don: A Love Story (2008)
as Self - Narrator
Ponce de Leon (1986)
as Ponce de Leon
Lethal Obsession (1987)
as Dr. Proper
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies (2008)
as Self - Narrator
Crusader (2005)
as McGovern
Świadectwo (2008)
Actor
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora (2014)
as Self
The Ripper (1997)
as Sir Charles Warren
The Guru (1969)
as Tom Pickle
The Long Shadow (1992)
Actor
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 (1999)
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
Eline Vere (1991)
as Lawrence St. Clare
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' (2004)
as Self
Moscow Heat (2004)
as Roger Chambers
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court (1995)
as Merlin
The Weather in the Streets (1983)
as Rollo Spencer
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage (1983)
Actor
The Master of Ballantrae (1984)
as James Durie
Red and Blue (1968)
as Acrobat
A Look Into the 23rd Century (1976)
as Self
True Patriot (1977)
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
One Hell of a Guy (2000)
as The Devil
The Haunting of Hell House (1999)
as Professor Ambrose
The Heat of the Day (1989)
as Robert
Final Assignment (1980)
as Lyosha Petrov
Smashing Time (1967)
as Tom Wabe
David Copperfield (1993)
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta (2011)
as Self
The Wanderer (1991)
as Saxon Warrior
Un coup de baguette magique (1997)
as Ilya
Not of This Earth (1995)
as Paul Johnson
Shadow of a Kiss (1995)
as Albert
The Magic Flute (1994)
as King Sarastro
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert (2009)
as Narrator
Goodbye America (1997)
as Senator Bladon
Dark Mansions (1986)
as Jason Drake
The Justice of Wolves (2010)
as Mika - Adult
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals (2013)
as Self
Duel of Hearts (1992)
as Gervaise Warlingham
In Search of Peace (2001)
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
Puss in Boots (1999)
as Puss In Boots (voice)
The Dawn (1986)
as John Dawson
The Hobart Shakespeareans (2005)
as Self
Earth Songs (2012)
as Narrator
Basketball Mozart (1996)
as Narrator (voice)
Freedom from Despair (2004)
as Voice Over
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion (2006)
as Narrator
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari (2006)
Actor