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