Known For
Acting
Born
Mar 27, 1942
Place of Birth
Fulmer, England, UK
Credits
187 titles
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
Filmography
The Crystal Planet
The Patriarch (voice)
Dreams
Private Agent
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Self
Sleeping Beauty
The Narrator
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Self
Flatland²: Sphereland
Spherius (voice)
Earth Songs
Narrator
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
Self
The Mill and the Cross
Nicolaes Jonghelinck
The Justice of Wolves
Mika - Adult
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Sherlock Holmes (voice)
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
Narrator
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Prime #1 (voice)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Stephen Combe
Świadectwo
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Self - Narrator
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Self - Narrator
Ben 10: Alien Force
Patrick (voice)
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Self
Flatland
Spherius (voice)
Legends
Self
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Narrator
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
How I Met Your Mother
Jefferson Van Smoot
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Self
Crusader
McGovern
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Narrator
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
Sir Nigel Irvine
Icon
Sir Nigel Irvine
Moscow Heat
Roger Chambers
Freedom from Despair
Voice Over
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Self
Justice League Unlimited
Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
The Lady Musketeer
D'Artagnan
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Narrator (voice)
Presidio Med
George Slingerland
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Basil Exposition
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Bernard Fremont
In Search of Peace
Chaim Herzog (voice)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Stone Alexander
Borstal Boy
Joyce
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Pterano (voice)
Founding Fathers
Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
One Hell of a Guy
The Devil
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Michael York
Gilmore Girls
Asher Fleming
The Haunting of Hell House
Professor Ambrose
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Self
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")