Michael York

Known For: Acting
Born: March 27, 1942
Place of Birth: Fulmer, England, UK

Michael York

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 Af…

Filmography

The Crystal Planet

2026 · The Patriarch (voice)

Dreams

2025 · Private Agent

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

2014 · Self

Sleeping Beauty

2014 · The Narrator

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

2013 · Self

Flatland²: Sphereland

2012 · Spherius (voice)

Earth Songs

2012 · Narrator

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta

2011 · Self

The Mill and the Cross

2011 · Nicolaes Jonghelinck

The Justice of Wolves

2010 · Mika - Adult

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

2010 · Sherlock Holmes (voice)

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert

2009 · Narrator

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009 · Prime #1 (voice)

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons

2008 · Stephen Combe

Świadectwo

2008

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008 · Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

2008 · Self - Narrator

Chris & Don: A Love Story

2008 · Self - Narrator

Ben 10: Alien Force

2008 · Patrick (voice)

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008 · Self

Flatland

2007 · Spherius (voice)

Legends

2006 · Self, Self (uncredited)

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion

2006 · Narrator

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

2006

How I Met Your Mother

2005 · Jefferson Van Smoot

The Hobart Shakespeareans

2005 · Self

Crusader

2005 · McGovern

William Powell: A True Gentleman

2005 · Narrator

Frederick Forsyth's Icon

2005 · Sir Nigel Irvine

Icon

2005 · Sir Nigel Irvine

Moscow Heat

2004 · Roger Chambers

Freedom from Despair

2004 · Voice Over

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'

2004 · Self

Justice League Unlimited

2004 · Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)

The Lady Musketeer

2004 · D'Artagnan

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

2002 · Narrator (voice)

Presidio Med

2002 · George Slingerland

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002 · Basil Exposition

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

2001 · Bernard Fremont

In Search of Peace

2001 · Chaim Herzog (voice)

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001 · Stone Alexander, Co-Producer

Borstal Boy

2001 · Joyce

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

2000 · Pterano (voice)

Founding Fathers

2000 · Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)

One Hell of a Guy

2000 · The Devil

Curb Your Enthusiasm

2000 · Michael York

Gilmore Girls

2000 · Asher Fleming

The Haunting of Hell House

1999 · Professor Ambrose

Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

1999 · Self

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999 · Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")

The Omega Code

1999 · Stone Alexander

The Lot

1999 · Colin Rhome

Puss in Boots

1999 · Puss In Boots (voice)

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

1999 · Basil Exposition

Magic and Beyond

1999 · Host

Lovers and Liars

1998 · Dick

A Knight in Camelot

1998 · King Arthur

The Treat

1998 · Simon

54

1998 · Ambassador

Wrongfully Accused

1998 · Hibbing Goodhue

Perfect Little Angels

1998 · Calvin Lawrence

Merchants of Venus

1998 · Alex Jakoff

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998 · David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)

A Christmas Carol

1997 · Bob Cratchit (voice)

The Ripper

1997 · Sir Charles Warren

The Long Way Home

1997 · (voice)

Un coup de baguette magique

1997 · Ilya

Dark Planet

1997 · Winter

True Women

1997 · Lewis Lawshe

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997 · Basil Exposition

Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club

1997 · The Swingers Club

Goodbye America

1997 · Senator Bladon

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

1996 · Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)

The Ring

1996 · Walmar von Gotthard

The Ring

1996 · Walmar von Gotthard

Superman: The Animated Series

1996 · Kanto (voice)

Rosamunde Pilcher: September

1996 · Edmund

Basketball Mozart

1996 · Narrator (voice)

September

1996 · Edmund

Virgin Mary

1995 · Milan Vukovic

The Naked Truth

1995 · Leland Banks

Not of This Earth

1995 · Paul Johnson

Shadow of a Kiss

1995 · Albert

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1995 · Merlin

Sliders

1995

The Magic School Bus

1994 · Harry Herpst (voice)

Discretion Assured

1994 · Trevor

Fall from Grace

1994 · Hans-Dieter Stromelburg

The Magic Flute

1994 · King Sarastro

TekWar: TekLab

1994 · Richard Stewart

Babylon 5

1994 · David 'Arthur' McIntyre

David Copperfield

1993 · Edward Murdstone (voice)

seaQuest DSV

1993 · President Alexander Bourne

The Magic Paintbrush

The Magic Paintbrush

1993 · The King (voice)

Wide Sargasso Sea

1993 · Paul Mason

Batman: The Animated Series

1992 · Dr. Montague Kane (voice), Vertigo (voice)

Vicki!

1992 · Self - Guest

Rochade

1992 · Paul Grumbach

Duel of Hearts

1992 · Gervaise Warlingham

The Long Shadow

1992

Eline Vere

1991 · Lawrence St. Clare

The Wanderer

1991 · Saxon Warrior

Night of the Fox

1990 · Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger

Come See the Paradise

1990 · Dance Hall Band

The Simpsons

1989 · Clayton (voice), Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice), Nigel (voice), Mason Fairbanks (voice)

Till We Meet Again

1989 · Paul de Lancel

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

1989

The Heat of the Day

1989 · Robert

The Return of the Musketeers

1989 · D'Artagnan

The Lady and the Highwayman

1988 · King Charles II

The Four Minute Mile

1988 · Franz Stampfl

Midnight Cop

1988 · Karstens

Phantom of Death

1988 · Robert Dominici

The Secret of the Sahara

1988 · Desmond Jordan

Lethal Obsession

1987 · Dr. Proper

The Far Country

1987 · Carl Zlinter

The Dawn

1986 · John Dawson

Ponce de Leon

1986 · Ponce de Leon

Sword of Gideon

1986 · Robert

Dark Mansions

1986 · Jason Drake

Are You My Mother?

1986 · Chet Gordon

Tall Tales & Legends

1985 · Ponce de Leon

Space

1985 · Dieter Kolff

Au nom de tous les miens

1985 · Martin Gray

The Bengal Lancers!

1984 · Captain Walberton

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984 · Alex Rodak

The Master of Ballantrae

1984 · James Durie

The Weather in the Streets

1983 · Rollo Spencer

For Those I Loved

1983 · Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

1983

The Phantom of the Opera

1983 · Michael Hartnell

Twilight Theater II

1982 · Self- Guest

Twilight Theatre

1982 · Self - Host

The White Lions

1981 · Chris McBride

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

1981 · Beast (voice)

Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

1981 · The Beast (voice)

Wetten, dass..?

1981 · Self

Final Assignment

1980 · Lyosha Petrov

Knots Landing

1979 · Charles Scott

The Riddle of the Sands

1979 · Charles Carruthers

A Man Called Intrepid

1979 · Evan Michaelian

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978 · Self

Fedora

1978 · Self

Regie: Billy Wilder

Regie: Billy Wilder

1978 · Self

True Patriot

1977 · Dietrich Bonhoeffer

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977 · Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Weekend Special

Weekend Special

1977 · King Sarastro (voice)

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977 · Andrew Braddock

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977 · Beau Geste

Jesus of Nazareth

1977 · John the Baptist

Seven Nights in Japan

1976 · Prince George

Logan's Run

1976 · Logan

A Look Into the 23rd Century

1976 · Self

Conduct Unbecoming

1975 · 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake

Murder on the Orient Express

1974 · Count Andrenyi

The Four Musketeers

1974 · D'Artagnan

Great Expectations

1974 · Pip

The Three Musketeers

1973 · D'Artagnan

England Made Me

1973 · Anthony Farrant

Lost Horizon

1973 · George Conway

Tennessee Williams' South

1973

Cabaret

1972 · Brian Roberts

The Recreation of an Era

1972 · Self

Film '72

1971 · Self

Touch and Go

1971 · Basil

Zeppelin

1971 · Geoffrey Richter-Douglas

Something for Everyone

1970 · Konrad Ludwig

Alfred the Great

1969 · Guthrum

Justine

1969 · Darley

The Guru

1969 · Tom Pickle

The Strange Affair

1968 · Peter Strange

Red and Blue

1968 · Acrobat

Romeo and Juliet

1968 · Tybalt

Red, White, and Zero

1968 · Acrobat

Smashing Time

1967 · Tom Wabe

The Taming of the Shrew

1967 · Lucentio

Confessions of Loving Couples

1967 · Peter

Accident

1967 · William

The Forsyte Saga

1967 · Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte

The Wild Wild West

1965 · Gupta

Gidget

1965

The Wednesday Play

1964 · Roger Porlock

Arrest and Trial

1963

The Merv Griffin Show

1962 · Self

Tony Awards

1956 · Self - Performer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951 · James Durie, Henry's older brother

Golden Globe Awards

1944 · Self - Host

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