Michael York

Michael York

Known for
Acting
Born
March 27, 1942 (age 84)
Birthplace
Fulmer, England, UK

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

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Filmography

2026
The Crystal Planet poster

The Crystal Planet

Movie · as The Patriarch (voice)

2025
Dreams poster

Dreams

Movie · as Private Agent

2014
Sleeping Beauty poster

Sleeping Beauty

Movie · as The Narrator

2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

Movie · as Self

2013
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals poster

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

Movie · as Self

2012
Earth Songs

Earth Songs

Movie · as Narrator

2012
Flatland²: Sphereland poster

Flatland²: Sphereland

Movie · as Spherius (voice)

2011
The Mill and the Cross poster

The Mill and the Cross

Movie · as Nicolaes Jonghelinck

2011
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta poster

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta

Movie · as Self

2010
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes poster

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

Movie · as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

2010
The Justice of Wolves poster

The Justice of Wolves

Movie · as Mika - Adult

2009
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert poster

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert

Movie · as Narrator

2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen poster

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Movie · as Prime #1 (voice)

2008
Świadectwo

Świadectwo

Movie

2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies poster

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2008
Chris & Don: A Love Story poster

Chris & Don: A Love Story

Movie · as Self - Narrator

2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation poster

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

Movie · as Self

2008
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons poster

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons

TV · as Stephen Combe · 4 eps

2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars poster

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

TV · as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice) · 2 eps

2008
Ben 10: Alien Force poster

Ben 10: Alien Force

TV · as Patrick (voice) · 1 ep

2007
Flatland poster

Flatland

Movie · as Spherius (voice)

2006
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion poster

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion

Movie · as Narrator

2006
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

Movie

2006
Legends poster

Legends

TV · as Self, Self (uncredited) · 1 ep

2005
Icon poster

Icon

Movie · as Sir Nigel Irvine

2005
Crusader poster

Crusader

Movie · as McGovern

2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman poster

William Powell: A True Gentleman

Movie · as Narrator

2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans poster

The Hobart Shakespeareans

Movie · as Self

2005
Alias Nick and Nora poster

Alias Nick and Nora

Movie · as Narrator

2005
Frederick Forsyth's Icon poster

Frederick Forsyth's Icon

TV · as Sir Nigel Irvine · 3 eps

2005
How I Met Your Mother poster

How I Met Your Mother

TV · as Jefferson Van Smoot · 1 ep

2004
Freedom from Despair poster

Freedom from Despair

Movie · as Voice Over

2004
Moscow Heat poster

Moscow Heat

Movie · as Roger Chambers

2004
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' poster

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'

Movie · as Self

2004
Justice League Unlimited poster

Justice League Unlimited

TV · as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice) · 1 ep

2004
The Lady Musketeer poster

The Lady Musketeer

TV · as D'Artagnan · 2 eps

2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember poster

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Movie · as Basil Exposition

2002
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year poster

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

2002
Presidio Med poster

Presidio Med

TV · as George Slingerland · 1 ep

2001
Borstal Boy poster

Borstal Boy

Movie · as Joyce

2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 poster

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

Movie · as Stone Alexander

2001
In Search of Peace poster

In Search of Peace

Movie · as Chaim Herzog (voice)

2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent poster

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

TV · as Bernard Fremont · 1 ep

2000
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire poster

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

Movie · as Pterano (voice)

2000
One Hell of a Guy poster

One Hell of a Guy

Movie · as The Devil

2000
Gilmore Girls poster

Gilmore Girls

TV · as Asher Fleming · 4 eps

2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm poster

Curb Your Enthusiasm

TV · as Michael York · 4 eps

2000
Founding Fathers poster

Founding Fathers

TV · as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice) · 4 eps

1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me poster

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Movie · as Basil Exposition

1999
The Omega Code poster

The Omega Code

Movie · as Stone Alexander

1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 poster

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

Movie · as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")

1999
The Haunting of Hell House poster

The Haunting of Hell House

Movie · as Professor Ambrose

1999
Puss in Boots poster

Puss in Boots

Movie · as Puss In Boots (voice)

1999
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' poster

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

Movie · as Self

1999
Magic and Beyond poster

Magic and Beyond

TV · as Host · 26 eps

1999
The Lot poster

The Lot

TV · as Colin Rhome · 2 eps

1998
A Knight in Camelot poster

A Knight in Camelot

Movie · as King Arthur

1998
Wrongfully Accused poster

Wrongfully Accused

Movie · as Hibbing Goodhue

1998
Lovers and Liars poster

Lovers and Liars

Movie · as Dick

1998
Perfect Little Angels poster

Perfect Little Angels

Movie · as Calvin Lawrence

1998
The Treat poster

The Treat

Movie · as Simon

1998
Merchants of Venus poster

Merchants of Venus

Movie · as Alex Jakoff

1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning poster

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

Movie · as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)

1998
54 poster

54

Movie · as Ambassador

1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery poster

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Movie · as Basil Exposition

1997
A Christmas Carol poster

A Christmas Carol

Movie · as Bob Cratchit (voice)

1997
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club poster

Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club

Movie · as The Swingers Club

1997
Goodbye America poster

Goodbye America

Movie · as Senator Bladon

1997
Dark Planet poster

Dark Planet

Movie · as Winter

1997
The Long Way Home poster

The Long Way Home

Movie · as (voice)

1997
The Ripper poster

The Ripper

Movie · as Sir Charles Warren

1997
Un coup de baguette magique poster

Un coup de baguette magique

Movie · as Ilya

1997
True Women poster

True Women

TV · as Lewis Lawshe · 2 eps

1996
The Ring poster

The Ring

Movie · as Walmar von Gotthard

1996
Basketball Mozart poster

Basketball Mozart

Movie · as Narrator (voice)

1996
Superman: The Animated Series poster

Superman: The Animated Series

TV · as Kanto (voice) · 1 ep

1996
The Ring poster

The Ring

TV · as Walmar von Gotthard · 2 eps

1996
September poster

September

TV · as Edmund · 2 eps

1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century poster

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

TV · as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice) · 1 ep

1995
Shadow of a Kiss poster

Shadow of a Kiss

Movie · as Albert

1995
Not of This Earth poster

Not of This Earth

Movie · as Paul Johnson

1995
The Miracle of Medjugorje poster

The Miracle of Medjugorje

Movie · as Milan Vukovic

1995
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court poster

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

Movie · as Merlin

1995
Sliders poster

Sliders

TV · 1 ep

1995
The Naked Truth poster

The Naked Truth

TV · as Leland Banks · 1 ep

1994
TekWar: TekLab poster

TekWar: TekLab

Movie · as Richard Stewart

1994
The Magic Flute poster

The Magic Flute

Movie · as King Sarastro

1994
Discretion Assured poster

Discretion Assured

Movie · as Trevor

1994
Fall from Grace poster

Fall from Grace

Movie · as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg

1994
Babylon 5 poster

Babylon 5

TV · as David 'Arthur' McIntyre · 1 ep

1994
The Magic School Bus poster

The Magic School Bus

TV · as Harry Herpst (voice) · 1 ep

1993
Wide Sargasso Sea poster

Wide Sargasso Sea

Movie · as Paul Mason

1993
The Magic Paintbrush poster

The Magic Paintbrush

Movie · as The King (voice)

1993
David Copperfield poster

David Copperfield

Movie · as Edward Murdstone (voice)

1993
seaQuest DSV poster

seaQuest DSV

TV · as President Alexander Bourne · 3 eps

1993
Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn poster

Gardens of the World with Audrey Hepburn

TV · as Narrator · 6 eps

1992
Duel of Hearts poster

Duel of Hearts

Movie · as Gervaise Warlingham

1992
The Long Shadow poster

The Long Shadow

Movie

1992
Rochade poster

Rochade

Movie · as Paul Grumbach

1992
Batman: The Animated Series poster

Batman: The Animated Series

TV · as Dr. Montague Kane (voice), Vertigo (voice) · 1 ep

1992
Vicki!

Vicki!

TV · as Self - Guest · 1 ep

1991
Eline Vere poster

Eline Vere

Movie · as Lawrence St. Clare

1991
The Wanderer poster

The Wanderer

Movie · as Saxon Warrior

1990
Night of the Fox poster

Night of the Fox

Movie · as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger

1990
Come See the Paradise poster

Come See the Paradise

Movie · as Dance Hall Band

1989
The Return of the Musketeers poster

The Return of the Musketeers

Movie · as D'Artagnan

1989
The Heat of the Day poster

The Heat of the Day

Movie · as Robert

1989
Till We Meet Again poster

Till We Meet Again

Movie · as Paul de Lancel

1989
The Simpsons poster

The Simpsons

TV · as Clayton (voice), Nigel (voice), Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice), Mason Fairbanks (voice) · 1 ep

1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again poster

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

TV · as Paul de Lancel · 2 eps

1988
Phantom of Death poster

Phantom of Death

Movie · as Robert Dominici

1988
Midnight Cop poster

Midnight Cop

Movie · as Karstens

1988
The Lady and the Highwayman poster

The Lady and the Highwayman

Movie · as King Charles II

1988
The Four Minute Mile poster

The Four Minute Mile

Movie · as Franz Stampfl

1988
The Secret of the Sahara poster

The Secret of the Sahara

TV · as Desmond Jordan · 4 eps

1987
Lethal Obsession poster

Lethal Obsession

Movie · as Dr. Proper

1987
The Far Country poster

The Far Country

TV · as Carl Zlinter · 2 eps

1986
Sword of Gideon poster

Sword of Gideon

Movie · as Robert

1986
Ponce de Leon poster

Ponce de Leon

Movie · as Ponce de Leon

1986
Are You My Mother? poster

Are You My Mother?

Movie · as Chet Gordon

1986
Dark Mansions poster

Dark Mansions

Movie · as Jason Drake

1986
The Dawn poster

The Dawn

Movie · as John Dawson

1985
Space poster

Space

TV · as Dieter Kolff · 5 eps

1985
Au nom de tous les miens poster

Au nom de tous les miens

TV · as Martin Gray · 8 eps

1985
Tall Tales & Legends poster

Tall Tales & Legends

TV · as Ponce de Leon · 1 ep

1984
Success Is the Best Revenge poster

Success Is the Best Revenge

Movie · as Alex Rodak

1984
The Bengal Lancers! poster

The Bengal Lancers!

Movie · as Captain Walberton

1984
The Master of Ballantrae poster

The Master of Ballantrae

Movie · as James Durie

1983
For Those I Loved poster

For Those I Loved

Movie · as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)

1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage poster

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

Movie

1983
The Phantom of the Opera poster

The Phantom of the Opera

Movie · as Michael Hartnell

1983
The Weather in the Streets poster

The Weather in the Streets

Movie · as Rollo Spencer

1982
Twilight Theater II poster

Twilight Theater II

Movie · as Self- Guest

1982
Twilight Theatre poster

Twilight Theatre

Movie

1981
Beauty and the Beast

Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as The Beast (voice)

1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast poster

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

Movie · as Beast (voice)

1981
The White Lions poster

The White Lions

Movie · as Chris McBride

1981
Wetten, dass..? poster

Wetten, dass..?

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1980
Final Assignment poster

Final Assignment

Movie · as Lyosha Petrov

1979
The Riddle of the Sands poster

The Riddle of the Sands

Movie · as Charles Carruthers

1979
Knots Landing poster

Knots Landing

TV · as Charles Scott · 8 eps

1979
A Man Called Intrepid poster

A Man Called Intrepid

TV · as Evan Michaelian · 3 eps

1978
Fedora poster

Fedora

Movie · as Self

1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever poster

Formula 1 - Speed fever

Movie · as Self

1978
Regie: Billy Wilder

Regie: Billy Wilder

Movie · as Self

1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau poster

The Island of Dr. Moreau

Movie · as Andrew Braddock

1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste poster

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

Movie · as Beau Geste

1977
True Patriot poster

True Patriot

Movie · as Dietrich Bonhoeffer

1977
Jesus of Nazareth poster

Jesus of Nazareth

TV · as John the Baptist · 4 eps

1977
ABC Weekend Specials poster

ABC Weekend Specials

TV · as King Sarastro (voice) · 2 eps

1977
BBC2 Play of the Week poster

BBC2 Play of the Week

TV · as Dietrich Bonhoeffer · 1 ep

1976
Logan's Run poster

Logan's Run

Movie · as Logan

1976
Seven Nights in Japan poster

Seven Nights in Japan

Movie · as Prince George

1976
A Look Into the 23rd Century poster

A Look Into the 23rd Century

Movie · as Self

1975
Conduct Unbecoming poster

Conduct Unbecoming

Movie · as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake

1974
Murder on the Orient Express poster

Murder on the Orient Express

Movie · as Count Andrenyi

1974
The Four Musketeers poster

The Four Musketeers

Movie · as D'Artagnan

1974
Great Expectations poster

Great Expectations

Movie · as Pip

1973
The Three Musketeers poster

The Three Musketeers

Movie · as D'Artagnan

1973
Lost Horizon poster

Lost Horizon

Movie · as George Conway

1973
Tennessee Williams' South poster

Tennessee Williams' South

Movie · as Self - Jim O'Connor

1973
England Made Me poster

England Made Me

Movie · as Anthony Farrant

1972
Cabaret poster

Cabaret

Movie · as Brian Roberts

1972
The Recreation of an Era poster

The Recreation of an Era

Movie · as Self

1971
Zeppelin poster

Zeppelin

Movie · as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas

1971
Touch and Go poster

Touch and Go

Movie · as Basil

1971
Film '72

Film '72

TV · as Self · 2 eps

1970
Something for Everyone poster

Something for Everyone

Movie · as Konrad Ludwig

1969
Justine poster

Justine

Movie · as Darley

1969
Alfred the Great poster

Alfred the Great

Movie · as Guthrum

1969
The Guru poster

The Guru

Movie · as Tom Pickle

1968
Romeo and Juliet poster

Romeo and Juliet

Movie · as Tybalt

1968
The Strange Affair poster

The Strange Affair

Movie · as Peter Strange

1968
Red, White, and Zero poster

Red, White, and Zero

Movie · as Acrobat

1968
Red and Blue poster

Red and Blue

Movie · as Acrobat

1967
The Taming of the Shrew poster

The Taming of the Shrew

Movie · as Lucentio

1967
Accident poster

Accident

Movie · as William

1967
Smashing Time poster

Smashing Time

Movie · as Tom Wabe

1967
Confessions of Loving Couples poster

Confessions of Loving Couples

Movie · as Peter

1967
The Forsyte Saga poster

The Forsyte Saga

TV · as Jolly Forsyte · 2 eps

1965
Gidget poster

Gidget

TV · 1 ep

1965
The Wild Wild West poster

The Wild Wild West

TV · as Gupta · 1 ep

1964
The Wednesday Play poster

The Wednesday Play

TV · as Roger Porlock · 1 ep

1963
Arrest and Trial poster

Arrest and Trial

TV · 1 ep

1962
The Merv Griffin Show poster

The Merv Griffin Show

TV · as Self · 1 ep

1956
Tony Awards poster

Tony Awards

TV · as Self - Performer · 1 ep

1951
Hallmark Hall of Fame poster

Hallmark Hall of Fame

TV · as James Durie, Henry's older brother · 1 ep

1949
The BAFTA Awards poster

The BAFTA Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep

1944
Golden Globe Awards poster

Golden Globe Awards

TV · as Self - Host · 1 ep