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).
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.
External links
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Wikipedia: https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q298777
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Filmography (Movies)
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
Character:Self
Release Date:05/07/2014
Sleeping Beauty
Character:The Narrator
Release Date:13/05/2014
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Character:Self
Release Date:05/02/2013
Flatland²: Sphereland
Character:Spherius (voice)
Release Date:10/10/2012
Earth Songs
Character:Narrator
Release Date:22/05/2012
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
Character:Self
Release Date:06/09/2011
The Mill and the Cross
Character:Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Release Date:18/03/2011
The Justice of Wolves
Character:Mika - Adult
Release Date:21/10/2010
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Character:Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Release Date:24/08/2010
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
Character:Narrator
Release Date:26/11/2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Character:Prime #1 (voice)
Release Date:19/06/2009
Świadectwo
Character:
Release Date:15/10/2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:29/08/2008
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Character:Self - Narrator
Release Date:13/06/2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Character:Self
Release Date:31/03/2008
Flatland
Character:Spherius (voice)
Release Date:14/01/2007
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Character:Narrator
Release Date:20/10/2006
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
Character:
Release Date:01/09/2006
The Hobart Shakespeareans
Character:Himself
Release Date:06/09/2005
Crusader
Character:McGovern
Release Date:23/08/2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
Character:Narrator
Release Date:02/08/2005
Icon
Character:Sir Nigel Irvine
Release Date:01/01/2005
Moscow Heat
Character:Roger Chambers
Release Date:24/11/2004
Freedom from Despair
Character:Voice Over
Release Date:05/10/2004
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Character:Self
Release Date:07/09/2004
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:12/11/2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
Character:Basil Exposition
Release Date:26/07/2002
In Search of Peace
Character:Chaim Herzog (voice)
Release Date:21/09/2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Character:Stone Alexander
Release Date:07/09/2001
Borstal Boy
Character:Joyce
Release Date:22/03/2001
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
Character:Pterano (voice)
Release Date:05/12/2000
One Hell of a Guy
Character:The Devil
Release Date:25/10/2000
The Haunting of Hell House
Character:Professor Ambrose
Release Date:16/11/1999
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
Character:Self
Release Date:16/11/1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Character:Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
Release Date:02/11/1999
The Omega Code
Character:Stone Alexander
Release Date:15/10/1999
Puss in Boots
Character:Puss In Boots (voice)
Release Date:06/07/1999
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Character:Basil Exposition
Release Date:08/06/1999
A Knight in Camelot
Character:King Arthur
Release Date:08/11/1998
The Treat
Character:Simon
Release Date:10/09/1998
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Character:Ambassador
Release Date:28/08/1998
Wrongfully Accused
Character:Hibbing Goodhue
Release Date:23/07/1998
Perfect Little Angels
Character:Calvin Lawrence
Release Date:15/06/1998
Merchants of Venus
Character:Alex Jakoff
Release Date:01/03/1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Character:David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Release Date:04/01/1998
Lovers and Liars
Character:Dick
Release Date:01/01/1998
A Christmas Carol
Character:Bob Cratchit (voice)
Release Date:20/12/1997
The Ripper
Character:Sir Charles Warren
Release Date:06/12/1997
The Long Way Home
Character:(voice)
Release Date:19/09/1997
Un coup de baguette magique
Character:Ilya
Release Date:27/08/1997
Dark Planet
Character:Winter
Release Date:04/08/1997
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Character:Basil Exposition
Release Date:02/05/1997
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
Character:The Swingers Club
Release Date:24/04/1997
Goodbye America
Character:Senator Bladon
Release Date:06/01/1997
The Ring
Character:Walmar von Gotthard
Release Date:20/10/1996
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Character:Edmund
Release Date:07/04/1996
Basketball Mozart
Character:Narrator (voice)
Release Date:01/01/1996
Virgin Mary
Character:Milan Vukovic
Release Date:12/10/1995
Not of This Earth
Character:Paul Johnson
Release Date:05/09/1995
Shadow of a Kiss
Character:Albert
Release Date:31/08/1995
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
Character:Merlin
Release Date:27/05/1995
Discretion Assured
Character:Trevor
Release Date:03/08/1994
Fall from Grace
Character:Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Release Date:02/06/1994
The Magic Flute
Character:King Sarastro
Release Date:30/04/1994
TekWar: TekLab
Character:Richard Stewart
Release Date:27/02/1994
David Copperfield
Character:Edward Murdstone (voice)
Release Date:10/12/1993
The Magic Paintbrush
Character:The King (voice)
Release Date:22/04/1993
Wide Sargasso Sea
Character:Paul Mason
Release Date:16/04/1993
Rochade
Character:Paul Grumbach
Release Date:08/01/1992
Duel of Hearts
Character:Gervaise Warlingham
Release Date:01/01/1992
The Long Shadow
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1992
Eline Vere
Character:Lawrence St. Clare
Release Date:01/03/1991
The Wanderer
Character:Saxon Warrior
Release Date:01/01/1991
Night of the Fox
Character:Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Release Date:28/11/1990
Come See the Paradise
Character:Dance Hall Band
Release Date:17/08/1990
Till We Meet Again
Character:Paul de Lancel
Release Date:19/11/1989
The Heat of the Day
Character:Robert
Release Date:09/06/1989
The Return of the Musketeers
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:12/04/1989
The Lady and the Highwayman
Character:King Charles II
Release Date:03/12/1988
The Four Minute Mile
Character:Franz Stampfl
Release Date:09/11/1988
Midnight Cop
Character:Karstens
Release Date:03/11/1988
Phantom of Death
Character:Robert Dominici
Release Date:11/03/1988
Lethal Obsession
Character:Dr. Proper
Release Date:15/10/1987
The Dawn
Character:John Dawson
Release Date:17/12/1986
Ponce de Leon
Character:Ponce de Leon
Release Date:16/11/1986
Sword of Gideon
Character:Robert
Release Date:01/09/1986
Dark Mansions
Character:Jason Drake
Release Date:23/08/1986
Are You My Mother?
Character:Chet Gordon
Release Date:05/03/1986
The Bengal Lancers!
Character:Captain Walberton
Release Date:01/06/1984
Success Is the Best Revenge
Character:Alex Rodak
Release Date:26/05/1984
The Master of Ballantrae
Character:James Durie
Release Date:31/01/1984
The Weather in the Streets
Character:Rollo Spencer
Release Date:30/11/1983
For Those I Loved
Character:Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Release Date:12/10/1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Character:
Release Date:25/02/1983
The Phantom of the Opera
Character:Michael Hartnell
Release Date:29/01/1983
Twilight Theatre
Character:Self - Host
Release Date:13/02/1982
The White Lions
Character:Chris McBride
Release Date:31/12/1981
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Character:Beast (voice)
Release Date:04/09/1981
Beauty and the Beast
Character:The Beast (voice)
Release Date:31/03/1981
Final Assignment
Character:Lyosha Petrov
Release Date:01/10/1980
The Riddle of the Sands
Character:Charles Carruthers
Release Date:02/10/1979
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Character:Self
Release Date:15/09/1978
Fedora
Character:Self
Release Date:29/06/1978
True Patriot
Character:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Release Date:19/10/1977
The Island of Dr. Moreau
Character:Andrew Braddock
Release Date:13/07/1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
Character:Beau Geste
Release Date:15/06/1977
Seven Nights in Japan
Character:Prince George
Release Date:05/08/1976
Logan's Run
Character:Logan
Release Date:23/06/1976
A Look Into the 23rd Century
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1976
Conduct Unbecoming
Character:Tenente Arthur Drake
Release Date:04/10/1975
Murder on the Orient Express
Character:Count Andrenyi
Release Date:22/11/1974
The Four Musketeers
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:31/10/1974
Great Expectations
Character:Pip
Release Date:01/01/1974
The Three Musketeers
Character:D'Artagnan
Release Date:11/12/1973
England Made Me
Character:Anthony Farrant
Release Date:01/06/1973
Lost Horizon
Character:George Conway
Release Date:14/03/1973
Tennessee Williams' South
Character:
Release Date:01/01/1973
Cabaret
Character:Brian Roberts
Release Date:13/02/1972
The Recreation of an Era
Character:Self
Release Date:01/01/1972
Touch and Go
Character:Basil
Release Date:01/09/1971
Zeppelin
Character:Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Release Date:08/04/1971
Something for Everyone
Character:Konrad Ludwig
Release Date:22/07/1970
Alfred the Great
Character:Guthrum
Release Date:08/10/1969
Justine
Character:Darley
Release Date:06/08/1969
The Guru
Character:Tom Pickle
Release Date:10/02/1969
The Strange Affair
Character:Peter Strange
Release Date:22/08/1968
Red and Blue
Character:Acrobat
Release Date:08/08/1968
Romeo and Juliet
Character:Tybalt
Release Date:02/04/1968
Red, White, and Zero
Character:Acrobat
Release Date:30/01/1968
Smashing Time
Character:Tom Wabe
Release Date:20/12/1967
The Taming of the Shrew
Character:Lucentio
Release Date:08/03/1967
Confessions of Loving Couples
Character:Peter
Release Date:16/02/1967
Accident
Character:William
Release Date:09/02/1967
Television Appearances
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Character:Stephen Combe
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Character:Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
Character:Patrick (voice)
Legends
Character:Self
Legends
Character:Self (uncredited)
How I Met Your Mother
Character:Jefferson Van Smoot
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
Character:Sir Nigel Irvine
Justice League Unlimited
Character:Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
The Lady Musketeer
Character:D'Artagnan
Presidio Med
Character:George Slingerland
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Character:Bernard Fremont
Founding Fathers
Character:Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Character:Michael York
Gilmore Girls
Character:Asher Fleming
The Lot
Character:Colin Rhome
Magic and Beyond
Character:Host
True Women
Character:Lewis Lawshe
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
Character:Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
The Ring
Character:Walmar von Gotthard
Superman: The Animated Series
Character:Kanto (voice)
September
Character:Edmund
The Naked Truth
Character:Leland Banks
Sliders
Character:
The Magic School Bus
Character:Harry Herpst (voice)
Babylon 5
Character:David 'Arthur' McIntyre
seaQuest DSV
Character:President Alexander Bourne
Batman: The Animated Series
Character:Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
Batman: The Animated Series
Character:Vertigo (voice)
Vicki!
Character:Self
The Simpsons
Character:Clayton (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Mason Fairbanks (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)
The Simpsons
Character:Nigel (voice)
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Character:
The Secret of the Sahara
Character:Desmond Jordan
The Far Country
Character:Carl Zlinter
Tall Tales & Legends
Character:Ponce de Leon
Space
Character:Dieter Kolff
Au nom de tous les miens
Character:Martin Gray
Wetten, dass..?
Character:Self
Knots Landing
Character:Charles Scott
A Man Called Intrepid
Character:Evan Michaelian
BBC2 Play of the Week
Character:Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Weekend Special
Character:King Sarastro (voice)
Jesus of Nazareth
Character:John the Baptist
Film '72
Character:Self
The Forsyte Saga
Character:Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
The Wild Wild West
Character:Gupta
Gidget
Character:
Arrest and Trial
Character:
The Merv Griffin Show
Character:Self
Tony Awards
Character:Self - Performer
Hallmark Hall of Fame
Character:James Durie, Henry's older brother
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self - Host
Golden Globe Awards
Character:Self
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