
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.
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Known For
Acting History
2014
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora as Self
2014Sleeping Beauty as The Narrator
2013Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals as Self
2012Flatland²: Sphereland as Spherius (voice)
2012Earth Songs as Narrator
2011Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta as Self
2011The Mill and the Cross as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
2010The Justice of Wolves as Mika - Adult
2010Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
2009A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert as Narrator
2009Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Prime #1 (voice)
2008Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons as Stephen Combe
2008Świadectwo
2008Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
2008Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self - Narrator
2008Ben 10: Alien Force as Patrick (voice)
2008Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self
2007Chris & Don: A Love Story as Narrator
2007Flatland as Spherius (voice)
2006Legends as Self
2006Legends as Self (uncredited)
2006Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion as Narrator
2006Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
2005How I Met Your Mother as Jefferson Van Smoot
2005The Hobart Shakespeareans as Himself
2005Crusader as McGovern
2005William Powell: A True Gentleman as Narrator
2005Frederick Forsyth's Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine
2005Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine
2004Moscow Heat as Roger Chambers
2004Freedom from Despair as Voice Over
2004Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' as Self
2004Justice League Unlimited as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
2004The Lady Musketeer as D'Artagnan
2002Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Narrator (voice)
2002Presidio Med as George Slingerland
2002Austin Powers in Goldmember as Basil Exposition
2001Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Bernard Fremont
2001In Search of Peace as Chaim Herzog (voice)
2001Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Stone Alexander
2001Borstal Boy as Joyce
2000The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Pterano (voice)
2000Founding Fathers as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
2000One Hell of a Guy as The Devil
2000Curb Your Enthusiasm as Michael York
2000Gilmore Girls as Asher Fleming
1999The Haunting of Hell House as Professor Ambrose
1999Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' as Self
1999Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
1999The Omega Code as Stone Alexander
1999The Lot as Colin Rhome
1999Puss in Boots as Puss In Boots (voice)
1999Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Basil Exposition
1999Magic and Beyond as Host
1998A Knight in Camelot as King Arthur
1998The Treat as Simon
199854 as Ambassador
1998Wrongfully Accused as Hibbing Goodhue
1998Perfect Little Angels as Calvin Lawrence
1998Merchants of Venus as Alex Jakoff
1998Babylon 5: In the Beginning as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
1998Lovers and Liars as Dick
1997A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit (voice)
1997The Ripper as Sir Charles Warren
1997The Long Way Home as (voice)
1997Un coup de baguette magique as Ilya
1997Dark Planet as Winter
1997True Women as Lewis Lawshe
1997Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Basil Exposition
1997Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club as The Swingers Club
1997Goodbye America as Senator Bladon
1996The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
1996The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard
1996The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard
1996Superman: The Animated Series as Kanto (voice)
1996Rosamunde Pilcher: September as Edmund
1996September as Edmund
1996Basketball Mozart as Narrator (voice)
1995Virgin Mary as Milan Vukovic
1995The Naked Truth as Leland Banks
1995Not of This Earth as Paul Johnson
1995Shadow of a Kiss as Albert
1995A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
1995Sliders
1994The Magic School Bus as Harry Herpst (voice)
1994Discretion Assured as Trevor
1994Fall from Grace as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
1994The Magic Flute as King Sarastro
1994TekWar: TekLab as Richard Stewart
1994Babylon 5 as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
1993David Copperfield as Edward Murdstone (voice)
1993seaQuest DSV as President Alexander Bourne
1993The Magic Paintbrush as The King (voice)
1993Wide Sargasso Sea as Paul Mason
1992Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
1992Batman: The Animated Series as Vertigo (voice)
1992Vicki! as Self
1992Rochade as Paul Grumbach
1992Duel of Hearts as Gervaise Warlingham
1992The Long Shadow
1991Eline Vere as Lawrence St. Clare
1991The Wanderer as Saxon Warrior
1990Night of the Fox as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
1990Come See the Paradise as Dance Hall Band
1989The Simpsons as Clayton (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Nigel (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)
1989The Simpsons as Mason Fairbanks (voice)
1989Till We Meet Again as Paul de Lancel
1989Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989The Heat of the Day as Robert
1989The Return of the Musketeers as D'Artagnan
1988The Lady and the Highwayman as King Charles II
1988The Four Minute Mile as Franz Stampfl
1988Midnight Cop as Karstens
1988Phantom of Death as Robert Dominici
1988The Secret of the Sahara as Desmond Jordan
1987Lethal Obsession as Dr. Proper
1987The Far Country as Carl Zlinter
1986The Dawn as John Dawson
1986Ponce de Leon as Ponce de Leon
1986Sword of Gideon as Robert
1986Dark Mansions as Jason Drake
1986Are You My Mother? as Chet Gordon
1985Tall Tales & Legends as Ponce de Leon
1985Space as Dieter Kolff
1985Au nom de tous les miens as Martin Gray
1984The Bengal Lancers! as Captain Walberton
1984Success Is the Best Revenge as Alex Rodak
1984The Master of Ballantrae as James Durie
1983The Weather in the Streets as Rollo Spencer
1983For Those I Loved as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
1983Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983The Phantom of the Opera as Michael Hartnell
1982Twilight Theatre as Self - Host
1981The White Lions as Chris McBride
1981Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Beast (voice)
1981Beauty and the Beast as The Beast (voice)
1981Wetten, dass..? as Self
1980Final Assignment as Lyosha Petrov
1979Knots Landing as Charles Scott
1979The Riddle of the Sands as Charles Carruthers
1979A Man Called Intrepid as Evan Michaelian
1978Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1978Fedora as Self
1977True Patriot as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1977BBC2 Play of the Week as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1977Weekend Special as King Sarastro (voice)
1977The Island of Dr. Moreau as Andrew Braddock
1977The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Beau Geste
1977Jesus of Nazareth as John the Baptist
1976Seven Nights in Japan as Prince George
1976Logan's Run as Logan
1976A Look Into the 23rd Century as Self
1975Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Arthur Drake
1974Murder on the Orient Express as Count Andrenyi
1974The Four Musketeers as D'Artagnan
1974Great Expectations as Pip
1973The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
1973England Made Me as Anthony Farrant
1973Lost Horizon as George Conway
1973Tennessee Williams' South
1972Cabaret as Brian Roberts
1972The Recreation of an Era
1971Film '72 as Self
1971Touch and Go as Basil
1971Zeppelin as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
1970Something for Everyone as Konrad Ludwig
1969Alfred the Great as Guthrum
1969Justine as Darley
1969The Guru as Tom Pickle
1968The Strange Affair as Peter Strange
1968Red and Blue as Acrobat
1968Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt
1968Red, White, and Zero as Acrobat
1967Smashing Time as Tom Wabe
1967The Taming of the Shrew as Lucentio
1967Confessions of Loving Couples as Peter
1967Accident as William
1967The Forsyte Saga as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
1965The Wild Wild West as Gupta
1965Gidget
1963Arrest and Trial
1962The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1956Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1951Hallmark Hall of Fame as James Durie, Henry's older brother
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host
1944Golden Globe Awards as Self
—The Crystal Planet as The Patriarch (voice)






