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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Movies (36)
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
as Self
2014
Sleeping Beauty
as The Narrator
2014
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
2013
Flatland²: Sphereland
as Spherius (voice)
2012
Earth Songs
as Narrator
2012
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
as Self
2011
The Mill and the Cross
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
2011
The Justice of Wolves
as Mika - Adult
2010
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
2010
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
as Narrator
2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Prime #1 (voice)
2009
Świadectwo
2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self - Narrator
2008
Chris & Don: A Love Story
as Self - Narrator
2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
2008
Flatland
as Spherius (voice)
2007
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
as Narrator
2006
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
2006
The Hobart Shakespeareans
as Himself
2005
Crusader
as McGovern
2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
as Narrator
2005
Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
2005
Moscow Heat
as Roger Chambers
2004
Freedom from Despair
as Voice Over
2004
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
as Self
2004
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Narrator (voice)
2002
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Basil Exposition
2002
In Search of Peace
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Stone Alexander
2001
Borstal Boy
as Joyce
2001
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
as Pterano (voice)
2000
One Hell of a Guy
as The Devil
2000
The Haunting of Hell House
as Professor Ambrose
1999
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
as Self
1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
1999
The Omega Code
as Stone Alexander
1999
TV Shows (14)
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Stephen Combe
2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
2008
Ben 10: Alien Force
as Patrick (voice)
2008
Legends
as Self
2006
How I Met Your Mother
as Jefferson Van Smoot
2005
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
2005
Justice League Unlimited
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
2004
The Lady Musketeer
as D'Artagnan
2004
Presidio Med
as George Slingerland
2002
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Bernard Fremont
2001
Founding Fathers
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Michael York
2000
Gilmore Girls
as Asher Fleming
2000
The Lot
as Colin Rhome
1999