Michael York
Born: 1942-03-27 in Fulmer, England, UK
Known For: Acting
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.
Filmography
2026
- The Crystal Planet as The Patriarch (voice)
2025
- Dreams as Private Agent
2014
- Sleeping Beauty as The Narrator
- Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora as Self
2013
2012
- Flatland²: Sphereland as Spherius (voice)
- Earth Songs as Narrator
2011
- The Mill and the Cross as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
- Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta as Self
2010
- Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
- The Justice of Wolves as Mika - Adult
2009
- Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen as Prime #1 (voice)
- A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert as Narrator
2008
- Star Wars: The Clone Wars as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
- Ben 10: Alien Force as Patrick (voice)
- Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons as Stephen Combe
- Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation as Self
- Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies as Self - Narrator
- Świadectwo
- Chris & Don: A Love Story as Self - Narrator
2007
- Flatland as Spherius (voice)
2006
- Legends as Self
- Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
- Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion as Narrator
2005
- How I Met Your Mother as Jefferson Van Smoot
- Frederick Forsyth's Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine
- Icon as Sir Nigel Irvine
- Crusader as McGovern
- William Powell: A True Gentleman as Narrator
- The Hobart Shakespeareans as Self
2004
- Justice League Unlimited as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
- The Lady Musketeer as D'Artagnan
- Moscow Heat as Roger Chambers
- Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express' as Self
- Freedom from Despair as Voice Over
2002
- Austin Powers in Goldmember as Basil Exposition
- Presidio Med as George Slingerland
- Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year as Narrator (voice)
2001
- Law & Order: Criminal Intent as Bernard Fremont
- Megiddo: The Omega Code 2 as Stone Alexander
- Borstal Boy as Joyce
- In Search of Peace as Chaim Herzog (voice)
2000
- Gilmore Girls as Asher Fleming
- Curb Your Enthusiasm as Michael York
- Founding Fathers as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
- The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire as Pterano (voice)
- One Hell of a Guy as The Devil
1999
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me as Basil Exposition
- The Lot as Colin Rhome
- Magic and Beyond as Host
- The Omega Code as Stone Alexander
- Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99 as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
- The Haunting of Hell House as Professor Ambrose
- Puss in Boots as Puss In Boots (voice)
- Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me' as Self
1998
- 54 as Ambassador
- Wrongfully Accused as Hibbing Goodhue
- Babylon 5: In the Beginning as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
- Merchants of Venus as Alex Jakoff
- Perfect Little Angels as Calvin Lawrence
- The Treat as Simon
- A Knight in Camelot as King Arthur
- Lovers and Liars as Dick
1997
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery as Basil Exposition
- True Women as Lewis Lawshe
- The Long Way Home as (voice)
- A Christmas Carol as Bob Cratchit (voice)
- The Ripper as Sir Charles Warren
- Dark Planet as Winter
- Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club as The Swingers Club
- Goodbye America as Senator Bladon
- Un coup de baguette magique as Ilya
1996
- Superman: The Animated Series as Kanto (voice)
- The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
- September as Edmund
- The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard
- The Ring as Walmar von Gotthard
- Rosamunde Pilcher: September as Edmund
- Basketball Mozart as Narrator (voice)
1995
- Sliders
- The Naked Truth as Leland Banks
- Not of This Earth as Paul Johnson
- Virgin Mary as Milan Vukovic
- Shadow of a Kiss as Albert
- A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court as Merlin
1994
- Babylon 5 as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
- The Magic School Bus as Harry Herpst (voice)
- The Magic Flute as King Sarastro
- Fall from Grace as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
- TekWar: TekLab as Richard Stewart
- Discretion Assured as Trevor
1993
- seaQuest DSV as President Alexander Bourne
- Wide Sargasso Sea as Paul Mason
- David Copperfield as Edward Murdstone (voice)
- The Magic Paintbrush as The King (voice)
1992
- Batman: The Animated Series as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
- Vicki! as Self - Guest
- Duel of Hearts as Gervaise Warlingham
- Rochade as Paul Grumbach
- The Long Shadow
1991
- Eline Vere as Lawrence St. Clare
- The Wanderer as Saxon Warrior
1990
- Come See the Paradise as Dance Hall Band
- Night of the Fox as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
1989
- The Simpsons as Clayton (voice)
- Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
- The Return of the Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- The Heat of the Day as Robert
- Till We Meet Again as Paul de Lancel
1988
- The Secret of the Sahara as Desmond Jordan
- The Lady and the Highwayman as King Charles II
- Phantom of Death as Robert Dominici
- The Four Minute Mile as Franz Stampfl
- Midnight Cop as Karstens
1987
- Lethal Obsession as Dr. Proper
- The Far Country as Carl Zlinter
1986
- Sword of Gideon as Robert
- Ponce de Leon as Ponce de Leon
- Dark Mansions as Jason Drake
- The Dawn as John Dawson
- Are You My Mother? as Chet Gordon
1985
- Tall Tales & Legends as Ponce de Leon
- Space as Dieter Kolff
- Au nom de tous les miens as Martin Gray
1984
- The Master of Ballantrae as James Durie
- Success Is the Best Revenge as Alex Rodak
- The Bengal Lancers! as Captain Walberton
1983
- The Phantom of the Opera as Michael Hartnell
- For Those I Loved as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
- The Weather in the Streets as Rollo Spencer
- Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1982
- Twilight Theatre as Self - Host
1981
- Wetten, dass..? as Self
- The White Lions as Chris McBride
- Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast as Beast (voice)
- Beauty and the Beast as The Beast (voice)
1980
- Final Assignment as Lyosha Petrov
1979
- Knots Landing as Charles Scott
- A Man Called Intrepid as Evan Michaelian
- The Riddle of the Sands as Charles Carruthers
1978
- Fedora as Self
- Formula 1 - Speed fever as Self
1977
- Jesus of Nazareth as John the Baptist
- BBC2 Play of the Week as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
- Weekend Special as King Sarastro (voice)
- The Island of Dr. Moreau as Andrew Braddock
- The Last Remake of Beau Geste as Beau Geste
- True Patriot as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
1976
- Logan's Run as Logan
- Seven Nights in Japan as Prince George
- A Look Into the 23rd Century as Self
1975
- Conduct Unbecoming as Tenente Arthur Drake
1974
- Murder on the Orient Express as Count Andrenyi
- The Four Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- Great Expectations as Pip
1973
- The Three Musketeers as D'Artagnan
- Lost Horizon as George Conway
- England Made Me as Anthony Farrant
- Tennessee Williams' South
1972
- Cabaret as Brian Roberts
- The Recreation of an Era as Self
1971
- Film '72 as Self
- Zeppelin as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
- Touch and Go as Basil
1970
- Something for Everyone as Konrad Ludwig
1969
- Justine as Darley
- Alfred the Great as Guthrum
- The Guru as Tom Pickle
1968
- Romeo and Juliet as Tybalt
- The Strange Affair as Peter Strange
- Red, White, and Zero as Acrobat
- Red and Blue as Acrobat
1967
- The Forsyte Saga as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
- The Taming of the Shrew as Lucentio
- Accident as William
- Smashing Time as Tom Wabe
- Confessions of Loving Couples as Peter
1965
- The Wild Wild West as Gupta
- Gidget
1963
1962
- The Merv Griffin Show as Self
1956
- Tony Awards as Self - Performer
1951
- Hallmark Hall of Fame as James Durie, Henry's older brother
1944
- Golden Globe Awards as Self - Host