Michael York
Known for Acting · 187 credits
- Born
- 1942-03-27 (age 84)
- Place of birth
- Fulmer, England, UK
- Also known as
- Maykl York · مایکل یورک · Michael Hugh Johnson
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
The Simpsons
1989
as Clayton (voice) / Mason Fairbanks (voice) / Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice) / Nigel (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bernard Fremont
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Jefferson Van Smoot
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Asher Fleming
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Michael York
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
TV Shows (50)
The Simpsons
1989
as Clayton (voice) / Mason Fairbanks (voice) / Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice) / Nigel (voice)
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bernard Fremont
How I Met Your Mother
2005
as Jefferson Van Smoot
Gilmore Girls
2000
as Asher Fleming
Curb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Michael York
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
Knots Landing
1979
as Charles Scott
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Babylon 5
1994
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Gupta
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Dr. Montague Kane (voice) / Vertigo (voice)
Sliders
1995
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kanto (voice)
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Roger Porlock
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
seaQuest DSV
1993
as President Alexander Bourne
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
Vicki!
1992
as Self - Guest
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Patrick (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Magic School Bus
1994
as Harry Herpst (voice)
The Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
Arrest and Trial
1963
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as John the Baptist
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
Gidget
1965
Legends
2006
as Self / Self (uncredited)
Presidio Med
2002
as George Slingerland
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Ponce de Leon
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as James Durie, Henry's older brother
Weekend Special
1977
as King Sarastro (voice)
True Women
1997
as Lewis Lawshe
The Lot
1999
as Colin Rhome
Magic and Beyond
1999
as Host
The Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Desmond Jordan
Space
1985
as Dieter Kolff
The Lady Musketeer
2004
as D'Artagnan
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
as Martin Gray
September
1996
as Edmund
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Stephen Combe
The Far Country
1987
as Carl Zlinter
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
Founding Fathers
2000
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Evan Michaelian
Movies (137)
Dreams
2025
as Private Agent
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Basil Exposition
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
as Count Andrenyi
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Prime #1 (voice)
Romeo and Juliet
1968
as Tybalt
The Three Musketeers
1973
as D'Artagnan
Fedora
1978
as Self
Cabaret
1972
as Brian Roberts
Flatland
2007
as Spherius (voice)
54
1998
as Ambassador
Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Hibbing Goodhue
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Dance Hall Band
The Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan
Logan's Run
1976
as Logan
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
as Spherius (voice)
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Lucentio
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Andrew Braddock
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
The Crystal Planet
2026
as The Patriarch (voice)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
The Treat
1998
as Simon
TekWar: TekLab
1994
as Richard Stewart
Discretion Assured
1994
as Trevor
Sleeping Beauty
2014
as The Narrator
Night of the Fox
1990
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Pterano (voice)
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Stone Alexander
Lost Horizon
1973
as George Conway
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as King Charles II
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as D'Artagnan
Świadectwo
2008
Ponce de Leon
1986
as Ponce de Leon
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Captain Walberton
The Magic Flute
1994
as King Sarastro
Confessions of Loving Couples
1967
as Peter
Merchants of Venus
1998
as Alex Jakoff
The Mill and the Cross
2011
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
as Self
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
Perfect Little Angels
1998
as Calvin Lawrence
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
as The King (voice)
Accident
1967
as William
Lovers and Liars
1998
as Dick
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self
Seven Nights in Japan
1976
as Prince George
The Omega Code
1999
as Stone Alexander
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as The Beast (voice)
Not of This Earth
1995
as Paul Johnson
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Wide Sargasso Sea
1993
as Paul Mason
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
The White Lions
1981
as Chris McBride
Great Expectations
1974
as Pip
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as King Arthur
Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
The Recreation of an Era
1972
as Self
Alfred the Great
1969
as Guthrum
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as James Durie
For Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Something for Everyone
1970
as Konrad Ludwig
The Haunting of Hell House
1999
as Professor Ambrose
Red and Blue
1968
as Acrobat
Crusader
2005
as McGovern
Dark Planet
1997
as Winter
The Four Minute Mile
1988
as Franz Stampfl
The Guru
1969
as Tom Pickle
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
England Made Me
1973
as Anthony Farrant
Phantom of Death
1988
as Robert Dominici
The Strange Affair
1968
as Peter Strange
Smashing Time
1967
as Tom Wabe
Final Assignment
1980
as Lyosha Petrov
Justine
1969
as Darley
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013
as Self
Moscow Heat
2004
as Roger Chambers
Twilight Theatre
1982
The Ripper
1997
as Sir Charles Warren
Zeppelin
1971
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Virgin Mary
1995
as Milan Vukovic
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005
as Self
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997
as The Swingers Club
Lethal Obsession
1987
as Dr. Proper
Twilight Theater II
1982
as Self- Guest
Dark Mansions
1986
as Jason Drake
Borstal Boy
2001
as Joyce
One Hell of a Guy
2000
as The Devil
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Goodbye America
1997
as Senator Bladon
Are You My Mother?
1986
as Chet Gordon
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
Fall from Grace
1994
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
In Search of Peace
2001
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
True Patriot
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Touch and Go
1971
as Basil
The Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Michael Hartnell
The Wanderer
1991
as Saxon Warrior
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Robert
David Copperfield
1993
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
Sword of Gideon
1986
as Robert
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Edmund
Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Acrobat
Eline Vere
1991
as Lawrence St. Clare
Chris & Don: A Love Story
2008
as Self - Narrator
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Alex Rodak
Duel of Hearts
1992
as Gervaise Warlingham
Midnight Cop
1988
as Karstens
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Charles Carruthers
Puss in Boots
1999
as Puss In Boots (voice)
The Justice of Wolves
2010
as Mika - Adult
Earth Songs
2012
as Narrator
Freedom from Despair
2004
as Voice Over
Till We Meet Again
1989
as Paul de Lancel
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006
as Narrator
The Long Shadow
1992
About Michael York
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 (197… With 187 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Michael York has appeared in 137 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael York Movies
- Dreams (2025) — as Private Agent
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) — as Basil Exposition
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) — as Basil Exposition
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) — as Basil Exposition
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Count Andrenyi
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