Michael York
Known for Acting · 186 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
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
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
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
Babylon 5
1994
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
Golden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
Knots Landing
1979
as Charles Scott
Batman: The Animated Series
1992
as Dr. Montague Kane (voice) / Vertigo (voice)
The Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
Sliders
1995
Tony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
The Wild Wild West
1965
as Gupta
The Wednesday Play
1964
as Roger Porlock
Wetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
seaQuest DSV
1993
as President Alexander Bourne
Superman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kanto (voice)
Ben 10: Alien Force
2008
as Patrick (voice)
Justice League Unlimited
2004
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
Film '72
1971
as Self
The Magic School Bus
1994
as Harry Herpst (voice)
The Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
BBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Arrest and Trial
1963
Legends
2006
as Self / Self (uncredited)
Vicki!
1992
as Self - Guest
Jesus of Nazareth
1977
as John the Baptist
Gidget
1965
Tall Tales & Legends
1985
as Ponce de Leon
Presidio Med
2002
as George Slingerland
The Forsyte Saga
1967
as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
Weekend Special
1977
as King Sarastro (voice)
Hallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as James Durie, Henry's older brother
The Lot
1999
as Colin Rhome
True Women
1997
as Lewis Lawshe
Space
1985
as Dieter Kolff
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
The Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Desmond Jordan
The Lady Musketeer
2004
as D'Artagnan
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Stephen Combe
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Founding Fathers
2000
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
Magic and Beyond
1999
as Host
September
1996
as Edmund
Au nom de tous les miens
1985
as Martin Gray
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
A Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Evan Michaelian
The Far Country
1987
as Carl Zlinter
Movies (136)
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Basil Exposition
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Basil Exposition
Dreams
2025
as Private Agent
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
Cabaret
1972
as Brian Roberts
The Three Musketeers
1973
as D'Artagnan
Logan's Run
1976
as Logan
54
1998
as Ambassador
Wrongfully Accused
1998
as Hibbing Goodhue
Accident
1967
as William
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Pterano (voice)
The Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
as Narrator (voice)
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Lost Horizon
1973
as George Conway
The Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Lucentio
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Stone Alexander
Discretion Assured
1994
as Trevor
Sleeping Beauty
2014
as The Narrator
A Knight in Camelot
1998
as King Arthur
Justine
1969
as Darley
Come See the Paradise
1990
as Dance Hall Band
The Return of the Musketeers
1989
as D'Artagnan
The Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Andrew Braddock
Wide Sargasso Sea
1993
as Paul Mason
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Fedora
1978
as Self
Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Edmund
The Treat
1998
as Simon
The Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste
Flatland
2007
as Spherius (voice)
Borstal Boy
2001
as Joyce
The Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
Fall from Grace
1994
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
Dark Planet
1997
as Winter
The Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as King Charles II
Twilight Theatre
1982
as Self - Host
Crusader
2005
as McGovern
Great Expectations
1974
as Pip
Ponce de Leon
1986
as Ponce de Leon
The Omega Code
1999
as Stone Alexander
Merchants of Venus
1998
as Alex Jakoff
Moscow Heat
2004
as Roger Chambers
Night of the Fox
1990
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
The Mill and the Cross
2011
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
A Christmas Carol
1997
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
The Ripper
1997
as Sir Charles Warren
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997
as The Swingers Club
For Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Conduct Unbecoming
1975
as Tenente Arthur Drake
Zeppelin
1971
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Goodbye America
1997
as Senator Bladon
Flatland²: Sphereland
2012
as Spherius (voice)
Red, White, and Zero
1968
as Acrobat
Success Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Alex Rodak
Not of This Earth
1995
as Paul Johnson
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
as Self
Sword of Gideon
1986
as Robert
Duel of Hearts
1992
as Gervaise Warlingham
Alfred the Great
1969
as Guthrum
Midnight Cop
1988
as Karstens
Virgin Mary
1995
as Milan Vukovic
Tennessee Williams' South
1973
Lovers and Liars
1998
as Dick
In Search of Peace
2001
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
Formula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
Seven Nights in Japan
1976
as Prince George
Phantom of Death
1988
as Robert Dominici
The Strange Affair
1968
as Peter Strange
The Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Michael Hartnell
Something for Everyone
1970
as Konrad Ludwig
The Magic Flute
1994
as King Sarastro
The Heat of the Day
1989
as Robert
One Hell of a Guy
2000
as The Devil
The Hobart Shakespeareans
2005
as Self
The Weather in the Streets
1983
as Rollo Spencer
Red and Blue
1968
as Acrobat
David Copperfield
1993
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
TekWar: TekLab
1994
as Richard Stewart
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013
as Self
Perfect Little Angels
1998
as Calvin Lawrence
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
as The King (voice)
Smashing Time
1967
as Tom Wabe
Final Assignment
1980
as Lyosha Petrov
The Wanderer
1991
as Saxon Warrior
Rochade
1992
as Paul Grumbach
Świadectwo
2008
The Master of Ballantrae
1984
as James Durie
The Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Charles Carruthers
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
Dark Mansions
1986
as Jason Drake
Eline Vere
1991
as Lawrence St. Clare
The Four Minute Mile
1988
as Franz Stampfl
Lethal Obsession
1987
as Dr. Proper
The White Lions
1981
as Chris McBride
The Justice of Wolves
2010
as Mika - Adult
The Dawn
1986
as John Dawson
Chris & Don: A Love Story
2008
as Self - Narrator
True Patriot
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009
as Narrator
The Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Captain Walberton
The Crystal Planet
2026
as The Patriarch (voice)
Touch and Go
1971
as Basil
Freedom from Despair
2004
as Voice Over
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
as Self
The Haunting of Hell House
1999
as Professor Ambrose
William Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
as Narrator
The Guru
1969
as Tom Pickle
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
The Long Shadow
1992
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011
as Self
England Made Me
1973
as Anthony Farrant
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Merlin
Puss in Boots
1999
as Puss In Boots (voice)
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 186 credits spanning from 1944 to 2026, Michael York has appeared in 136 films and 50 TV shows.
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Most Popular Michael York Movies
- Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery (1997) — as Basil Exposition
- Austin Powers in Goldmember (2002) — as Basil Exposition
- Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me (1999) — as Basil Exposition
- Dreams (2025) — as Private Agent
- Murder on the Orient Express (1974) — as Count Andrenyi
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