Acting · Fulmer, England, UK · Born March 27, 1942
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.
MovieThe Crystal Planet
2026
as The Patriarch (voice)
MovieDreams
2025
as Private Agent
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
2014
as Self
MovieSleeping Beauty
2014
as The Narrator
MovieCabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
2013
as Self
MovieFlatland²: Sphereland
2012
as Spherius (voice)
Earth Songs
2012
as Narrator
MovieGlad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
2011
as Self
MovieThe Mill and the Cross
2011
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
MovieThe Justice of Wolves
2010
as Mika - Adult
MovieTom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
2010
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
MovieA Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
2009
as Narrator
MovieTransformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
as Prime #1 (voice)
TVRosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
2008
as Stephen Combe
Świadectwo
2008
TVStar Wars: The Clone Wars
2008
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
MovieMary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
2008
as Self - Narrator
MovieChris & Don: A Love Story
2008
as Self - Narrator
TVBen 10: Alien Force
2008
as Patrick (voice)
MovieMarty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
2008
as Self
MovieFlatland
2007
as Spherius (voice)
TVLegends
2006
as Self
MovieCuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006
as Narrator
Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari
2006
TVHow I Met Your Mother
2005
as Jefferson Van Smoot
MovieThe Hobart Shakespeareans
2005
as Self
MovieCrusader
2005
as McGovern
MovieWilliam Powell: A True Gentleman
2005
as Narrator
TVFrederick Forsyth's Icon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
MovieIcon
2005
as Sir Nigel Irvine
MovieMoscow Heat
2004
as Roger Chambers
MovieFreedom from Despair
2004
as Voice Over
MovieMaking 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
2004
as Self
TVJustice League Unlimited
2004
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
TVThe Lady Musketeer
2004
as D'Artagnan
MovieWinnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
2002
as Narrator (voice)
TVPresidio Med
2002
as George Slingerland
MovieAustin Powers in Goldmember
2002
as Basil Exposition
TVLaw & Order: Criminal Intent
2001
as Bernard Fremont
MovieIn Search of Peace
2001
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
MovieMegiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
as Stone Alexander
MovieBorstal Boy
2001
as Joyce
MovieThe Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
2000
as Pterano (voice)
TVFounding Fathers
2000
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
MovieOne Hell of a Guy
2000
as The Devil
TVCurb Your Enthusiasm
2000
as Michael York
TVGilmore Girls
2000
as Asher Fleming
MovieThe Haunting of Hell House
1999
as Professor Ambrose
MovieBehind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
as Self
MovieMadonna: The Video Collection 93:99
1999
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
MovieThe Omega Code
1999
as Stone Alexander
TVThe Lot
1999
as Colin Rhome
MoviePuss in Boots
1999
as Puss In Boots (voice)
MovieAustin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
as Basil Exposition
TVMagic and Beyond
1999
as Host
MovieLovers and Liars
1998
as Dick
MovieA Knight in Camelot
1998
as King Arthur
MovieThe Treat
1998
as Simon
Movie54
1998
as Ambassador
MovieWrongfully Accused
1998
as Hibbing Goodhue
MoviePerfect Little Angels
1998
as Calvin Lawrence
MovieMerchants of Venus
1998
as Alex Jakoff
MovieBabylon 5: In the Beginning
1998
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
MovieA Christmas Carol
1997
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
MovieThe Ripper
1997
as Sir Charles Warren
MovieThe Long Way Home
1997
as (voice)
MovieUn coup de baguette magique
1997
as Ilya
MovieDark Planet
1997
as Winter
TVTrue Women
1997
as Lewis Lawshe
MovieAustin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
as Basil Exposition
MovieAustin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
1997
as The Swingers Club
MovieGoodbye America
1997
as Senator Bladon
TVThe Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
1996
as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
MovieThe Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
TVThe Ring
1996
as Walmar von Gotthard
TVSuperman: The Animated Series
1996
as Kanto (voice)
MovieRosamunde Pilcher: September
1996
as Edmund
MovieBasketball Mozart
1996
as Narrator (voice)
TVSeptember
1996
as Edmund
MovieVirgin Mary
1995
as Milan Vukovic
TVThe Naked Truth
1995
as Leland Banks
MovieNot of This Earth
1995
as Paul Johnson
MovieShadow of a Kiss
1995
as Albert
MovieA Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
1995
as Merlin
TVSliders
1995
TVThe Magic School Bus
1994
as Harry Herpst (voice)
MovieDiscretion Assured
1994
as Trevor
MovieFall from Grace
1994
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
MovieThe Magic Flute
1994
as King Sarastro
MovieTekWar: TekLab
1994
as Richard Stewart
TVBabylon 5
1994
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
MovieDavid Copperfield
1993
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
TVseaQuest DSV
1993
as President Alexander Bourne
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
as The King (voice)
MovieWide Sargasso Sea
1993
as Paul Mason
TVBatman: The Animated Series
1992
as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
Vicki!
1992
as Self - Guest
MovieRochade
1992
as Paul Grumbach
MovieDuel of Hearts
1992
as Gervaise Warlingham
MovieThe Long Shadow
1992
MovieEline Vere
1991
as Lawrence St. Clare
MovieThe Wanderer
1991
as Saxon Warrior
MovieNight of the Fox
1990
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
MovieCome See the Paradise
1990
as Dance Hall Band
TVThe Simpsons
1989
as Clayton (voice)
MovieTill We Meet Again
1989
as Paul de Lancel
TVJudith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
1989
MovieThe Heat of the Day
1989
as Robert
MovieThe Return of the Musketeers
1989
as D'Artagnan
MovieThe Lady and the Highwayman
1988
as King Charles II
MovieThe Four Minute Mile
1988
as Franz Stampfl
MovieMidnight Cop
1988
as Karstens
MoviePhantom of Death
1988
as Robert Dominici
TVThe Secret of the Sahara
1988
as Desmond Jordan
MovieLethal Obsession
1987
as Dr. Proper
TVThe Far Country
1987
as Carl Zlinter
MovieThe Dawn
1986
as John Dawson
MoviePonce de Leon
1986
as Ponce de Leon
MovieSword of Gideon
1986
as Robert
MovieDark Mansions
1986
as Jason Drake
MovieAre You My Mother?
1986
as Chet Gordon
TVTall Tales & Legends
1985
as Ponce de Leon
TVSpace
1985
as Dieter Kolff
TVAu nom de tous les miens
1985
as Martin Gray
MovieThe Bengal Lancers!
1984
as Captain Walberton
MovieSuccess Is the Best Revenge
1984
as Alex Rodak
MovieThe Master of Ballantrae
1984
as James Durie
MovieThe Weather in the Streets
1983
as Rollo Spencer
MovieFor Those I Loved
1983
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
MovieVendredi ou la vie sauvage
1983
MovieThe Phantom of the Opera
1983
as Michael Hartnell
MovieTwilight Theater II
1982
as Self- Guest
MovieTwilight Theatre
1982
MovieThe White Lions
1981
as Chris McBride
MovieGolden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
1981
as Beast (voice)
Beauty and the Beast
1981
as The Beast (voice)
TVWetten, dass..?
1981
as Self
MovieFinal Assignment
1980
as Lyosha Petrov
TVKnots Landing
1979
as Charles Scott
MovieThe Riddle of the Sands
1979
as Charles Carruthers
TVA Man Called Intrepid
1979
as Evan Michaelian
MovieFormula 1 - Speed fever
1978
as Self
MovieFedora
1978
as Self
Regie: Billy Wilder
1978
as Self
MovieTrue Patriot
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
TVBBC2 Play of the Week
1977
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Weekend Special
1977
as King Sarastro (voice)
MovieThe Island of Dr. Moreau
1977
as Andrew Braddock
MovieThe Last Remake of Beau Geste
1977
as Beau Geste
TVJesus of Nazareth
1977
as John the Baptist
MovieSeven Nights in Japan
1976
as Prince George
MovieLogan's Run
1976
as Logan
MovieA Look Into the 23rd Century
1976
as Self
MovieConduct Unbecoming
1975
as 2nd Lieutenant Arthur Drake
MovieMurder on the Orient Express
1974
as Count Andrenyi
MovieThe Four Musketeers
1974
as D'Artagnan
MovieGreat Expectations
1974
as Pip
MovieThe Three Musketeers
1973
as D'Artagnan
MovieEngland Made Me
1973
as Anthony Farrant
MovieLost Horizon
1973
as George Conway
MovieTennessee Williams' South
1973
MovieCabaret
1972
as Brian Roberts
MovieThe Recreation of an Era
1972
as Self
Film '72
1971
as Self
MovieTouch and Go
1971
as Basil
MovieZeppelin
1971
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
MovieSomething for Everyone
1970
as Konrad Ludwig
MovieAlfred the Great
1969
as Guthrum
MovieJustine
1969
as Darley
MovieThe Guru
1969
as Tom Pickle
MovieThe Strange Affair
1968
as Peter Strange
MovieRed and Blue
1968
as Acrobat
MovieRomeo and Juliet
1968
as Tybalt
MovieRed, White, and Zero
1968
as Acrobat
MovieSmashing Time
1967
as Tom Wabe
MovieThe Taming of the Shrew
1967
as Lucentio
MovieConfessions of Loving Couples
1967
as Peter
MovieAccident
1967
as William
TVThe Forsyte Saga
1967
as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
TVThe Wild Wild West
1965
as Gupta
TVGidget
1965
TVThe Wednesday Play
1964
as Roger Porlock
TVArrest and Trial
1963
TVThe Merv Griffin Show
1962
as Self
TVTony Awards
1956
as Self - Performer
TVHallmark Hall of Fame
1951
as James Durie, Henry's older brother
TVGolden Globe Awards
1944
as Self - Host
