Michael York
Born March 27, 1942 (Age: 83)
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Fulmer, England, UK
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.
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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Filmography
The Mill and the Cross
2011
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as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
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Age: 68
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
2009
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as Prime #1 (voice)
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Age: 67
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
2006
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as Narrator
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Age: 64
Moscow Heat
2004
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as Roger Chambers
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Age: 62
Austin Powers in Goldmember
2002
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as Basil Exposition
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Age: 60
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
2001
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as Stone Alexander
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Age: 59
One Hell of a Guy
2000
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as The Devil
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Age: 58
Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'
1999
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as Self
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Age: 57
The Omega Code
1999
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as Stone Alexander
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Age: 57
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
1999
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as Basil Exposition
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Age: 57
54
1998
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as Ambassador
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Age: 56
Wrongfully Accused
1998
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as Hibbing Goodhue
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Age: 56
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
1997
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as Basil Exposition
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Age: 55
Basketball Mozart
1996
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as Narrator (voice)
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Age: 53
No Image
The Magic Paintbrush
1993
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as The King (voice)
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Age: 51
The Wanderer
1991
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as Saxon Warrior
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Age: 48
Are You My Mother?
1986
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as Chet Gordon
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Age: 43
True Patriot
1977
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as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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Age: 35
Logan's Run
1976
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as Logan
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Age: 34
Murder on the Orient Express
1974
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as Count Andrenyi
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Age: 32
The Four Musketeers
1974
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as D'Artagnan
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Age: 32
The Three Musketeers
1973
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as D'Artagnan
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Age: 31
Lost Horizon
1973
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as George Conway
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Age: 30
Cabaret
1972
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as Brian Roberts
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Age: 29
Romeo and Juliet
1968
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as Tybalt
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Age: 26
Red, White, and Zero
1968
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as Acrobat
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Age: 25