Michael York

Michael York

Michael York OBE (born Michael Hugh Johnson; 27 March 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. Description above from the Wikipedia article Michael York, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

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Filmography

2014

Sleeping Beauty
Sleeping Beauty
as The Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/13/2014
Movie
Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora
as Himself
Movie - Released: 7/5/2014

2013

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals
as Self
Movie - Released: 2/5/2013

2012

Movie
Earth Songs
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 5/22/2012
Flatland²: Sphereland
Flatland²: Sphereland
as Spherius (voice)
Movie - Released: 10/10/2012

2011

The Mill and the Cross
The Mill and the Cross
as Nicolaes Jonghelinck
Movie - Released: 3/18/2011
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/6/2011

2010

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes
as Sherlock Holmes (voice)
Movie - Released: 8/24/2010
The Justice of Wolves
The Justice of Wolves
as Mika - Adult
Movie - Released: 10/21/2010

2009

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 11/26/2009
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen
as Prime #1 (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/19/2009

2008

Movie
Świadectwo
Movie - Released: 10/15/2008
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies
as Self - Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/29/2008
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/31/2008
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons
as Stephen Combe
TV - Released: 12/25/2008
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
Star Wars: The Clone Wars
as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)
TV - Released: 10/3/2008

2007

Flatland
Flatland
as Spherius (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/14/2007
Chris & Don: A Love Story
Chris & Don: A Love Story
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 6/13/2007

2006

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 10/20/2006
TV
Legends
as Self
TV - Released: 11/17/2006
TV
Legends
as Self (uncredited)
TV - Released: 11/17/2006

2005

Icon
Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
Movie - Released: 1/1/2005
Crusader
Crusader
as McGovern
Movie - Released: 8/23/2005
William Powell: A True Gentleman
William Powell: A True Gentleman
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 8/2/2005
The Hobart Shakespeareans
The Hobart Shakespeareans
as Himself
Movie - Released: 9/6/2005
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
Frederick Forsyth's Icon
as Sir Nigel Irvine
TV - Released: 5/30/2005
How I Met Your Mother
How I Met Your Mother
as Jefferson Van Smoot
TV - Released: 9/19/2005

2004

Freedom from Despair
Freedom from Despair
as Voice Over
Movie - Released: 10/5/2004
Moscow Heat
Moscow Heat
as Roger Chambers
Movie - Released: 11/24/2004
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/7/2004
Justice League Unlimited
Justice League Unlimited
as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)
TV - Released: 7/31/2004
The Lady Musketeer
The Lady Musketeer
as D'Artagnan
TV - Released: 6/20/2004

2002

Austin Powers in Goldmember
Austin Powers in Goldmember
as Basil Exposition
Movie - Released: 7/26/2002
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 11/12/2002
Presidio Med
Presidio Med
TV - Released: 9/24/2002

2001

Borstal Boy
Borstal Boy
as Joyce
Movie - Released: 3/22/2001
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
Megiddo: The Omega Code 2
as Stone Alexander
Movie - Released: 9/7/2001
In Search of Peace
In Search of Peace
as Chaim Herzog (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/21/2001
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
Law & Order: Criminal Intent
as Bernard Fremont
TV - Released: 9/30/2001

2000

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire
as Pterano (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/5/2000
One Hell of a Guy
One Hell of a Guy
as The Devil
Movie - Released: 10/25/2000
Gilmore Girls
Gilmore Girls
as Asher Fleming
TV - Released: 10/5/2000
Curb Your Enthusiasm
Curb Your Enthusiasm
as Michael York
TV - Released: 10/15/2000
Founding Fathers
Founding Fathers
as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)
TV - Released: 11/27/2000

1999

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me
as Basil Exposition
Movie - Released: 6/8/1999
The Omega Code
The Omega Code
as Alexander Stone
Movie - Released: 10/15/1999
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99
as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")
Movie - Released: 11/2/1999
The Haunting of Hell House
The Haunting of Hell House
as Professor Ambrose
Movie - Released: 11/16/1999
Puss in Boots
Puss in Boots
as Puss In Boots (voice)
Movie - Released: 7/6/1999
Family Guy
Family Guy
as Documentary Speaker (voice)
TV - Released: 1/31/1999
Magic and Beyond
Magic and Beyond
as Host
TV - Released: 1/1/1999

1998

A Knight in Camelot
A Knight in Camelot
as King Arthur
Movie - Released: 11/8/1998
Wrongfully Accused
Wrongfully Accused
as Hibbing Goodhue
Movie - Released: 7/23/1998
Lovers and Liars
Lovers and Liars
as Dick
Movie - Released: 1/1/1998
Perfect Little Angels
Perfect Little Angels
as Calvin Lawrence
Movie - Released: 6/15/1998
The Treat
The Treat
as Simon
Movie - Released: 9/10/1998
Merchants of Venus
Merchants of Venus
as Alex Jakoff
Movie - Released: 3/1/1998
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
Babylon 5: In the Beginning
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)
Movie - Released: 1/4/1998
54
54
as Ambassador
Movie - Released: 8/28/1998

1997

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery
as Basil Exposition
Movie - Released: 5/2/1997
A Christmas Carol
A Christmas Carol
as Bob Cratchit (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/20/1997
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club
as The Swingers Club
Movie - Released: 4/24/1997
Goodbye America
Goodbye America
as Senator Bladon
Movie - Released: 1/6/1997
Dark Planet
Dark Planet
as Winter
Movie - Released: 1/1/1997
The Long Way Home
The Long Way Home
as (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/19/1997
The Ripper
The Ripper
as Sir Charles Warren
Movie - Released: 12/6/1997
Un coup de baguette magique
Un coup de baguette magique
as Ilya
Movie - Released: 8/27/1997
True Women
True Women
as Lewis Lawshe
TV - Released: 5/18/1997

1996

The Ring
The Ring
as Walmar von Gotthard
Movie - Released: 10/20/1996
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
Rosamunde Pilcher: September
as Edmund
Movie - Released: 4/7/1996
Basketball Mozart
Basketball Mozart
as Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 1/1/1996
Superman: The Animated Series
Superman: The Animated Series
as Kanto (voice)
TV - Released: 9/6/1996
The Ring
The Ring
as Walmar von Gotthard
TV - Released: 10/20/1996
September
September
as Edmund
TV - Released: 1/1/1996
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century
as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)
TV - Released: 11/10/1996

1995

Shadow of a Kiss
Shadow of a Kiss
as Albert
Movie - Released: 8/31/1995
Not of This Earth
Not of This Earth
as Paul Johnson
Movie - Released: 9/5/1995
Virgin Mary
Virgin Mary
as Milan Vukovic
Movie - Released: 10/12/1995
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court
as Merlin
Movie - Released: 5/27/1995
Sliders
Sliders
TV - Released: 3/22/1995
The Naked Truth
The Naked Truth
as Leland Banks
TV - Released: 9/13/1995

1994

TekWar: TekLab
TekWar: TekLab
as Richard Stewart
Movie - Released: 2/27/1994
The Magic Flute
The Magic Flute
as King Sarastro
Movie - Released: 4/30/1994
Discretion Assured
Discretion Assured
Movie - Released: 8/3/1994
Fall from Grace
Fall from Grace
as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg
Movie - Released: 6/2/1994
Babylon 5
Babylon 5
as David 'Arthur' McIntyre
TV - Released: 1/26/1994
The Magic School Bus
The Magic School Bus
as Harry Herpst (voice)
TV - Released: 9/10/1994

1993

Wide Sargasso Sea
Wide Sargasso Sea
as Paul Mason
Movie - Released: 4/16/1993
Movie
The Magic Paintbrush
as The King (voice)
Movie - Released: 4/22/1993
David Copperfield
David Copperfield
as Edward Murdstone (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/10/1993
seaQuest DSV
seaQuest DSV
as President Alexander Bourne
TV - Released: 9/12/1993

1992

Duel of Hearts
Duel of Hearts
as Gervaise Warlingham
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
The Long Shadow
The Long Shadow
Movie - Released: 1/1/1992
Rochade
Rochade
as Paul Grumbach
Movie - Released: 1/8/1992
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series
as Dr. Montague Kane (voice)
TV - Released: 9/5/1992
Batman: The Animated Series
Batman: The Animated Series
as Vertigo (voice)
TV - Released: 9/5/1992
TV
Vicki!
as Self
TV - Released: 8/31/1992

1991

Eline Vere
Eline Vere
as Lawrence St. Clare
Movie - Released: 3/1/1991
The Wanderer
The Wanderer
as Saxon Warrior
Movie - Released: 1/1/1991

1990

Night of the Fox
Night of the Fox
as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger
Movie - Released: 11/27/1990
Come See the Paradise
Come See the Paradise
as Dance Hall Band
Movie - Released: 8/17/1990

1989

The Return of the Musketeers
The Return of the Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
Movie - Released: 4/12/1989
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast
as Beast (voice)
Movie - Released: 9/4/1989
The Heat of the Day
The Heat of the Day
as Robert
Movie - Released: 6/9/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Clayton (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again
TV - Released: 11/19/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Dr. Lionel Budgie (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Nigel (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989
The Simpsons
The Simpsons
as Mason Fairbanks (voice)
TV - Released: 12/17/1989

1988

Phantom of Death
Phantom of Death
as Robert Dominici
Movie - Released: 3/11/1988
Midnight Cop
Midnight Cop
as Karstens
Movie - Released: 11/3/1988
The Lady and the Highwayman
The Lady and the Highwayman
as King Charles II
Movie - Released: 12/3/1988
The Four Minute Mile
The Four Minute Mile
as Franz Stampfl
Movie - Released: 11/9/1988
The Secret of the Sahara
The Secret of the Sahara
as Desmond Jordan
TV - Released: 1/3/1988

1987

Lethal Obsession
Lethal Obsession
as Dr. Proper
Movie - Released: 10/15/1987
The Far Country
The Far Country
as Carl Zlinter
TV - Released: 3/1/1987

1986

Sword of Gideon
Sword of Gideon
as Robert
Movie - Released: 9/1/1986
Ponce de Leon
Ponce de Leon
as Ponce de Leon
Movie - Released: 11/16/1986
Are You My Mother?
Are You My Mother?
as Chet Gordon
Movie - Released: 3/5/1986
Dark Mansions
Dark Mansions
as Jason Drake
Movie - Released: 8/23/1986
The Dawn
The Dawn
as John Dawson
Movie - Released: 12/17/1986

1985

Space
Space
as Dieter Kolff
TV - Released: 4/14/1985
Au nom de tous les miens
Au nom de tous les miens
as Martin Gray
TV - Released: 2/7/1985
Tall Tales & Legends
Tall Tales & Legends
as Ponce de Leon
TV - Released: 9/25/1985

1984

Success Is the Best Revenge
Success Is the Best Revenge
as Alex Rodak
Movie - Released: 5/26/1984
The Bengal Lancers!
The Bengal Lancers!
as Captain Walberton
Movie - Released: 6/1/1984
The Master of Ballantrae
The Master of Ballantrae
as James Durie
Movie - Released: 1/31/1984

1983

For Those I Loved
For Those I Loved
as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)
Movie - Released: 10/12/1983
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Vendredi ou la vie sauvage
Movie - Released: 2/25/1983
The Phantom of the Opera
The Phantom of the Opera
as Michael Hartnell
Movie - Released: 1/29/1983
The Weather in the Streets
The Weather in the Streets
as Rollo Spencer
Movie - Released: 11/30/1983

1982

Twilight Theatre
Twilight Theatre
as Self - Host
Movie - Released: 2/13/1982

1981

Movie
Beauty and the Beast
as The Beast (voice)
Movie - Released: 3/31/1981
The White Lions
The White Lions
as Chris McBride
Movie - Released: 12/31/1981
Wetten, dass..?
Wetten, dass..?
as Self
TV - Released: 2/14/1981

1980

Final Assignment
Final Assignment
as Lyosha Petrov
Movie - Released: 10/1/1980

1979

The Riddle of the Sands
The Riddle of the Sands
as Charles Carruthers
Movie - Released: 10/2/1979
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid
as Evan Michaelian
Movie - Released: 5/7/1979
Red, White, and Zero
Red, White, and Zero
as Acrobat
Movie - Released: 12/21/1979
Knots Landing
Knots Landing
as Charles Scott
TV - Released: 12/27/1979
A Man Called Intrepid
A Man Called Intrepid
as Evan Michaelian
TV - Released: 10/7/1979

1978

Fedora
Fedora
as Self
Movie - Released: 6/29/1978
Formula 1 - Speed fever
Formula 1 - Speed fever
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/15/1978

1977

The Island of Dr. Moreau
The Island of Dr. Moreau
as Andrew Braddock
Movie - Released: 7/13/1977
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
The Last Remake of Beau Geste
as Beau Geste
Movie - Released: 6/15/1977
True Patriot
True Patriot
as Dietrich Bonhoeffer
Movie - Released: 10/19/1977
Jesus of Nazareth
Jesus of Nazareth
as John the Baptist
TV - Released: 3/27/1977
TV
Weekend Special
as King Sarastro (voice)
TV - Released: 9/10/1977

1976

Logan's Run
Logan's Run
as Logan
Movie - Released: 6/23/1976
Seven Nights in Japan
Seven Nights in Japan
as Prince George
Movie - Released: 8/5/1976
A Look Into the 23rd Century
A Look Into the 23rd Century
as Self
Movie - Released: 1/1/1976

1975

Conduct Unbecoming
Conduct Unbecoming
as Tenente Arthur Drake
Movie - Released: 10/4/1975

1974

Murder on the Orient Express
Murder on the Orient Express
as Count Andrenyi
Movie - Released: 11/22/1974
The Four Musketeers
The Four Musketeers
as D'Artagnan
Movie - Released: 10/31/1974
Great Expectations
Great Expectations
as Pip
Movie - Released: 1/1/1974

1973

The Three Musketeers
The Three Musketeers
as D’Artagnan
Movie - Released: 12/11/1973
Lost Horizon
Lost Horizon
as George Conway
Movie - Released: 3/14/1973
Tennessee Williams' South
Tennessee Williams' South
Movie - Released: 1/1/1973
England Made Me
England Made Me
as Anthony Farrant
Movie - Released: 6/1/1973

1972

Cabaret
Cabaret
as Brian Roberts
Movie - Released: 2/13/1972
The Recreation of an Era
The Recreation of an Era
Movie - Released: 1/1/1972

1971

Zeppelin
Zeppelin
as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas
Movie - Released: 4/8/1971
Touch and Go
Touch and Go
as Basil
Movie - Released: 9/1/1971

1970

Something For Everyone
Something For Everyone
as Konrad Ludwig
Movie - Released: 7/22/1970

1969

Justine
Justine
as Darley
Movie - Released: 8/6/1969
Alfred the Great
Alfred the Great
as Guthrum
Movie - Released: 10/8/1969
The Guru
The Guru
as Tom Pickle
Movie - Released: 2/10/1969

1968

Romeo and Juliet
Romeo and Juliet
as Tybalt
Movie - Released: 4/2/1968
The Strange Affair
The Strange Affair
as Peter Strange
Movie - Released: 8/22/1968
Red and Blue
Red and Blue
as Acrobat
Movie - Released: 8/8/1968

1967

The Taming of the Shrew
The Taming of the Shrew
as Lucentio
Movie - Released: 3/8/1967
Accident
Accident
as William
Movie - Released: 2/9/1967
Smashing Time
Smashing Time
as Tom Wabe
Movie - Released: 12/20/1967
Confessions of Loving Couples
Confessions of Loving Couples
as Peter
Movie - Released: 2/16/1967
The Forsyte Saga
The Forsyte Saga
as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte
TV - Released: 1/7/1967

1965

Gidget
Gidget
TV - Released: 9/15/1965
The Wild Wild West
The Wild Wild West
as Gupta
TV - Released: 9/17/1965

1963

Arrest and Trial
Arrest and Trial
TV - Released: 9/15/1963

1962

The Merv Griffin Show
The Merv Griffin Show
as Self
TV - Released: 10/1/1962

1956

Tony Awards
Tony Awards
as Self - Performer
TV - Released: 4/1/1956

1951

Hallmark Hall of Fame
Hallmark Hall of Fame
as James Durie, Henry's older brother
TV - Released: 12/24/1951

1944

Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self - Host
TV - Released: 1/20/1944
Golden Globe Awards
Golden Globe Awards
as Self
TV - Released: 1/20/1944