Michael York

ActorProduction Mar 27 (age 84) Fulmer, England, UK 1944–2025 (81 year career)

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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 …

Known For

Film

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

Prime #1 (voice)

Film

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

Basil Exposition

Film

Murder on the Orient Express

Count Andrenyi

Film

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

Basil Exposition

Film

Cabaret

Brian Roberts

Film

Jesus of Nazareth

John the Baptist

Film

Austin Powers in Goldmember

Basil Exposition

Film

Romeo and Juliet

Tybalt

Filmography

Acting (185)

Movies (135)

Dreams

2025

as Private Agent

6.3

Swan Song: The Story of Billy Wilder's Fedora

as Self

Sleeping Beauty

as The Narrator

Cabaret: The Musical That Changed Musicals

2013

as Self

Flatland²: Sphereland

2012

as Spherius (voice)

3.8

Earth Songs

2012

as Narrator

The Mill and the Cross

2011

as Nicolaes Jonghelinck

6.3

Glad Christmas Tidings Featuring David Archuleta

2011

as Self

Tom and Jerry Meet Sherlock Holmes

2010

as Sherlock Holmes (voice)

6.5

The Justice of Wolves

2010

as Mika - Adult

3.2

Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen

2009

as Prime #1 (voice)

6.2

A Tale of Two Cities: In Concert

2009

as Narrator

Marty Feldman: Six Degrees of Separation

2008

as Self

7.8

Chris & Don: A Love Story

as Self - Narrator

Świadectwo

Mary Pickford: The Muse of the Movies

as Self - Narrator

Flatland

as Spherius (voice)

Cuba: A Lifetime of Passion

2006

as Narrator

Vanishing Cultures: Bushmen of the Kalahari

2006

Icon

2005

as Sir Nigel Irvine

5.6

The Hobart Shakespeareans

as Self

Crusader

as McGovern

William Powell: A True Gentleman

as Narrator

Moscow Heat

as Roger Chambers

Making 'Murder on the Orient-Express'

2004

as Self

6.5

Freedom from Despair

2004

as Voice Over

Austin Powers in Goldmember

2002

as Basil Exposition

6.0

Winnie the Pooh: A Very Merry Pooh Year

2002

as Narrator (voice)

6.9

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

as Stone Alexander

Borstal Boy

as Joyce

In Search of Peace

as Chaim Herzog (voice)

6.5

The Land Before Time VII: The Stone of Cold Fire

as Pterano (voice)

One Hell of a Guy

as The Devil

Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me

as Basil Exposition

The Omega Code

as Stone Alexander

Puss in Boots

as Puss In Boots (voice)

5.2

The Haunting of Hell House

1999

as Professor Ambrose

4.2

Behind the Scenes of 'Austin Powers: The Spy Who Shagged Me'

1999

as Self

Madonna: The Video Collection 93:99

1999

as Basil Exposition (segment "Beautiful Stranger")

as Ambassador

Wrongfully Accused

as Hibbing Goodhue

Lovers and Liars

as Dick

The Treat

as Simon

Perfect Little Angels

as Calvin Lawrence

Merchants of Venus

as Alex Jakoff

A Knight in Camelot

as King Arthur

Babylon 5: In the Beginning

1998

as David 'Arthur' McIntyre (arcive footage, uncredited)

7.2

Austin Powers: International Man of Mystery

1997

as Basil Exposition

6.6

Un coup de baguette magique

1997

as Ilya

Goodbye America

as Senator Bladon

The Long Way Home

as (voice)

A Christmas Carol

as Bob Cratchit (voice)

Dark Planet

as Winter

The Ripper

as Sir Charles Warren

5.3

Austin Powers' Electric Psychedelic Pussycat Swingers Club

1997

as The Swingers Club

4.8

Basketball Mozart

1996

as Narrator (voice)

The Ring

1996

as Walmar von Gotthard

5.6

Rosamunde Pilcher: September

as Edmund

Virgin Mary

as Milan Vukovic

Shadow of a Kiss

as Albert

Not of This Earth

1995

as Paul Johnson

3.9

A Young Connecticut Yankee in King Arthur's Court

1995

as Merlin

5.9

Fall from Grace

1994

as Hans-Dieter Stromelburg

The Magic Flute

as King Sarastro

TekWar: TekLab

as Richard Stewart

Discretion Assured

as Trevor

The Magic Paintbrush

as The King (voice)

David Copperfield

1993

as Edward Murdstone (voice)

Wide Sargasso Sea

as Paul Mason

Rochade

as Paul Grumbach

The Long Shadow

Duel of Hearts

as Gervaise Warlingham

5.5

The Wanderer

1991

as Saxon Warrior

Eline Vere

1991

as Lawrence St. Clare

6.0

Night of the Fox

1990

as Field Marshal Erwin Rommel / Caporal Berger

6.0

Come See the Paradise

1990

as Dance Hall Band

6.2

The Return of the Musketeers

1989

as D'Artagnan

6.2

The Heat of the Day

1989

as Robert

Till We Meet Again

1989

as Paul de Lancel

Midnight Cop

as Karstens

Phantom of Death

as Robert Dominici

The Lady and the Highwayman

as King Charles II

The Four Minute Mile

as Franz Stampfl

Lethal Obsession

as Dr. Proper

Sword of Gideon

as Robert

The Dawn

as John Dawson

Ponce de Leon

as Ponce de Leon

Are You My Mother?

1986

as Chet Gordon

Dark Mansions

1986

as Jason Drake

The Bengal Lancers!

1984

as Captain Walberton

1.0

The Master of Ballantrae

1984

as James Durie

6.0

Success Is the Best Revenge

1984

as Alex Rodak

6.0

Vendredi ou la vie sauvage

1983

For Those I Loved

1983

as Martin's Father / Martin Gray (age 40)

6.9

The Phantom of the Opera

1983

as Michael Hartnell

5.4

The Weather in the Streets

1983

as Rollo Spencer

2.3

Twilight Theatre

1982

as Self - Host

Golden Book Video - Beauty and the Beast

1981

as Beast (voice)

The White Lions

1981

as Chris McBride

Beauty and the Beast

as The Beast (voice)

Final Assignment

as Lyosha Petrov

The Riddle of the Sands

1979

as Charles Carruthers

5.9

Fedora

1978

as Self

6.7

Formula 1 - Speed fever

1978

as Self

7.0

The Island of Dr. Moreau

1977

as Andrew Braddock

5.6

The Last Remake of Beau Geste

1977

as Beau Geste

5.5

True Patriot

1977

as Dietrich Bonhoeffer

Logan's Run

1976

as Logan

6.6

A Look Into the 23rd Century

1976

as Self

Seven Nights in Japan

1976

as Prince George

6.5

Conduct Unbecoming

1975

as Tenente Arthur Drake

5.7

Murder on the Orient Express

as Count Andrenyi

The Four Musketeers

as D'Artagnan

Great Expectations

as Pip

The Three Musketeers

as D'Artagnan

Lost Horizon

as George Conway

Tennessee Williams' South

England Made Me

as Anthony Farrant

Cabaret

as Brian Roberts

The Recreation of an Era

1972

as Self

5.7

Zeppelin

1971

as Geoffrey Richter-Douglas

6.1

Touch and Go

1971

as Basil

5.0

Something for Everyone

as Konrad Ludwig

Justine

as Darley

Alfred the Great

as Guthrum

The Guru

as Tom Pickle

Romeo and Juliet

as Tybalt

The Strange Affair

as Peter Strange

Red, White, and Zero

as Acrobat

Red and Blue

as Acrobat

The Taming of the Shrew

as Lucentio

Accident

as William

Confessions of Loving Couples

as Peter

Smashing Time

as Tom Wabe

The Crystal Planet

as The Patriarch (voice)

Television (50)

Star Wars: The Clone Wars

2008

as Dr. Nuvo Vindi (voice)

8.5

Ben 10: Alien Force

2008

as Patrick (voice)

8.3

Rosamunde Pilcher's Four Seasons

as Stephen Combe

Legends

as Self

How I Met Your Mother

2005

as Jefferson Van Smoot

8.1

Frederick Forsyth's Icon

2005

as Sir Nigel Irvine

Justice League Unlimited

2004

as Ares / Mr. Sera (voice)

The Lady Musketeer

as D'Artagnan

Presidio Med

as George Slingerland

8.0

Law & Order: Criminal Intent

as Bernard Fremont

Curb Your Enthusiasm

as Michael York

Gilmore Girls

as Asher Fleming

Founding Fathers

as Alexander Hamilton (voice) / Thomas Paine (voice)

Family Guy

1999

as Documentary Speaker (voice)

The Lot

as Colin Rhome

Magic and Beyond

as Host

True Women

1997

as Lewis Lawshe

6.7

Superman: The Animated Series

1996

as Kanto (voice)

7.6

The Great War and the Shaping of the 20th Century

1996

as Robert Graves / Harold Owen (voice)

September

as Edmund

The Ring

as Walmar von Gotthard

Sliders

The Naked Truth

as Leland Banks

Babylon 5

as David 'Arthur' McIntyre

8.0

The Magic School Bus

1994

as Harry Herpst (voice)

7.7

seaQuest DSV

1993

as President Alexander Bourne

7.1

Batman: The Animated Series

as Vertigo (voice)

Vicki!

as Self

The Simpsons

as Mason Fairbanks (voice)

8.0

Judith Krantz's Till We Meet Again

1989

6.0

The Secret of the Sahara

1988

as Desmond Jordan

6.1

The Far Country

1987

as Carl Zlinter

Tall Tales & Legends

as Ponce de Leon

Space

as Dieter Kolff

Au nom de tous les miens

1985

as Martin Gray

Wetten, dass..?

as Self

Knots Landing

as Charles Scott

A Man Called Intrepid

1979

as Evan Michaelian

Jesus of Nazareth

1977

as John the Baptist

7.8

BBC2 Play of the Week

1977

as Dietrich Bonhoeffer

7.0

Weekend Special

1977

as King Sarastro (voice)

Film '72

as Self

The Forsyte Saga

as Jolyon 'Jolly' Forsyte

The Wild Wild West

as Gupta

Gidget

Arrest and Trial

The Merv Griffin Show

as Self

Tony Awards

as Self - Performer

Hallmark Hall of Fame

1951

as James Durie, Henry's older brother

8.6

Golden Globe Awards

1944

as Self

7.2

Crew (1)

Movies (1)

Megiddo: The Omega Code 2

2001

Co-Producer

4.5